What should be paid attention to when raising cattle and forage?

Cattle like to eat grasses and tall stalks, followed by legumes. The forage varieties suitable for feeding cattle are Sudan grass, alfalfa, rye and so on.

Generally speaking, the daily green feed requirement of beef cattle is 30-50 kg, and the average daily green feed requirement of mixed cattle, including young cattle and calves, is 30 kg. In order to realize the uninterrupted supply of green forage throughout the year, annual forage and perennial forage, tropical forage and temperate forage should be planted together, and single and interplanting should be used as far as possible per unit area.

The seasonal distribution of forage grass is as follows: from March to June, temperate forage grass, such as perennial red clover, white clover, alfalfa and annual ryegrass are selected as the main varieties; from June to October, tropical forage is planted, such as Sudan grass, etc., and the dry grass period from November to early March of the following year is mainly fed with silage succulent fodder and some hay. Crops suitable for silage include corn, sorghum, barley and Italian ryegrass. Legume grasses such as alfalfa, red clover, white clover, etc., are not suitable for silage alone.

Reasonable feeding of forage grass can effectively reduce the incidence of digestive system diseases, but also reduce the consumption of concentrate feed, and effectively maximize the benefits of fattening and feeding.