PRESENTATION is vital when it comes to cuisine – even if the diners are cows. Growing grass and clover in separate parts of a field has been shown to greatly increase milk yields, because the animals can eat what they want more easily.
Clover is easy to digest and high in protein and sugars, so it is often used to boost milk yields. But although cows usually prefer clover, they get sick if that’s all they have to graze on, and like to eat small amounts of grass too. So farmers often graze cows in fields of grass and clover mixed…
