A field investigation of forage composition, distribution and supply pattern in cattle farm of East Java and West Java



Nur Rohmah Kumalasari(1*), I G Permana(2), Despal Despal(3), M Baihaqi(4), E Lessa(5)

(1) Department of Nutrition and Feed Technology, Faculty of Animal Science, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB University), Jl. Agatis Kampus IPB Dramaga Bogor
(2) Department of Nutrition and Feed Technology, Faculty of Animal Science, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB University), Jl. Agatis Kampus IPB Dramaga Bogor
(3) Department of Nutrition and Feed Technology, Faculty of Animal Science, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB University), Jl. Agatis Kampus IPB Dramaga Bogor
(4) 1 Department of Animal Production and Technology, Faculty of Animal Science, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB University), Jl. Agatis Kampus IPB Dramaga Bogor
(5) Department of Animal Production and Technology, Faculty of Animal Science, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB University), Jl. Agatis Kampus IPB Dramaga Bogor
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract


Forage plays an important role to the development of ruminant farming as it sources
of main feed. This research survey was conducted to investigate the current agricultural
practice of feed production system in small, medium and big scale of farmers’ community or
enterprise and forage value chain. This research survey was carried out in 3 months from
August – October 2018. Survey location were conducted in two provinces. The location was
carried out in West Java and East Java as following: 1) West Java Province: Dairy farm in
Pangalengan, Lembang – Bandung Regency and Cibungbulang-Bogor Regency; Cattle in
Jonggol - Bogor Regency; 2) East Java Province: Dairy farm in Malang Regency; Cattle in
Tuban Regency. The selected locations for the survey are based on the high density of
population of dairy and beef cattle. Descriptive statistics are used to describe the basic features
of the data in this study. Farmers generally provide sufficient quantities of feed for ruminants
in accordance with the needs of the livestock. The type of forage depends on the type of
livestock and the availability of forage around the farm location. In large scale farms, farmers
will buy forage during a large number of planting seasons and then processed and stored it in
the form of silage. While for small scale farmers, forage purchases are made based on daily
needs. These research concluded that forage type and distribution depend on forage
availability on farm and supplier level.


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