On-farm introduction of some dry season feeding strategies to cattle farmers on the Accra Plains of Ghana and the response of cattle to these strategies. 2. On-farm studies on the use of urea-ammoniated rice straw as a dry season feed supplement for cattle

2004 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
EOK Oddoye ◽  
JE Fleischer ◽  
K Amaning-Kwarteng ◽  
EK Awotwi
Keyword(s):  
Rice Straw ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Feeding Strategies ◽  
Feed Supplement ◽  
On Farm ◽  
Accra Plains

ON-FARM COMPARISON OF FEEDING STRATEGIES BASED ON FORAGES FOR SMALL-SCALE DAIRY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN THE HIGHLANDS OF CENTRAL MEXICO

2002 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Arriaga-Jordán ◽  
B. Albarrán-Portillo ◽  
A. Espinoza-Ortega ◽  
A. García-Martínez ◽  
O. A. Castelán-Ortega
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Strategy ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Feeding Strategies ◽  
Dairy Herds ◽  
Central Mexico ◽  
Maize Silage ◽  
Maize Straw ◽  
Dry Seasons ◽  
Alternative Feeding ◽  
On Farm

The on-farm evaluation of three feeding strategies for smallholder campesino dairy herds was undertaken in the highlands of Central Mexico with cooperating farmers: traditional, alternative and intermediate feeding strategies. All three incorporated grazing of cultivated pastures, but concentrate use was 4.0 and 7.0 kg per cow per day in the rainy and dry seasons respectively for the traditional feeding strategy, 3.3 for the alternative feeding strategy in both rainy and dry seasons and 5.0 and 9.0 kg per cow per day in the rainy and dry seasons respectively for the intermediate feeding strategy. Feeding during the dry season was based on maize straw in the traditional strategy, on pasture complemented with maize silage in the alternative feeding strategy, and with some maize silage but mostly maize straw in the intermediate feeding strategy. The trial ran between 25 September 1996 and 24 September 1997, divided by season into four, thirteen-week periods. Milk yields were recorded once per week, and live weight and body-condition score, every 28 days. Three cows per strategy that completed each period were blocked according to stage of lactation and used for the statistical analysis of a split-plot design with feeding strategies as main plots and weeks as split-plots. Overall mean milk yields were 15.5±2.05, 13.4±2.43 and 12.4±2.37 kg milk per cow per day for alternative, intermediate and traditional feeding strategies respectively, with significant interactions (P<0.05) for autumn, winter and summer. The alternative feeding strategy (with over 50% less concentrate) produced milk yields 0.24 and 0.38 higher than the intermediate and traditional feeding strategies in the dry season. In the rainy season, milk yields with the alternative feeding strategy (30% less concentrates) were 0.09 and 0.16 higher than the other two strategies. Margins per day of family labour were: alternative feeding strategy US$36.48 per day, intermediate feeding strategy US$9.22 per day and the traditional feeding strategy US$9.11 per day, although in the case of the last two there were two family members in charge of the dairy herds. Results demonstrate the successful integration of grazed pasture and maize silage for the efficient production of milk, and provide evidence on the productive use of limited campesino land resources in the face of unviable economic conditions for maize grain production.

Mengembangkan Ayam Buras Dan Sapi Potong Untuk Meningkatkan Pendapatan Petani Kabupaten Maros

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 172
Author(s):  
Sri - Purwanti ◽  
Syamsuddin Nompo ◽  
Laily Agustina ◽  
Muh. Nur Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Rice Straw ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Farm Management ◽  
Family Ownership ◽  
Cattle Population ◽  
Corn Straw ◽  
Livestock Feed ◽  
Coaching Training ◽  
Meat And Eggs

The activities conducted in Maros regency Tanralili district Purnakarya village in chickens and beef cattle groups Cedde Jaya. The main source of livestock feed cows during the dry season are dry forage, rice straw, corn straw and hay crops of nuts which happened to be planted at the time of drought. Besides, leaf  Gamal is also a main feed in dry  season. Number of cattle per family ownership only 2-3  head extensively maintained. Range chicken as well as extensive maintenance, ownership on average 2-5 chicken each household group.  To increase the productivity of cattle, the team provides counseling, coaching, training and mentoring as well as providing some main of facilities such as cattle shed, biogas digester, planting banana. Results are expected in the presence of  activities is the avaibility of green forage mainly during the dry season, so that the cattle population will increase, the biogas as a fuel  alternative to kerosin and LPG gas, liquid and solid fertilizer from biogas by-product process, the increasing population of chicken qualified (meat and eggs as well as the day old chick).  Besides the problem of production is also done on the farm management. The activities is expected that will increase the incomes of farmers further improve the welfare of Maros regency. For the sustainability of the program it is necessary supervision and guidance are routinely performed by the related department along with the college.

Performance of small-scale dairy farms in the highlands of central Mexico during the dry season under traditional feeding strategies

2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Galdino Martínez-García ◽  
Adolfo Armando Rayas-Amor ◽  
Juan Pablo Anaya-Ortega ◽  
Francisco Ernesto Martínez-Castañeda ◽  
Angélica Espinoza-Ortega ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Farms ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Feeding Strategies ◽  
Central Mexico ◽  
Small Scale Dairy

Partial milking of cattle in smallholder herds on the Accra Plains: some factors affecting daily partial milk yield and milk composition

1992 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Okantah
Keyword(s):  
Milk Yield ◽  
Milk Composition ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Stage Of Lactation ◽  
Lactation Length ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Quadratic Effects ◽  
Accra Plains

AbstractDaily partial milk yield of Sanga cows in 13 smallholder agropastoralist herds at two locations on the Accra Plains was recorded through monthly sampling. Estimates of mean daily partial milk yield and milk composition were computed from 1266 observations. The unadjusted mean daily partial milk yield was 875 (s.e. 11) g. The composition of milk: total solids (TS), fat (F) and solid-not-fat (SNF) were 131 (s.e. 14), 41 (s.e. 11) and 90 (s.e. 7) g/kg respectively. Least squares estimate of mean daily partial milk yield were 808·2 and 462·4 g with average s.e. of 41·8 for wet and dry season respectively. The wet and dry season differences in daily partial milk yield, TS and F were highly significant (P < 0·01). Seasonal difference in SNF was not significant.Herd difference in partial milk yield, TS, F and SNF were highly significant (P < 0·02). There were no significant effects of location on daily partial milk yield and SNF, although location effects on F and TS were significant (P < 0·05). The highest milk yield was observed in cows in third lactation and the lowest in cows in seventh lactation (P < 0·01). Daily partial milk yield peaked in the 3rd month of lactation. On average, lactation length was 210 to 240 days. Both linear and quadratic effects of stage of lactation were highly significant (P < 0·01). Lactation curve parameters for partially milked cows were also estimated. The implications of the results for milk production in sub-Saharan Africa were discussed.

ACCEPTABILITY OF FORAGE LEGUMES FOR IMPROVED FALLOWS – FIRST EXPERIENCES OF AGRO-PASTORALISTS IN SUBHUMID SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

2001 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Muhr ◽  
S. A. Tarawali ◽  
M. Peters ◽  
R. Schultze-Kraft
Keyword(s):  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Feeding Strategies ◽  
Fallow Land ◽  
Legume Species ◽  
Forage Legumes ◽  
Fallow System

In the process of developing an improved fallow system based on forage legumes, the potential interest of crop-livestock farmers in enhancing soil fertility restoration and dry-season feed supply was assessed during a socio-economic study on 11 farms of settled agro-pastoralists in the subhumid zone of West Africa. Simultaneously, eight farmers in the group participated in simple and largely farmer-managed on-farm experiments testing the establishment of selected forage legumes on fallow land. In addition to agronomic parameters, the participatory approach included an evaluation of the technology by farmers both during farm visits and field days.With cropping and dry-season feeding strategies increasingly being limited by land availability, the agronomic performance of some of the tested legume species, in particular Stylosanthes guianensis, promised substantial productivity gains once they could be integrated into the traditional fallow system. The major concerns of the farmers were animal health and labour supply for cropping activities, rather than soil fertility and feed constraints. The need for initial weed control within most of the legume species, therefore, limited their acceptability by farmers at this early stage of innovation testing. Nevertheless, farmers' interest grew remarkably in the course of the study. Options for the selection of appropriate species and management practices, which aimed at facilitating the establishment of legumes on fallow land, are discussed as a means of enhancing further adoption of the innovation.

scholarly journals Dynamic stability in dry season food webs within tropical floodplain rivers

2010 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Leigh ◽  
Michele A. Burford ◽  
Fran Sheldon ◽  
Stuart E. Bunn
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Food Webs ◽  
Dynamic Stability ◽  
Stable Carbon Isotope ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Feeding Strategies ◽  
River Systems ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Secondary Consumers ◽  
Floodplain Rivers

Debate exists about the effects of hydrological variation on food web dynamics and the relative importance of different sources of organic carbon fuelling food webs in floodplain rivers. Stable carbon isotope analyses and ecological stoichiometry were used to determine the basal sources in dry season macroinvertebrate food webs in two floodplain river systems of Australia’s wet–dry tropics that have contrasting flow regimes. Algae, associated with phytoplankton and biofilm, were the primary food source, potentially contributing >55% organic carbon to the biomass of a wide range of primary and secondary consumers. However, many consumers assimilated other sources in addition to algae, e.g. detritus from local C3 riparian vegetation. Food webs were characterised by substantial flexibility in the number and types of sources identified as important, which was indicative of generalist feeding strategies. These findings suggest ‘dynamic stability’ in the food webs, which imparts resilience against natural disturbances like flow regime seasonality and variation in hydrological connectivity. This adaptation may be characteristic of macroinvertebrate assemblages in highly seasonal river systems or in those with high levels of flow variability.

scholarly journals Impact of Organic Matter, Inorganic, and Biofertilizer Combination on Soybean Yield in Entisol Soil of Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Didik Sucahyono ◽  
Yudi Widodo ◽  
Runik D. Purwaningrahayu ◽  
Henny Kuntyastuti ◽  
Herdina Pratiwi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Rice Straw ◽  
Organic Amendment ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Residual Effect ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Chicken Manure ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Cropping Pattern ◽  
The Third

The study aimed to investigate an effect of organic fertilizer applied to rice in the first planting season for unfertilized soybean as second crop followed by inorganic and biofertilizer applied in the third season on soybean growth and yield under the rice-soybean-soybean cropping pattern in 2016/2017. The main plot was organic: (1) without organic amendment, (2) 10 t·ha−1 of chicken manure, and (3) 10 t·ha−1 precomposted rice straw. The subplot was inorganic N and P fertilizers and commercial biofertilizer (consisting of Rhizobium, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and P-solubilizing bacteria) applied at planting of soybeans in the second dry season: (1) control (no inorganic and biofertilizer), (2) 50 kg urea ha−1, (3) 100 kg SP36·ha−1, (4) 50 kg urea + 100 kg SP36 ha−1, (5) biofertilizer, (6) biofertilizer + 25 kg urea ha−1, (7) biofertilizer + 75 kg SP36 ha 1, and (8) biofertilizer + 25 kg urea + 75 kg SP36 ha−1. Soybean planted on the first dry season after rice harvested was not fertilized (untreated). The results showed that the chicken manure amendment increased grain yield of soybean in the second season, i.e., from 1.03 t·ha−1 (without organic amendment) to 1.27 t·ha−1, an increase of 23%. There was no effect of rice straw on soybean grain yield. In the third season, however, the residual effect of straw compost or chicken manure increased soybean grain yield by 8% and 20%, respectively. Both straw compost and chicken manure also showed a positive effect on the use of inorganic and biofertilizers in increasing soybean productivity.

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