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Thanks! So roughly twice that much. And add corn, wheat and some other kinds of grasses every x days as supplements. Where I'm now (not in the states) a lot of people /subsistence farmers keep them tied or in small pens. Land is limited but most will say that you need at least a small square...

Say I buy a 450kg /1000 lb cow, and keep her indoors only (no pasture.) If my goal is to get say 7-8 liters of milk (roughly 2 gallons) what is the least amount of good alfalfa hay I can get away with? No grains, and as I said no pasture. I am trying to get an understanding of cost, because...