Toward Sustainable Feeding Systems of Madura Cattle: A Case Study in Bangkalan Regency

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beef cattle diet; local feed resource use; sustainability

Abstract

The term “Sustainable farming (SF)” relates to a general approach, a broad production system using methods that involve society (farmers), environment, and economy. This concept aims to support health and well-being of the society and to work with nature, while still aiming for being profitable businesses, as well as offers a solution to the problems caused by the way most of the production system is practised today. The paper presented in this conference was partly based on a study being done in Bangkalan regency focussing on beef cattle feeding systems currently practised by local farmers and ways to increase their growth rates by optimising the use of local feed resources. Current systems of production are often not profitable and growth rates of Madura cattle under village production systems are low (ranging from 0.2–0.4 kg/d) in which case farmers often feed for daily cost or availability and the level of feeding may be lower than required to meet production targets and there is a production and financial penalty for this approach. Natural grasses or rice straw being dominant types of feed given all over the year with a very minimum input of supplements. Thus, there is a great opportunity to increase beef cattle productivity (annual LWG) with a resultant increase in income for the farmers. There are two strategies to achieve that target 1) continue with low input systems but improve the availability of feeds and supplementing them with low amounts of ingredients with a high ME content or 2) shift to feeding high amounts of Least Cost formulated rations which will promote high LWG. To do this, feed inventory activities were conducted in 18 sub-districts in Bangkalan regency to investigate potential local feeds available for beef cattle both in quantity (DM yield/year) and quality (chemical composition and digestibility) and propose most suitable feeding systems that may lower local fluctuations in availability of ingredients, and warrant a sustainable feeding system.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Kusmartono Kusmartono
AU  - Mashudi Mashudi
AU  - Poespitasari Hazanah Ndaru
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/03/08
TI  - Toward Sustainable Feeding Systems of Madura Cattle: A Case Study in Bangkalan Regency
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Animal Industry 2022 (ICESAI 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 8
EP  - 17
SN  - 2468-5747
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-116-6_3
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-116-6_3
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