Must see in raising cattle: how to save rough grass feed

First, feed less frequently.

Once fed, cattle are easy to develop the problem of picking on palatable forage, resulting in a waste of forage grass. Less feeding and frequent feeding can save forage grass.

Second, long grass and short feed

As the saying goes, "if you cut an inch of grass three times, you will gain weight without material." Feeding forage grass to cattle after short feeding saves about 20% compared with whole feeding, especially the coarse and hard stalks that are less or difficult to eat during whole feeding, if they are fed short, they can be fully utilized and the digestibility is also improved. Generally speaking, the stalk should be cut into 3 centimeters and 5 centimeters to feed the cattle.

Third, coarse grass and fine feeding

If the crop straw used as forage can be salinized, alkalized, ammoniated, or mixed with concentrate after crushing, it can improve the utilization rate of forage grass and increase its palatability, thus saving forage grass.

IV. In-trough feeding

To change the bad habit of throwing the forage grass directly into the bullpen, feed the forage grass in the trough. In this way, the forage grass will not be contaminated by feces, the cattle will be hygienic after eating, it can avoid diseases, and a lot of forage grass will be saved.

5. Rough first and then fine

If you feed roughage first, the cattle will be hungry and eat more roughage. After that, concentrate or fine forage are fed according to their nutritional needs. In this way, the utilization characteristics of roughage in ruminant cattle were brought into full play, and forage grass was saved.

VI. Transform the food trough

Often because the trough is too shallow, the cattle put the forage outside when grazing, resulting in a lot of waste. When making food trough, as long as you do it deeper, it can be avoided. Generally speaking, the depth of the cow trough is about 40 cm.

7. Processing of leftover grass

In the past, the leftover thick stalks of cattle used to be burned as fuel. If it is dried and collected, crushed into grass powder with a grinder, and then fed, it can be used effectively.

Watch cattle eat grass

When many cattle farmers feed their cattle, they just put the forage in the cow trough and walk away. In this way, the cattle get the forage out of the trough while grazing, and after the ground grass is trampled by the cow, it can no longer be fed. Therefore, breeders should try their best to watch the cattle to eat the fodder before leaving, and when they find that the forage has fallen to the ground, they should put it away to the cattle in time. This can save a lot of forage.

IX. Saving bedding grass

To keep the barn clean and hygienic, waste weeds should be used as mat grass for cattle as far as possible to reduce the waste of forage grass.