Aussie dairy cows switch to grain diets

Once dairy farmers fed grain to cows to get through dry times, but increasingly the change in diet is to boost milk supply and protein content.

Steve Little, from Dairy Australia, says just four per cent of dairy farmers rely solely on grass anymore. "Tasmania has the lowest level of grain feeding, they're at about 1.2 tonnes per cow per year and the highest regions are South Australia, northern New South Wales, south-east Queensland and other areas in New South Wales."

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[Source: abc.net.au]