Feed
Silage: plan, preserve and feed a useful forage reserve
Silage preserves suitable moist forage through controlled fermentation with air excluded. It can form part of a livestock feed reserve, but growing, harvesting, sealing a…
Living Earth topic
fodder
Feed for animals: fodder crops, bush feed and licks.
Feed
Tilapia feed: keep the bag label and measure the ration
A feed bag is more useful when its label becomes part of your fish records. Species, fish size, feed formulation and storage all matter. Avoid buying a large quantity mer…
Feed
Black soldier fly larvae: record the feedstock and harvest
Black soldier fly production is easier to evaluate when incoming material and harvested larvae are measured. A successful demonstration is not enough to establish feed sa…
Insects
Inspect new cactus pads before adding them to a planting
Inspecting a few new pads is easier than dealing with a pest throughout an established cactus planting. Keep incoming material apart while you check its identity, health…
Feed
Cactus drip irrigation: turn operating time into litres
An irrigation schedule becomes useful when it states how much water reaches the planting. “Once a month” leaves out the flow, duration and number of emitters. Convert you…
Feed
Cactus pads: keep useful establishment records
A small, labelled cactus planting can answer a useful question: which known planting material establishes reliably on your site? Keep the identity, purpose and source att…
Feed
Cactus fodder: identify the plant before feeding it
Known fodder cactus can be useful in a dryland feeding plan, but “a cactus” is not a feed identification. Start with the species, cultivar and animal. An animal eating a…
Chicken
Termites as poultry feed: local observation and a cautious trial
Chickens readily investigate many insects, including termites. That observation does not make termite collection a complete feeding system. Consider species, contaminatio…
Feed
Crickets for feed: begin with a small contained trial
Raising insects for poultry or fish feed can be interesting, but a living colony requires management and a reliable market or use. Start by testing survival, labour and f…
Feed
Poisonous veld plants and hay: identify the plant before feeding
When a suspected poisonous plant is mixed with grazing or hay, drying is not a reliable safety test. Stop using the suspect feed, identify the plant and speak to a veteri…
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