cattle feed

Hay and grain

Cattle feed is food given to cattle, especially commercially prepared grain mixtures, silage, or hay used to fatten beef cattle or sustain dairy herds.

The term distinguishes feed purchased or cultivated for livestock from natural grazing: The drought forced ranchers to buy cattle feed early this year.

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barley · haylage · grass fed · grain · minerals · vitamins · pasture grazing · fiber · calcium · molasses · phosphorus · probiotics · amino acids · fodder · fattening · growth hormones · carbon footprint reduction · rancher

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intended consumer

cattle feedpet food

Nourishment for domesticated animals

poultry feed · horse feed · fish feed · dog food · cat food

nutrition source type

cattle feedpasture grass

Vegetation livestock eat outdoors

meadow grass · browse

food chain position

cattle feedbeef

Bovine meat for eating

veal · meat · livestock products

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feed, cattle

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