HOW MUCH SHOULD I FEED TO CATTLE?Small Poultry Feed Machiner

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     All cattle will eat primarily between 1.6% to 3.0% of their body weight per day(on a Dry-Matter [DM] basis), depending on the quality of the forage they are consuming. Dry cows, heifers, steers and bulls tend to eat around 2.0% of theirbody weight per day, on average. Lactating cows will eat 50% of that when she isdry, which is upwards around 3.0% to possibly 4.0% of her body weight per day.

     You can feed cattle as little as 1% of their body weight per day.  Fodder Solutions will work with you to develop feeding programs to suit to suit your application, from feed

lotting and back grounding to breeding and show animals.
Three Methods:Assessing Your Cattle                                   Assessing Your Forage                           FeedstuffsDesign a Ration for your Cattle

• Always maintain a high-forage diet in your cattle as much as possible. It's a lot cheaper to feed than grain or pre-mixed feed.
• Introduce grain or any high-energy diet slowly (at a rate of only 1 to 2 lb per day) to avoid bloat, grain-overload or acidosis.
• Mineral is also a must, and should contain not only the microminerals that cattle need (Selenium, Copper, Iron, Cobalt, Molybdenum, Manganese, etc.), but also the necessary macrominerals that are lacking or not present in the feed being fed (Macrominerals include Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Salt, etc.)
• Cattle should always have access to clean fresh water.
• Body condition score your cows and heifers on a regular basis (mainly 3 times a year):
  • Fall pregnancy checking or start of winter feeding
  • At or slightly before calving

  • 30 days before breeding season begins
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