In 2000, the European Commission presented a result of the BSE crisis and due to a row in front of large crises surrounding the animal feed sector, which caused great financial damage and loss of confidence. Plans for a complete overhaul of European legislation on animal feed were summarized. In subsequent years, these plans have been fully implemented through new regulations. This began with hay suppliers Plainview.
The dry matter content of fodder is about 80%, while grass has a dry matter content of 20%. The younger the cut grass, the higher the feed quality. If grass is overshooting (flower stalks forming) the grass is less palatable making it unsuitable for high yielding high quality fodder. Horses can be better fed with mown grass. In addition there is grass mix, which, however, has a low nutritional value.
Toxic mixes can occur, the toxins in ragwort remain in plants and infect the rest of the fodder. It might be wise to throw away all bales where this plant was found, including any unrecognizable leftovers. This reduces the risk of poisoning the animals. Straw was formerly stored in a haystack, but now it is pressed into bales or piled in a barn. It can happen that when the grass is too dry, it can cause a fire.
The dry matter in agriculture represents a significant economic factor because, for example, fodder may contain a higher or lower level of water depending on the time of harvest. After rainy days, forage contains only 4-5 % of dry matter, after dry days up to 10% in mass fraction. During weighing of wet forage on a vehicle scale, the actual feeding value must be corrected by the farmer by up to 50 %, that is, delivered water is drawn to a comparison value specified depending on feed. The wetter a feed, the lower is its nutritional value per mass unit and the lower the commercial value.
Even dry feed such as hay, straw or pellets contain a considerable and varying water content. Raw straw contains, for example, constant 12-14% dry substance and is therefore dry as fresh grass forage. It further contains a higher energy density and is therefore also an expensive feed. In some cases, the cost of transportation and storage logistics can be so high.
When feeding ruminants and horses, the proportion of crude fiber in dry matter plays an important role, it must not be too high or too low. They also take on basically enough additional water, but they can refuse dry food. Fattening of pigs which are water intensive animals, enough water is always mixed into the feed, so that the nature of feed is largely the same. The availability of nutrients is important in animal feed.
Amino acids available vary depending on the composition in the feed. Ruminants such as cattle can only in certain combinations optimally exploit their complicated digestive system proteins, because the stomach flora consists of bacteria that do not provide optimum performance even if another component is present in abundance.
Pigs may be fed silage, but do not digest plant fiber very efficiently. Until the late nineteenth century, farmers did not grow grass and clover together because crops were rotated. However, in the growing season, usually spring, farms produced more forage than the animals could consume.
The dry matter content of fodder is about 80%, while grass has a dry matter content of 20%. The younger the cut grass, the higher the feed quality. If grass is overshooting (flower stalks forming) the grass is less palatable making it unsuitable for high yielding high quality fodder. Horses can be better fed with mown grass. In addition there is grass mix, which, however, has a low nutritional value.
Toxic mixes can occur, the toxins in ragwort remain in plants and infect the rest of the fodder. It might be wise to throw away all bales where this plant was found, including any unrecognizable leftovers. This reduces the risk of poisoning the animals. Straw was formerly stored in a haystack, but now it is pressed into bales or piled in a barn. It can happen that when the grass is too dry, it can cause a fire.
The dry matter in agriculture represents a significant economic factor because, for example, fodder may contain a higher or lower level of water depending on the time of harvest. After rainy days, forage contains only 4-5 % of dry matter, after dry days up to 10% in mass fraction. During weighing of wet forage on a vehicle scale, the actual feeding value must be corrected by the farmer by up to 50 %, that is, delivered water is drawn to a comparison value specified depending on feed. The wetter a feed, the lower is its nutritional value per mass unit and the lower the commercial value.
Even dry feed such as hay, straw or pellets contain a considerable and varying water content. Raw straw contains, for example, constant 12-14% dry substance and is therefore dry as fresh grass forage. It further contains a higher energy density and is therefore also an expensive feed. In some cases, the cost of transportation and storage logistics can be so high.
When feeding ruminants and horses, the proportion of crude fiber in dry matter plays an important role, it must not be too high or too low. They also take on basically enough additional water, but they can refuse dry food. Fattening of pigs which are water intensive animals, enough water is always mixed into the feed, so that the nature of feed is largely the same. The availability of nutrients is important in animal feed.
Amino acids available vary depending on the composition in the feed. Ruminants such as cattle can only in certain combinations optimally exploit their complicated digestive system proteins, because the stomach flora consists of bacteria that do not provide optimum performance even if another component is present in abundance.
Pigs may be fed silage, but do not digest plant fiber very efficiently. Until the late nineteenth century, farmers did not grow grass and clover together because crops were rotated. However, in the growing season, usually spring, farms produced more forage than the animals could consume.
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