Bruthen dairy farmer, Peter Jennings, feeds his herd mid morning by rolling out a bale of silage.
He unclips the electric ribbon keeping his cows in an adjoining paddock to allow them to come into the pasture where it has been distributed.
The herd, which watches the silage being rolled out, don’t need any encouragement – they charge over to the freshly laid out feed, head butting one another out of the way.
While there’s plenty of green grass in his top paddocks, which have panoramic views over Bruthen, Mr Jennings knows his herd well.
“If they know they’re going to get something else to eat later in the morning, they’ll hold off chewing on the grass,” he said.
“Their brains are in their stomach,” he joked.
“They eat quite a bit of extra feed in winter time.
IMAGE: Bruthen dairy farmer, Peter Jennings, has been farming for 40 years on flat and hilly country just outside the township.
