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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 16432"><p>we run 200 dairy cows, 450 beef cows and 1500 feeder bulls on 80 ha. so feed efficiency is something we learned pretty quick out there. with three corn harvest for sillage in one year, and five to six grass (elephant grass) harvests every year we can get the cattle fed consistently and properly. sugar cane is extremely cheap, since the government imports sugar just before the harvest is done every year. this mleans prices drop so fast, that it goes for 500 dollars/ha. the farmers have too many loans and they can't wait for the prices to get better. the straw we get for free too, the people burn it, but it is too low in nutricional value and taste levels are suboptimal, so they eat less and produce less. bulls need to eat until they drop, not until they're not hungry anymore. we feed cassava too. but are moving off of it, because the detoxication of the roots is a hassle, and taste levels of the stalks and leaves are not up to grass and corn. hen the price is low enough, we also buy corn grain as a supplement, of which we can keep a two year stock. the parts of the land that are two steep to farm with a tractor are used for the grass (manually cut) and for clove trees. that's about our situation.</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:gynantonyx@lycos.com">gynantonyx@lycos.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 16432"] we run 200 dairy cows, 450 beef cows and 1500 feeder bulls on 80 ha. so feed efficiency is something we learned pretty quick out there. with three corn harvest for sillage in one year, and five to six grass (elephant grass) harvests every year we can get the cattle fed consistently and properly. sugar cane is extremely cheap, since the government imports sugar just before the harvest is done every year. this mleans prices drop so fast, that it goes for 500 dollars/ha. the farmers have too many loans and they can't wait for the prices to get better. the straw we get for free too, the people burn it, but it is too low in nutricional value and taste levels are suboptimal, so they eat less and produce less. bulls need to eat until they drop, not until they're not hungry anymore. we feed cassava too. but are moving off of it, because the detoxication of the roots is a hassle, and taste levels of the stalks and leaves are not up to grass and corn. hen the price is low enough, we also buy corn grain as a supplement, of which we can keep a two year stock. the parts of the land that are two steep to farm with a tractor are used for the grass (manually cut) and for clove trees. that's about our situation. [email=gynantonyx@lycos.com]gynantonyx@lycos.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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