Table 1 Ingredients and chemical composition of TMR on farms A and B.
Farm A | Farm B | |
|---|---|---|
Ingredients (% DM) | ||
Grass silage | 37.31 | 20.29 |
Corn silage | - | 15.91 |
Hay | 2.44 | 3.67 |
Barley meal | 14.08 | - |
Corn meal | 23.23 | 9.64 |
Wheat meal | - | 9.62 |
Rape cake | 18.92 | 25.87 |
Soyabean meal | 2.58 | 7.56 |
Palm oil | - | 2.24 |
Brewers grains | - | 4.93 |
Mineral feed | 0.36 | 0.55 |
Limestone | 0.24 | 0.42 |
Salt | 0.57 | 0.42 |
Soda | - | 0.85 |
Chemical composition | ||
Dry matter (%) | 53.4 | 56.2 |
In dry matter | ||
NDF (g/kg) | 314.2 | 372.0 |
ADF (g/kg) | 213.9 | 227.8 |
Crude protein (g/kg) | 164.5 | 197.5 |
Crude fat (g/kg) | 57.9 | 70.2 |
Ca (g/kg) | 8.6 | 6.2 |
P (g/kg) | 5.1 | 5.3 |
ME (MJ/kg) | 11.4 | 12.0 |
MP (g/kg) | 96.6 | 105.5 |