Quote Originally Posted by GLC1968 View Post
Is it even possible for a dairy cow to be 100% grass fed? Our goats live on pasture, but we supplement with hay and grain when they are lactating otherwise they don't get enough protein. From the OV site, it sounds like cows lead a similar life?
You know, I wondered about that. We get a couple of different cheeses that are labeled "cows fed 100% grass," but I haven't actually asked the guy at the farmer's market what that means. I personally would count hay as "grass," even though some of it is likely to be alfalfa. Wouldn't alfalfa have enough protein? And especially now with the drought, people are feeding spring hay to their livestock now. It's going to be a rough winter. But I digress.

I'd expect any mineral supplement they need would come from their salt lick and wouldn't technically count as "feed."

The thing that got me about OV is that the cows only need to be on pasture for a third of the year, and even during that third, 70% of their feed can be something else. So, only 10% of their total annual diet (i.e. 30% for a third of the year) needs to be pasture. That doesn't sound like "supplementation" to me.