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Farming food
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2. A baby cow is called a calf.
This calf has just been born and weighs about 35 kg.
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3. This calf is about 2 months old.
The calf drinks milk from its mother.
This calf is about 2 months old.
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4. This calf is about 8 months old and weighs about 300kg.
The calf is bigger now. It eats grass but still has some milk from its mother. This will stop soon.
This calf is about 8 months old and weighs about 300kg.
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5. Most of the time these cows live outside and eat grass.
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6. In the winter, the field gets muddy and the grass does not grow so well.
The farmer keeps the cows in a shed so they can be fed and cared for properly.
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7. Before the cows go into the shed, the farmer puts straw on the floor so they are comfortable.
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8. The farmer puts food and water for the cows just outside the shed
The farmer puts food and water for the cows just outside the shed. This is to help keep it clean. The cows lean through the bars to eat and drink.
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9. In the winter, these cows eat straw and silage
In the winter, these cows eat straw and silage. Silage is hay and grass which has been kept from the year before.
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10. Cows wear special earrings.
How many earrings do the cows wear?
The earrings have numbers on them so the farmer knows which cow is which. It’s a bit like wearing a name badge!
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11. Here are some baby pigs. Baby pigs are called piglets.
These piglets are just a few hours old.
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12. The piglets drink milk from their mother.
How many piglets can you see here?
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13. The farmer keeps the mother pig in cage for a few weeks when she has babies.
Why do
you think
this is?
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14. She can stand up and lye down in the cage.
She is in a cage so she does not accidentally lye on her piglets and squash them.
She can stand up and lye down in the cage.
The piglets can lean through the bars to feed.
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15. Salmon and trout are the main types of fish farmed in the UK.
Fish can be farmed too.
This is a rainbow trout.
Salmon and trout are the main types of fish farmed in the UK.
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16. Lots of the fish we eat is caught from the sea or river.
This is a fishing boat.
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17. All the meat and fish we eat has to be farmed or caught.
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