I honestly think there is a huge difference between the grain feeding that happens in the US and what happens in Australia.
Come and look at the farms in the dairy regions, they are not all locked up being force fed grains. They are grazing on grasses, weeds etc during the day. They get silage/hay during winter, which is cut from the same grasses that they have already been eating. And guess what, some of those grasses have grains.
To me the is a huge difference between occasional and all the time. Imagine the green miles involved in getting butter from other countries as they are labeled "grass fed" Honestly it reminds me of all the mis information flying around about "permeate free" milk.
So you think the only grain feeding occurring in Australis is the grain naturally occurring on grasses? I'm pretty sure that's incorrect. But I do agree with you that the American feed lots with mostly corn grain feeding is extreme and doesn't occur in Australia as corn isn't the cheap, crazy government backed crop it is in the the states.
Astrid, the funny thing is they aren't labelled "grassfed" lol.
It's not a big selling point here. Ironically, I always bought homebrand butter due to the price. Now I know it's grassfed, it's more reason for me to stick with it. I'm not hardcore into my dairy/beef being grassfed, but if I can get it, that's what I choose. Not unlike free range chicken/eggs.
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