Ten Commandments for feeding Cattle

Plant green feed, include green feed in the straw ration (leaves and banana trunks)
Feed as much as the animal can eat (both straw and green feed)
Mineral feeding is essential. Do Not forget to feed common salt and water
Concentrate feeding is required according to production level.
Obtain and treat only good quality straw (dry, clean, no moulds)
Buy and store enough straw when easily available. Stack the straw well.
Treat the straw according to the recommendations and keep the stack/clamp airtight to avoid moulds.
If you do not have enough feed, consider alternatives like silage or selling excess animals, e.g. Young bulls and sick animals.
Keep the best quality feed for animals with the greatest need (e.g. calves and high producers).
Always consider the economics, even if production increases it may be at the expense of more costly inputs, which are not always warranted.

Treating Straws with Urea

Table 1: Standard conditions for urea-ammoniation of commonly available cereal straws

Straw required	Urea needed/100 kg straw (kg)	Quantity of water to be added (Lt)	Minimum time for incubation (days)
Paddy straw	4	85	10
Jowar straw	4	50	14
Bajra straw	4	35	20
Maize straw	4	50	14
Korra straw	4	30	30

Calving Index For Cows

Date of Service

Note:- The number of days added to both dates will give the expected delivery date e.g. date of service is 10th January, expected delivery date would be 17th October

Back To Previous Page| Page last updated date: 06-03-2025