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Kenaf For Livestock Feed

Kenaf Seeds Are Now Available For Planting This Season. CLICK HERE For Ordering Information.

Farmers in Honduras, just like farmers everywhere, are entrepreneurial. They are risk takers, interested in the future. But farmers don't plant for the future, for them, the future is now. They want a crop that can be profitable now. Kenaf can be the profit center farmers are looking for, this year. Recent research has shown that kenaf has the capacity to become a major crop for livestock feed in the tropics.

Growing kenaf for livestock feed is a short-term profit center based on the facts that 1) kenaf at 60-70 days is very high in protein and has an amino acid content very similar to alfalfa which is excellent for feed. Tropical countries are a prime market for livestock feed, and kenaf can be an important input to the livestock feed industry.

Research recently done by Dr. William A. Phillips, at the Grazing Lands Research Laboratories, USDA/ARS at El Reno, Oklahoma, uncovered an amazing fact. "Kenaf must be cut for high quality, high protein, very palatable, tender and succulent livestock feed before it is 80 days old. Protein content deteriorates after that.

Researchers at Oklahoma State University, including Dr. Michael R. Dicks, have studied the use of kenaf as a catch crop planted after wheat. In 45 to 60 days, 2-3,000 pounds of forage can be produced after wheat is harvested, if soil moisture is adequate. The amount of rainfall in the study was 31 inches per year. With Arkansas’s greater rainfall, higher production can be expected.

According to Dr. Dicks, et al, if no second crop is produced after wheat, the land is underutilized. Dr. Dicks noted four factors that enable a second crop to be produced.

1) Adequate soil moisture must be maintained for the following season’s wheat crop.

2) The timing between spring wheat harvest and fall wheat planting must be sufficient to enable a second crop to reach physiological maturity.

3) Latent or return growth of the second crop is easily controlled, and

4) The second crop must be economically feasible given the current farm resources.

Growing kenaf is relatively easy. It is related to cotton. Farmers can use their present equipment. Planting densities for kenaf vary from 6-10 pounds of seed per acre. "Farmers in the local area wishing to try out kenaf for livestock feed can obtain seeds for test planting at a cost of about $25-$30 per pound from the Leucaena Production Society (LPS)," reports Dr. Carol Cross, Director. The LPS offers a wide variety of support services for farmers seeking to develop kenaf projects including a free booklet "You Can Profit from Kenaf" and the newsletter, Kenaf Growers Notebook.

Kenaf can be grazed, green chopped, cut and carry, as well as ensilage, baled, cubed, pelletized and combined in compounded feeds. It can be harvested with a forage harvestor. It will grow again and can be cut in another 60-70 days. According to Dr. Phillips, kenaf may be grown in a few years in other states like Nebraska, Illinois, Wisconsin, and even in Minnesota as a short season livestock feed crop.

In the long term, kenaf has many potential uses for rural AgroIndustrial development. Kenaf can add value to AgroResidues such as wheat straw, rice straw, rice hulls, etc. The paper mills, according to one speaker at a recent Farmer Forum are looking very hard at kenaf as a source of pulp to replace dwindling stands of Southern pine and hardwoods. It was reported that it would take 650,000 acres of kenaf to feed one pulp mill for one year. Kenaf for paper pulp is the wave of the future. Other potential industrial uses for kenaf include a pellitizing mill, building materials, cloth for clothing and bags, paper pulp, litter, oil absorbent, fertilizer.

Long term industrial developments for kenaf are being explored by researchers. Farmers can benefit from this research and make plans on how to enter other profit centers based on kenaf. The LPS draws heavily on research from universities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Georgia. Additional research findings from the rest of the USA, India, Austrialia and Europe are also being evaluated, distilled and worked up into a program that our farmers can use.

To become a member in the Kenaf Growers Task Force,  to order seeds or to get Kenaf Growing booklets, contact Dr. Carol Cross,

KENAF PROFIT CENTERS OFFER FARMERS MANY WAYS TO MAKE SHORT AND LONG-TERM MONEY

Kenaf Feeds Can:

1) INCREASE TOTAL MILK PRODUCTION BY:

Providing a top quality balanced forage ration to achieve maximum production of milk

Providing a top quality, balanced concentrate ration

Combining complete forage analysis with least cost computer programming

Supplying individually tailored vitamin-mineral supplements

2) IMPROVE GROWTH AND GENERAL HEALTH OF REPLACEMENT HEIFERS BY:

Providing proper nutritional balance while dams are pregnant for proper prenatal development of young animals

Providing proper nutritional balance so young heifers cycle normally

Providing proper nutritional balance so animals can fight disease

Providing proper nutritional balance so animals can fight parasites

Preventing rickets in young animals

Maintaining optimum growth rate in maiden and springing heifers

Preventing quiet and/or silent estrus in young heifers

3) CONTROL DISEASES SUCH AS:

Retained placenta

Reduced fertility

Milk fever

4) INCREASE EFFICIENCY OF PRODUCTION BY:

Balancing the total ration based on an evaluation of the composition of YOUR available forage

Assuring proper forage:concentrate ratio

Assuring proper energy:protein ratio

Assuring proper nitrogen:sulfur ratio

Assuring proper calcium:phosphorus ratio

Balancing the trace mineral content of your supplemental feeding program

5) FAVORABLY INFLUENCE THE BUTTERFAT TEST

Balancing the ration optimally for highest production with lowest cost

Assuring the forage:concentrate ratio falls in the proper range for each lactation level

Supplying proper vitamin and mineral requirements for proper bacterial activity in the rumen

6) INCREASE PERCENT CALF CROP BY:

PROVIDING PROPER NUTRITION DURING LATE PREGNANCY OF COW

PROVIDING PROPER NUTRITION AFTER CALVING TO RETURN COW TO HEAT

PROVIDING PROPER NUTRITION AFTER CALVING TO INCREASE PREGNANCY RATE

PROVIDING PROPER NUTRITION WHEN COW IS SUCKLING CALF SO SHE WILL CYCLE SOON ENOUGH TO BREED BACK IN REGULAR BREEDING SEASON

PROVIDING PROPER NUTRITION FOLLOWING CALVING TO LOWER INTERVAL BETWEEN CALVING AND FIRST HEAT

7) INCREASE AVERAGE WEANING WEIGHT OF CALVES

PROVIDING PROPER NUTRITION SO COWS CAN GIVE BIRTH TO NORMAL_* HEALTHY CALVES

SUPPLEMENTING PROTEIN TO ALLOW HEAVIER STOCKING ON PASTURE

MODlFYING FEEDING RATE OF Kenaf LEA-FEEDS ( DOUBLING THE RATE FOR LACTATING COWS) SO COW CAN BE BUILDING HERSELF WHILE MILKING

PROVIDING EXTRA FEED FOR CALVES THROUGH CREEP FEEDING LEAFEEDS

UTILIZING Kenaf LEAFEEDS AS SUPPLE-MENTS FOR YEARLINGS ON PASTURE

PROVIDING ENOUGH ENERGY FOR COW TO REACH MILK PRODUCTION POTENTIAL

8) PROVIDING LONGER PRODUCTIVE LIVES FOR MOTHER COWS

PROVIDING PROPER NUTRITION DURING DRY SEASON SO COW RETAINS WEIGHT

PROVlDING PROPER NUTRITION DURING CRlTICAL LACTATION PERIOD WHEN COW IS

I) MAINTAINING HER BODY 2) PROVIDING MILK FOR CALVES, 3) REPAIRING HER REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS, AND 4) BECOMING SAFELY IN CALF FOR ANOTHER YEAR

PROVIDING FEED FOR FIRST CALF HEIFERS SO THEY GET EXTRA FEED FOR GROWTH

MEETING NUTRITION NEEDS OF COW INCLUDING I) PROTEIN, 2) MINERAL, 3) VITAMIN_* 4) ENERGY

9) LOWER FEED COSTS PER COW BY:

SUPPLEMENTING GRAZING WITH LEAFEEDS

INCREASING WEANING WEIGHTS AND CALF CROPS WITH Kenaf LEAFEEDS

REDUCING COST OF VETERINARY MEDICINES AND DISEASE/PARASITES DUE TO BETTER HEALTH OF LEAFEED FED ANIMALS

10) INCREASE PROFIT PER COW BY:

PROVIDING PROPER NUTRITION FOR INCREASING NUMBER OF CALVES PRODUCED PER ACRE

INCREASING CONCEPTION RATE OF COWS

INCREASING CALF BIRTH SIZE

LOWERING NUMBER OF UNBRED CYCLES

BRINGING COWS RAPIDLY TO HEAT AND SETTLING WITH FIRST BREEDING AFTER CALVING

11) INCREASE EFFICIENCY OF YOUR OPERATION BY:

USING Kenaf LEAFEEDS FOR BOTH FULL FEEDING AND SUPPLEMENTATION

USING LEAFEEDS FOR FULL FEEDING FOR SLAUGHTER CATTLE

REDUCING LOSS OF CATTLE DURING DRY SEASONS WITH LEAFEEDS

OBTAINING GAINS OF I TO 2 LBS PER DAY WITH LEAFEEDS

REDUCING LOSS OF CATTLE DURING DRY SEASONS WITH LEAFEEDS

USING LEAFEEDS ON DRY SEASON PASTURES FOR INCREASING BOTH WEANING AND YEARLING WEIGHTS

KEEPING COST OF PRODUCTION LOW BY USING LEAFEED AS SUPPLEMENT ON POOR QUALITY FORAGE

WHY ARE Kenaf LEAFEEDS SO GOOD FOR CATTLE, GOATS AND WATER BUFFALOS?

Properly formulated Kenaf LEAFEEDS have the following characteristics that make them the superior livestock feed:

HIGH PROTEIN CONTENT - Kenaf LEAVES HAVE PROTEIN CONTENT OF 25% TO 30%

HIGH PALATABILITY - MOST OF THE LEAFEED IS YOUNG LEAVES - - CATTLE AND OTHER LIVESTOCK PREFER YOUNG LEAVES TO OLD' LEAVES AND STEMS

HIGH DIGESTIBILITY - Kenaf LEAFEED IS VERY DIGESTIBLE SINCE IT IS CONSTANTLY BEING CUT IN 40 TO 80 DAY CUTTING CYCLES - - ALL YOUNG LEAVES AND VERY SMALL STEMS

HIGH NUTRITIVE VALUE - THE PRO TEIN IN Kenaf LEAFEEDS IS OF HIGH NUTRITIVE VALUE SINCE ITS AMINO ACIDS ARE WELL BALANCED AS IN ALFALFA - - IT IS ALSO A RICH SOURCE OF CAROTENE AND VITAMINS

EXCELLENT MINERAL SOURCE - AN GOOD SOURCE OF CALCIUM_* PHOSPHORUS AND OTHER DIETARY REQUIREMENTS

IN VIVO DIGESTIBILITY IS 80 % FOR Kenaf LEAVES

WHAT KINDS OF LEAFEEDS ARE AVAILABLE? FROM THE LPS in Honduras

Kenaf LEAFEEDS are available in the following combinations at this time, In future COMPUTER RATION BALANCED Kenaf LEAFEEDS will be available with trace elements and protein supplements added as needed. The presently available LEAFEEDS are:

DAIRY PRODUCTION FEEDS

WHAT YOU WANT AND SHOULD GET FROM YOUR BEEF PRODUCTION FEEDS

HOW & WHY TO USE Kenaf BASED FEEDS

BEEF CATTLE PRODUCTION REQUIRES FEEDS THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF LIVESTOCK —Kenaf BASED FEEDS FIT THE BILL!

Kenaf CAN BE GRAZED BY YOUR LIVESTOCK

Kenaf CAN BE PELLETIZED AND FED AS RANGE CUBES AS WELL

Kenaf CAN BE BALED AND ENSILED FOR WINTER FEED

WHAT Kenaf LEAFEEDS SHOULD I USE WITH MY AN I MALS?

CATTLE

LACTATING COWS

LeaFeed Alfalfa on pasture LeaFeed Buffel fed in Iot

PREGNANT COWS

LeaFeed Alfalfa or Buffel

CREEP FEEDING CALVES

LeaFeed Buffel on pasture

YEARLINGS AND WEANLINGS

LeaFeed Buffel on pasture

DRY COWS

LeaFeed Mexcia

GOATS

Commercially, feed as for cattle, For small scale farming use

LeaFeed Tropic a

WATER BUFFALO

Feed as for cattle

POULTRY

Make up poultry feed with LeaFeed Puro for brighter egg and greater egg production and hatchability

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