How much silage does a dairy cow eat daily?

Answer 1

Please provide more information. How many animals are we talking about here? How long are they being fed? Is this on a per-day basis, or is it on a per-month or per-year basis? What is their average body weight and rate of intake in terms of pounds per day? What kind of silage (i.e., grass, barley, corn, wheat, etc.)? What is the moisture content of the silage? All these questions should be answered before we can actually answer the question properly.

Answer 2

Depending on the moisture content and type of silage (corn, barley, wheat, triticale, alfalfa/brome/timothy, etc.), typically a dairy cow will eat around 40 to 60 lbs of silage per day, if not more. Lactating cows tend to eat more than dry cows do, eating 5% of their body weight in dry matter, whereas a dry cow will eat around 2.5% of her body weight in dry matter per day.

Answer 3

A cow will always consume 2.5% of her body weight in dry matter ration no matter what she's fed. For this question we will need the moisture content and the weight of this bred cow for us to be able to make an accurate estimation as to how much she will eat in as-fed lb/day values.