3. Cows Don't Eat Grass!
      To reduce the high cost of feeding lactating dairy cows in confinement, many producers are using intensively managed pastures as a source of low-cost, high-quality forage. However, dairy cows reared in confinement perform poorly on pasture. Upset, perplexed producers report that cows don't eat grass and milk production plummets. What's going on?

A. Because they've never seen grass before, it doesn't look like food to them.

B. They are spoiled, picky eaters and if you just starve them, they'll eventually get the picture.

C. Dairy cows were never supposed to eat grass.

4. Is it in the Genes?
      Two herds of cows each have their preferred range. This calf comes from a "Maxfield" range mom, but is being raised by a Thompson Creek Cow. Which range will this calf be more comfortable in?

A. He'll prefer the home range of his biological mother because he's genetically more suited to that terrain.

B. He'll prefer the home range of the cow raising him.

C. He'll never leave the pen because he's too embarassed to be seen in that silly coat.

More digestion!