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What is fodder plan?
Fodder flow is defined as the weekly or monthly production and consumption of roughage. feed used in livestock feeding over an annual cycle. The objective of fodder flow planning. seeks to provide adequate feed quantities of required quality to achieve a specific level of. animal performance.
Why should the intake of fodder crops in the diet of a farm animal be limited?
The intake should be restricted because of the danger of Haemolytic Anaemia (nutritional redwater). Livestock also require extra Iodine and Phosphorus. Ensure all diets are properly balanced for protein, energy, minerals and roughage.
What is fodder production?
FODDER CROPS are crops that are cultivated primarily for animal feed. All three types are fed to animals, either as green feed, as hay, i.e. crops harvested dry or dried after harvesting, or as silage products. Silage, or ensilage, refers to green fodder preserved without drying by fermentation that retards spoiling.
Which fodder is good for cows?
Jowar and maize are the best crops suitable for ensiling. All non-leguminous fodder crops except turnip and rape. Hybrid Napier, Sudan grass, Berseem, Oats cow pia, millets are also suitable crops. They have to be wilted for 3-4 to increase dry matter to around 35% before ensiling.
How do you calculate fodder flow?
Draw up a table of all the animals in each productive and reproductive category for every month of the year. This will give you the total number of animals on the farm. Next, weigh or estimate their total weight and total dry material (fodder) needed.
How much fodder does a cow need per day?
A judicious management of feed mixture per cattle is 25 kg of hydroponic fodder, 10 kg of conventional green fodder and five kg of straw per day per cow, which yields about 15 litre milk a day, suggests Ms. Harsha. Such a feeding programme can result in saving 20 to 25 per cent of daily feeding and working cost.
What is fodder used for?
Fodder (/ˈfɒdər/), also called provender (/ˈprɒvəndər/), is any agricultural foodstuff used specifically to feed domesticated livestock, such as cattle, rabbits, sheep, horses, chickens and pigs.
How much green fodder does a cow need per day?
A judicious management of feed mixture per cattle is 25 kg of hydroponic fodder, 10 kg of conventional green fodder and five kg of straw per day per cow, which yields about 15 litre milk a day, suggests Ms.