During the spring, summer and autumn months, cows return to the fields after milking. Grass is the cheapest form of food that farmers can grow and well managed herds produce lots of milk from it.

In the winter months cows are fed on silage. They can eat this from either the silage clamp itself or the silage can be taken to them in a mixer wagon.

A clamp of grass silage. Silage from this clamp is cut away and placed in the mixer wagon where other bulk feeds or concentrates can be added.

Well made grass silage. Silage is pickled grass that preserves summer grass for use during the winter months.

The inside of the mixer wagon. This will mix forage and concentrates to make a complete diet for the cows.

Filling the mixer wagon. Maize silage is being added to grass silage. At the end of the year when supplies are short, straw may also be added to eke out supplies further.

Unloading the mixer wagon.

Further reading for Dairy Cows - Production cycle

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