Brochure on forage production (Establishment management, harvest)

Feeding of livestock is a critical point in all livestock production. Proper feeding is influencing livestock’s development, health, productivity and reproduction rate. This applies for all sectors of livestock keeping. Of course, also other factors like genetics, health care, animal welfare etc als...

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Main Author: Ohmstedt, Uwe
Format: Extension Material
Language:Inglés
Published: Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116049
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description Feeding of livestock is a critical point in all livestock production. Proper feeding is influencing livestock’s development, health, productivity and reproduction rate. This applies for all sectors of livestock keeping. Of course, also other factors like genetics, health care, animal welfare etc also influence the performance of cows, but even if all these elements are well respected, feeding will be the determining element for reaching out to the dairy cows’ potential. It is a well known fact, that many dairy cows are underfed in quantity and quality. This leads to under performing cows and makes dairy farming less economic. It is also well known that feeding costs have a share of up to 70% in dairy production and such an interesting trigger. If the dairy farmer manages to feed its cows with better quality feed at a lower cost, dairy farming will become much more economic. Production and feeding of forages is a way for better feeding and higher profitable dairy farming. This brochure on forage production is providing you with information on forage production. Most information is extracted from other earlier published materials and combined in this brochure to give you an overview from establishment, management, harvesting to feeding. It also shows you on some examples how profitable forage growing can be and gives some ideas of earning money with forages. You also find links to Shamba shape up episodes on improved forages as well as for a series of videos explaining forage production and use.
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spelling CGSpace1160492025-12-08T10:29:22Z Brochure on forage production (Establishment management, harvest) Ohmstedt, Uwe forage feed production harvesting varieties animal nutrition livestock feeding forajjes producción de piensos cosecha variedades nutrición animal alimentación del ganado Feeding of livestock is a critical point in all livestock production. Proper feeding is influencing livestock’s development, health, productivity and reproduction rate. This applies for all sectors of livestock keeping. Of course, also other factors like genetics, health care, animal welfare etc also influence the performance of cows, but even if all these elements are well respected, feeding will be the determining element for reaching out to the dairy cows’ potential. It is a well known fact, that many dairy cows are underfed in quantity and quality. This leads to under performing cows and makes dairy farming less economic. It is also well known that feeding costs have a share of up to 70% in dairy production and such an interesting trigger. If the dairy farmer manages to feed its cows with better quality feed at a lower cost, dairy farming will become much more economic. Production and feeding of forages is a way for better feeding and higher profitable dairy farming. This brochure on forage production is providing you with information on forage production. Most information is extracted from other earlier published materials and combined in this brochure to give you an overview from establishment, management, harvesting to feeding. It also shows you on some examples how profitable forage growing can be and gives some ideas of earning money with forages. You also find links to Shamba shape up episodes on improved forages as well as for a series of videos explaining forage production and use. 2021-11 2021-11-13T14:51:35Z 2021-11-13T14:51:35Z Extension Material Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116049 en Open Access application/pdf Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture Ohmstedt, U. (2021) Brochure on forage production (Establishment management, harvest). Nairobi (Kenya): Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. 35 p.
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feed production
harvesting
varieties
animal nutrition
livestock feeding
forajjes
producción de piensos
cosecha
variedades
nutrición animal
alimentación del ganado
Ohmstedt, Uwe
Brochure on forage production (Establishment management, harvest)
title Brochure on forage production (Establishment management, harvest)
title_full Brochure on forage production (Establishment management, harvest)
title_fullStr Brochure on forage production (Establishment management, harvest)
title_full_unstemmed Brochure on forage production (Establishment management, harvest)
title_short Brochure on forage production (Establishment management, harvest)
title_sort brochure on forage production establishment management harvest
topic forage
feed production
harvesting
varieties
animal nutrition
livestock feeding
forajjes
producción de piensos
cosecha
variedades
nutrición animal
alimentación del ganado
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116049
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