LFP 211: Livestock Farm Practice (0+1)

WHY GREEN FODDER?

• The feeding of green fodder (grass, legume or cereal fodder) is always economical. The feeding of concentrates or compounded feed may give high output per unit of feed may not be economically viable always for the countries like where grains, oilcakes and milling byproducts are scarce and costly.
• In most of the farming situations, feeding concentrates or compounded feed will increase the cost of feeding which in turn raise the cost of production. On the other hand, an animal yielding on average of 5-6 liters of milk per day can be comfortably maintained with feeding of green fodder only (grass or cereal fodder and legumes) without any supplementation of concentrates.
• It is not economical for the farmer to have intensive dairy, sheep or goat farm without sufficient provision for green fodder or dry fodder throughout the year. If the land resource is scarce, a farmer can have suitable agroforestry models to increase the forage production per unit area.