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Dairy farmers must follow certain feeding protocol to qualify under the grass-fed milk standard
By Jim Algie
Better Farming
Dairy Farmers of Ontario’s (DFO’s) interim grass-fed milk standard protocol requires forage or grass feeding of at least 75 per cent of total dry matter intake for qualifying cows and at least 120 days on pasture for a minimum of six hours daily during the gazing period.