ANIMAL EATING greenery

As we know, greenery Food Livestock (HMT), is one of the most important thing for the farm. Without a good feed management, necessary goats that we preserve will languish, because the food given to livestock can not be available regularly. Therefore, we need a proper way to set the order required by HMT undisturbed cattle procurement.

There are several kinds of green food and livestock worth Etawa favored by:

a. Elephant grass

Elephant grass encountered in many rice fields. The height can reach 5 m, thick trunked and hard, long leaves, and can bloom like popsicles. Ingredients consist of elephant grass; 19.9% dry material (BK), 10.2% crude protein (PK), 1.6% fat, crude fiber 34.2%, 11.7% ash, and 42.3% extract materials without nitrogen (BETN).

Elephant grass has several varieties, including varieties of Africa and Hawaiian varieties.
1. african varieties, characterized by stems and small leaves, grow tall, flowering and lower production compared with grass varieties Hawaii.
2. Hawaiian varieties, characterized by stems and broad leaves, slightly spreading clump growth, high production, and flowering.

The first harvest in the elephant grass can be done at the age of 90 days after planting. The next harvest once every 40 days during the rainy season and 60 days in the dry season. Piece of high ground between 10-15 cm. Production of elephant grass greenery between 100-200 tons of fresh grass / hectare / year. It would be better if after harvesting of elephant grass were given fertilizer, manure can be a chemical fertilizer (urea, npk, tsp / KCl) or natural fertilizer (goat dung). Grass growth, so it will get better in the future.

b. Grass King or King Grass

King grass has grown tall berumpun characteristics thickets, height can reach approximately 4 m thick and strong stems, broad leaves rather erect, and there is little long hairs on the leaf blade near liguna. Leaf surface area and does not bloom unless planted in cold areas.
King grass can be planted in the fertile daeah lowlands to highlands, with an annual rainfall of more than 1000 mm.
King green grass production doubled from the production of elephant grass, which can reach 40 tons of fresh grass per hectare at harvest averaged 200-250 tons of fresh grass per hectare / year. King green grass quality is higher when compared with the elephant grass or grass Hawaiian Africa.

c. Setaria grass

Setaria grass is often also referred to as lampung setaria grass. Setaria grass grow tall, dense berumpun height can reach 2 m, smooth and broad-leafed dark green, soft trunked red purple-colored, flat stem, leaf and stem at the base of the stem arranged in a fan.

The grass is perfect setaria grown on land that has a height of 1200 m asl, with annual rainfall of 750 mm or more, can grow in different types of soil, and water resistant. Breeding can be done by separating the clumps and planted them with the distance 60 x 60 cm. Fertilization in plants was done in approximately two weeks, with 100 kg urea / hectare of land, and once a month in added with 100 kg urea / hectare.

Setaria grass green production can reach 100 tons of fresh grass / hectare / year. Setaria grass Komosisi (dry basis) consists of; 11.5% ash, ether extract (EE) 2.8%, crude fiber (SK) 32.5%, extract materials without nitrogen (BETN) 44.8%, protein Ksar (PK) 8.3% and total digestible Nutrients (TDN) 52.88%.

d. Turi (sesbania grandiflora)

Special nature of the plant is turi rapid growth, plant height can reach 10 meters, and flowers shaped like butterflies, pink or white. Turi can adapt to acidic soil is not fertile, sometimes fertile tumuh on waterlogged soil.

Turi leaves are green fodder potential. Nutrient composition of leaf turi; 27.3% crude protein, crude energy of 4825 kcal / kg, SDN 24.4%, lignin 2.7%, ash 7.5%, 1.5% Ca and P 0.4 %.

e. Drinks (calliandra calothrysus)

Tall plants (trees) kaliandra can reach 8 m. kaliandra plants can be grown in lowland until height of 1500 m above sea level, tolerant of less fertile soil, can grow rapidly and thus able to berbintil roots hold soil and water erosion.

Benefits makana kaliandra in cattle is a protein bank. Kaliandra planting on lands that are less productive can suppress weed growth. Besides this plant can be used as a barrier plant soil erosion and fertility.

Kaliandra easily dried leaves and can be made as goat fodder flour. Drinks containing 22.4% crude protein, fat 4.1%, crude energy of 46.30 kcal / kg, SDN 24.0%, 1995.0% lignin, 1.6% Ca and P 0.2%.

It is worth while giving the food given to livestock in the mix. It is intended that the content inside each plant can complement each other, so the goats will be provided for the nutrients and protein. It also will minimize the goat was sick of eating when presented in a single plant species over and over again.

Goats will choose who he leaves the most preferred first, after the leaves are like exhausted, then the new goat will eat the other grass species.learn more