Silage and Other Cattle feeds

In Dec 2019 I attended a two week course of dairy farming under the KALRO-WB KCSAP,(Kenya Climate Smart Agricultural Program)
If you are lucky,I will manage to trace those notes on feed production,feed formulations,value addition among other stuff...




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bigDog said:
How can you best produce cattle feed in the country? My target market is commercial milk and beef farmers.
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Silage is the best. However, it's very expensive to use it as the only animal feed. Hay (boma rhodes) and/or dry maize stalks can be added in a ratio of 1:1:1. Halafu a good mix of wheat bran, cotton cake(canola or soya), maize jam and salt mineral to make up the concentrate which is fed during milking. This mixture is where conmen are ripping off farmers. They play around with the ratios and add substandards like rice jam, sunflower husks instead of the ground seeds, minerals from unheard of companies that could kill your animals etc etc. Heri kujiundia.

If you want to delve into this business, make a name for yourself first. Sell quality feeds and mixtures kama Unga group with their Afya Bora feeds and Bidco company with their Bidco feeds. Once you earn the confidence of a few farmers they'll market your business themselves. Chungaa tu tamaa.



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For comparison, nilibeba one roll of silage inauzwa pale Kakuzi and another being baled by a Luxembourger pale Moiben. The European had better quality probably because all the maize cobs were ground together or they had bigger cobs coz of the variety.

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Budspencer said:
Silage is the best. However, it's very expensive to use it as the only animal feed. Hay (boma rhodes) and/or dry maize stalks can be added in a ratio of 1:1:1. Halafu a good mix of wheat bran, cotton cake(canola or soya), maize jam and salt mineral to make up the concentrate which is fed during milking. This mixture is where conmen are ripping off farmers. They play around with the ratios and add substandards like rice jam, sunflower husks instead of the ground seeds, minerals from unheard of companies that could kill your animals etc etc. Heri kujiundia.

If you want to delve into this business, make a name for yourself first. Sell quality feeds and mixtures kama Unga group with their Afya Bora feeds and Bidco company with their Bidco feeds. Once you earn the confidence of a few farmers they'll market your business themselves. Chungaa tu tamaa.



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For comparison, nilibeba one roll of silage inauzwa pale Kakuzi and another being baled by a Luxembourger pale Moiben. The European had better quality probably because all the maize cobs were ground together or they had bigger cobs coz of the variety.

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Hata wewe ni kadynasty,si unajua najua your grandpa?
 
Budspencer said:
Silage is the best. However, it's very expensive to use it as the only animal feed. Hay (boma rhodes) and/or dry maize stalks can be added in a ratio of 1:1:1. Halafu a good mix of wheat bran, cotton cake(canola or soya), maize jam and salt mineral to make up the concentrate which is fed during milking. This mixture is where conmen are ripping off farmers. They play around with the ratios and add substandards like rice jam, sunflower husks instead of the ground seeds, minerals from unheard of companies that could kill your animals etc etc. Heri kujiundia.

If you want to delve into this business, make a name for yourself first. Sell quality feeds and mixtures kama Unga group with their Afya Bora feeds and Bidco company with their Bidco feeds. Once you earn the confidence of a few farmers they'll market your business themselves. Chungaa tu tamaa.

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Budspencer said:
Silage is the best. However, it's very expensive to use it as the only animal feed. Hay (boma rhodes) and/or dry maize stalks can be added in a ratio of 1:1:1. Halafu a good mix of wheat bran, cotton cake(canola or soya), maize jam and salt mineral to make up the concentrate which is fed during milking. This mixture is where conmen are ripping off farmers. They play around with the ratios and add substandards like rice jam, sunflower husks instead of the ground seeds, minerals from unheard of companies that could kill your animals etc etc. Heri kujiundia.

If you want to delve into this business, make a name for yourself first. Sell quality feeds and mixtures kama Unga group with their Afya Bora feeds and Bidco company with their Bidco feeds. Once you earn the confidence of a few farmers they'll market your business themselves. Chungaa tu tamaa.



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For comparison, nilibeba one roll of silage inauzwa pale Kakuzi and another being baled by a Luxembourger pale Moiben. The European had better quality probably because all the maize cobs were ground together or they had bigger cobs coz of the variety.

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Very informative chief. I will be seeking more info. If you have some links, siadia kaka.
 
Who has any experience feeding chicken poop to cattle? Are there risks? Has any research been done on this idea?
 
It's Me Scumbag said:
In Dec 2019 I attended a two week course of dairy farming under the KALRO-WB KCSAP,(Kenya Climate Smart Agricultural Program)
If you are lucky,I will manage to trace those notes on feed production,feed formulations,value addition among other stuff...




Múndú múgí ndarí míhere ya úhoro...
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Ulipata notes mkuu? Nisukumie kwa inbox tafasari. Asandi.
 
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