Pasture-Based Dairies: Why and How to Switch (1 of 3):
Grass or grains? For some farmers, moving cows from the feedlot to the field yields more money for less work. In this three-part series, follow several Michigan farmers who successfully transitioned their operations from confinement to pasture-based dairies. Their views are part of a larger debate over what cows should eat and where they should eat it.
In this segment, farmers show how their cows get more food and exercise after grazing, and how cows produce fewer but better quality dairy products.
Filmed and produced by: Laura Campbell, Kathy Koch, Daimon Meeh, and Brendan Sinclair
Edited by: Amy Putnam
(Featured photo: David F. Bacon)