manas reddy
Active Member
Dear all,
some of you might recognize me from older posts,
we have successfully setup dairy farm with 19 cross bread HF cows and 10 female calf's
i am experimenting using forage from crop as green fodder rather than growing it separately.
most Indian dairy farmers would know that Ragi straw is very good as dry fodder, i was trying to find information on the Dry matter content of green fresh cut straw or wet matter.
following is what i know
Per 100 g, the straw is reported to contain (ZMB): 3.7 g protein, 0.9 g fat, 87.3 g total carbohydrate, 35.9 g fiber, 8.1 g ash, 1110 mg Ca, 160 mg P, 260 mg Na, and 1500 mg K (C.S.I.R., 1948-1976).
Per 100 g, the wet matter is reported to contain (ZMB):7.6 g protein, 1.1 g fat, 76.2 g total carbohydrate, 33.6 g fiber, 15.1 g ash (Gohl,1981).
Ragi has the highest Calcium content and good fiber content.
i need to what will be the dry matter content of the green forage/wet matter??
Also the the plant yields hydrocyanic acid (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk, 1962) i am not sure of the quantity but does this affect the cows in any way ??
and does it contain oxalate ??
i would much appreciate any information
Manas Reddy
some of you might recognize me from older posts,
we have successfully setup dairy farm with 19 cross bread HF cows and 10 female calf's
i am experimenting using forage from crop as green fodder rather than growing it separately.
most Indian dairy farmers would know that Ragi straw is very good as dry fodder, i was trying to find information on the Dry matter content of green fresh cut straw or wet matter.
following is what i know
Per 100 g, the straw is reported to contain (ZMB): 3.7 g protein, 0.9 g fat, 87.3 g total carbohydrate, 35.9 g fiber, 8.1 g ash, 1110 mg Ca, 160 mg P, 260 mg Na, and 1500 mg K (C.S.I.R., 1948-1976).
Per 100 g, the wet matter is reported to contain (ZMB):7.6 g protein, 1.1 g fat, 76.2 g total carbohydrate, 33.6 g fiber, 15.1 g ash (Gohl,1981).
Ragi has the highest Calcium content and good fiber content.
i need to what will be the dry matter content of the green forage/wet matter??
Also the the plant yields hydrocyanic acid (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk, 1962) i am not sure of the quantity but does this affect the cows in any way ??
and does it contain oxalate ??
i would much appreciate any information
Manas Reddy
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