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Do cows eat corn?
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Yes, they love corn! They will eat any part of it, including the whole plant.

Cows are fed corn due to the low cost. Fattening a cow on corn is much cheaper than grass. The use of corn in feedlots is controversial though. Cows are ruminants (grass eaters) by nature. Their stomachs have a neutral PH when they eat grass. Corn causes their stomach PH to become acidic causing many problems. The grain diet is the main reason that feedlot cattle are given high doses of antibiotics. The high acidity can also produce acid-loving ecoli bacteria that can be passed through their waste onto humans (remember the spinach problem?).

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