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The effect of intercropping on cattle feed

07-09-2020 | |
Feeding pea-wheat intercrop silage instead of grass silage halved the concentrate requirement for dairy cows without adversely affecting milk yield or quality. Photo: Mark Pasveer
Feeding pea-wheat intercrop silage instead of grass silage halved the concentrate requirement for dairy cows without adversely affecting milk yield or quality. Photo: Mark Pasveer
What are the effects of various intercrops on the feed utilisation and milk production of dairy cows? And what is the best strategy for optimising intercropping systems? What is their economic impact? Let’s discuss these issues. Intercropping is a husbandry system by which different crops are grown at the same time on the same area of land. The system has been practised in many parts of the world in a variety of ways, depending on the producer’s need, i.e., hay, silage, grazing, or green ch


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Hamed Esmail
Salah Hamed Esmail Independent freelance journalist