Cattle have a relatively large demand for fodder. How to save money on feed by raising cattle?

Cattle raising requires great attention to detail, and a small change may save a lot of costs. If you want to make money raising cattle, you have to start with some details. If you do every detail well, you will save more money. The sum will not be a small amount, and the profits will also increase accordingly.

Feed costs are high, you can make money by saving money

A beef cow costs tens of thousands of yuan, the main ones are calves and feed. The cost of calves fluctuates with the market, and we have no control over it. . However, feed costs can be controlled. High-skilled cattle farmers can use less feed and grow more meat. Not only do they need less feed for slaughter, they also spend less on feed.

Whether raising cattle can make money depends on many factors, and feed cost is a very important factor. I will not talk about other factors first. Today Lao Wang will talk about how to save feed expenses.

It seems that saving feed costs must adhere to two cores:

First, feed price. Cattle feed is divided into two parts: roughage and concentrated feed. The concentrated feed is made of corn, soybean meal, wheat bran and other grains and their ancillary products. The seasonal and regional differences in the price of raw materials are not too obvious. The roughage is crop straw, The price of raw materials for feeds with high crude fiber content, such as pasture and grains, is greatly affected by factors such as season and region. For example, corn straw. During the corn harvest season, fresh corn straw generally only costs 0.06~0.08 yuan/jin and is processed into silage corn. The cost price after the straw is generally not more than 0.1 yuan/jin, while the price of silage corn straw purchased after the season is at least 0.2 yuan/jin. A fattening cow consumes more than 5,000 kilograms of silage corn straw, and the silage corn straw must be processed by oneself. The difference from buying silage corn straw is more than 500 yuan.

Second, feed utilization. Many cattle farms have the problem of unsatisfactory feed utilization. The reasons can be said to be multifaceted, such as improper feed storage leading to feed mildew, unreasonable feed mix, poor digestive function of cattle, excessive feed supply, etc. In fact, these Most of the reasons can be avoided, but the cattle farmers are unwilling to do it or change it. Will mildew occur after the feed is dried and stored in a dry and cool place? Isn’t it difficult to find a cattle expert or experienced cattle farmer to help make a feed matching plan? It’s not very difficult to deworm cattle regularly and strengthen their stomachs, right? It’s very simple to supply feed according to the breed, size and nutritional needs of the cattle, right?

Third, labor expenses. Cattle raising is not a hugely profitable industry. It is very necessary to reduce unnecessary labor expenses. Some cattle raising households have to find workers to raise ten or twenty cows, and they direct others to raise the cows. After raising twenty cows, they can earn RMB 50 a year. 60,000 yuan, how much money do you have left after excluding workers’ wages? It can be said that the vast majority of small and medium-sized cattle farmers work for themselves. They and their families usually feed the cattle, clean manure, etc. Only on the days when they collect fodder can they find a few people to help.