Cows Prefer Pomegranates
By Alison Park, 17 June 2010 –
Every couple of years my brother (farmer) Richard goes on a study trip with a group of local farmers. He has just returned from Israel which has only a 60 year history of dairy farming -- making the farmers very innovative. At a research farm for example, pomegranate juice concentrate was added to the cows' feed. The unlikely sticky liquid was a dietary winner because milk yields increased significantly. Clearly there isn't much scope for locally grown pomegranate back at Low Sizergh (Richard's preference is always to home grow the cows' food) but it was an interesting idea.