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[–] stray@pawb.social 5 points 3 days ago

Neither wild nor farmed cows eat exclusively gains. When they eat grass, they eat the entire grass rather than just the seeds. Farmed cows are fed quite a lot of legumes and a fermented "dish" called silage. They also eat meat opportunistically, as do all hoofbeasts.