Dairy cow feed (new)

COW FEED TO INCREASE MILK PRODUCTION

Give your cows a complete diet, rich in energy, protein, and vitamins, along with plenty of water. Feeding cows any type of feed is not enough to ensure that they are healthy and produce enough milk. Just like humans, cows need a complete diet. Feed must have the right balance of ingredients.

Livestock need food that will give them energy, protein, minerals, and vitamins to build their bodies, produce milk, and reproduce. Young animals need enough nutrients, so that they can grow and gain weight. Dairy cows need more nutrients to be able to produce milk in large quantities, especially in the first 3-4 months after calving, when milk production is at its peak. Green fodder is the main food for livestock.

The most important and nutritious food for livestock is grass. But the best green fodder is the one that can provide dairy cows with the necessary nutrients. Good forage has two important characteristics: it is green and young. This means that forage leaves must be cut and stored while they are still young and before they bloom.
The farmer must be aware that plants that have lost their true green color can only help livestock survive but do not contain essential nutrients to give livestock strength, minerals, protein and cannot help in milk production. Feeds with low nutrient levels must be supplemented with a supplementary feed with sufficient nutrients that will fill the gap of missing nutrients. Strengthening foodsAll types of leaves are a good source of strengthening foods for livestock, as long as they are fed while still young. Popular leaves for feeding include yams, cocoyam, elephant grass, seteria and Guatemala. Maize or sorghum leaves are very good for strengthening livestock. Strengthening foods should be fed in small quantities. These foods can be from all types of cereals, wheat grains, or molasses.
Protein Sources
Principle 1:
Young plants contain more protein than mature plants. Young corn and sweet potato leaves are particularly high in protein.

Rule 2:

Legumes contain more protein than grasses. For example, the remains of bean leaves, peas, desmodium and lusina. Leaves from plants such as lusina, calliandra or sesbania also contain high levels of protein. Cattle should be fed with all types of the legume family at more than 30 percent of the feed mixture ratio to avoid health problems. Other types of protein-rich foods are cottonseed meal, sunflower meal and soybean meal.

Minerals: 

Livestock need additional minerals. They must be available at all times, for example, as rock salt. Growing, pregnant, and lactating animals need large amounts of minerals, such as calcium and phosphorus. Legumes and other plants other than grass provide large amounts of calcium and other minerals.

Bran
Dairy meal Bran has a very high level of minerals. But it is harmful to livestock if fed in large quantities. Feeds derived from grass or dry grass must remain the main food for livestock. It is not recommended to feed more than 6 kg of bran per day to a 450 kg cow. They must be given in very small amounts, not more than 2 kg at a time and mixed with straw. Increase the amount of bran before and during lactation/milking, not exceeding 2 kg per week so that the animal’s stomach gets used to it.
Experienced farmers add fodder grass and peas to the livestock diet. They can even temporarily leave out bran or reduce the use of bran through this method. Research shows that 3 kg of grass and legume feed such as Desmodium or sweet potato leaves produce the same amount of milk as 1 kg of bran. Therefore, a farmer can save money by feeding his cattle with legume feed instead of buying other types of supplements.
Type 1 of the mixture

Type 2 of the mixture