Last night I listened to a man who delivers feed to farmers and there were a number of farmers present and they all admitted to giving feed to cattle .
I asked why and they said the grass alone made the milk watery and had less content and the feed PUSHED IT OUT to use their words .
I then asked what is in the feed and the supplier said pure shite -- and the farmer said no vitamins and maize and other ingredients and I asked is the maize and soya GMO and I was told it was from America and solidly GMO== PURE SHITE said the trucker who delivers and silence from the farmers until the discussion went to the impending Brazilian beef coming in and the farmers roared at us you will be glad of our pure shite then as this Brazilian stuff we would not feed to dogs .
and the discussion went on amongst them to say if you want to sell vws and bmw in south America we have to take their mad shite and that's why its now getting in.
Many many moons ago I was in the feed business and we certainly included vitamins and minerals in the mix. But, like anything else, you pay for what you get, if you want cheap feed then you'll have a lot of shite in it, anything that makes it reach the minimum specification, e.g, 16% protein. Pay for a quality feed and you'll get more digestible ingredients and a healthier rumen, and it is the rumen that feeds the cow.
Feed is used in addition to grass/silage to boost the energy and protein intake and if the farmer has worked it out right there will be a boost in yield. The best grass is spring grass, nutritional value is lost during ensiling but spring calving herds are drying off, or dry, when being fed silage indoors so they don't need the energy, in fact, if you feed them too much at this time of the cycle you will experience more calving difficulties.
Totally agree on the Mercour deal though, and who is pushing it most of all? Yep, the brain dead Fond of Lying herself.