Whether putting food in the refrigerator, the freezer, or the cupboard, you have plenty of opportunities to prevent foodborne illnesses. One of the basics of food safety is cooking food to its proper temperature.
Re: Average hay consumption. A cow needs about 3 per cert of its body weight in roughage a day, a 1000 lb cow needs 30 lbs of hay if it has no other source of roughage.
Holstein cows for 4 years on selected alfalfa hay alone. They averaged. 8 644 pounds of milk containing 304 pounds of butterfat per cow per. year, and consumed 1.6 pounds of hay for each pound of milk produced. Their body weights remained practically stationary, averaging 1,355. pounds per cow per year.