The dry season has directly impacted milk production at the Rejeki\nLumintu Livestock Farmers Group in Semarang City, Central Java. The\nreduction in green fodder or fresh grass has forced farmers to alter\nfeeding patterns by increasing the portion of supplementary feed, such\nas tofu dregs and cassava tubers, to maintain maximum milk\nproduction.<\/p>\n
Andiningtyas Mula Pertiwi, Head of the Livestock Division at the\nCentral Java Agriculture and Livestock Service, on Friday, 24 July,\nurged farmers to pay attention to the availability of feed intake so as\nnot to disrupt milk production quality during the dry season. Farmers\nare also encouraged to implement feed bank management, a system for\nmanaging storage, procurement, and preservation of feed to ensure the\navailability of animal feed, especially during the dry season.<\/p>\n
Andiningtyas stated, \u2018We have routinely provided guidance and\nassistance to farmers to carry out processing. We direct them to process\nthis green fodder into silage, for example, or ammoniation and\nfermentation as a preservation effort, so that when green fodder\nconditions are reduced or minimal, they can simply open their feed\nreserves or feed bank to give to the livestock.\u2019<\/p>\n
As a result of the dry season, dairy farmers are experiencing a\ndecrease in milk production. Where previously one cow could produce an\naverage of 10 to 20 litres of milk per day, during the dry season it\nonly produces between 9 and 18 litres per day. The limited availability\nof green fodder has forced dairy farmers to change feeding patterns by\nincreasing supplementary feed portions, such as tofu dregs and cassava\ntubers, to keep cows producing milk optimally.<\/p>\n
Nurdin, Chairman of the Rejeki Lumintu Livestock Farmers Group,\nexplained, \u2018During the dry season, if it is not too severe, production\nstill drops. To overcome this, we increase the supplementary feed,\nincluding tofu dregs and cassava, so that even though green fodder is a\nbit difficult to obtain, production remains stable. That is how we\novercome it with supplementary feed when green fodder is scarce.\u2019 The\nCentral Java Agriculture and Livestock Service stressed that farmers\nmust always maintain the cleanliness of their pens to anticipate\nbacteria or viruses that cause diseases in livestock.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/dry-season-reduces-dairy-milk-production-in-semarang-1784887041", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }