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Moove us on

I would dislike giving birth and lactating annually, but one thing that appeals about being a dairy cow is lying down for 10-14 hours a day. I don’t need a plush mattress. But mud? No, thanks. And bare dirt or mud is sometimes the only resting surface available to cows during winter in places where pasture growth doesn’t keep up with their appetite.

But perhaps they

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