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Normally during daylight hours. Cows eat as soon as they get fed. Cattle can be fed a controlled ration, meaning they get only so much feed and no more; or on a free choice basis, meaning they get to eat all they want. A controlled ration would be used for grain or high nutrition feed. If they cattle ate all they wanted of it they could get sick (called foundering), or get too fat, and the expensive feed would go to waste. Controlled rations are usually fed once or twice a day. Free choice feed is usually grass or hay. The cows get full before they overeat with these less dense feeds. Often cows are fed hay or grass free choice and a controlled amount of grain. They can be fed grain free choice if it is blended with a low calorie filler such as ground corncobs or straw. Some other things to keep in mind: Cows need to spend lots of time chewing their cud. Cows eat much more when it is cold out--their digestive process actually keeps them warm.

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