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Ration
Basic feed
Basic feed is roughage like hay, grass silage, maize silage. or even green grass in summer. The cows usually gets as much roughage as they like. Roughage contains much fibre that can be digested by the microbes in rumen. Depending on where you are farming, the feeding can be based on for example the silage or in the indian corn. In Finland the cows can eat about 20-25 dry matter kilos. About 50 % about the dry matter kilos has to come from the roughage. In Finland 40-60 % about the feeding is roughage and rest is concentrated feeds. And from the concentrated feeds 30 % should be protein. In Holland the proportion of roughage is 70 percent. It is important that the balance of roughage and concentrates is right. And the feed has to be strong enough that the cow gets enough energy. One farmer said that, small cows might get bigger proportion of concentrates because small cows has smaller rumen and they can not eat so much roughage.
Extra energy Molasses Molasses is a by-product from the sugar manufacture. Molasses is a liquid by-product and half of the weight is uncrystallise sugar. Molasses includes a lot of NDF which is good for the digestive. It is used as an energy feed together with corn. Sometimes starch of corn can cause, that the pH-value of rumen goes down. Fibre of molasses prevents that. Molasses includes a lot of quick energy. When there is only a little bit sugar and a lot of dissoluble protein in the silage, the microbes of rumen profits about that.
Minerals and Vitamins
Minerals and Vitamins
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