There is a common saying that raising cattle is the first planting of grass, some people may scoff and think that it is now the era of free economy, everything can be bought, do not need to grow their own grass so tired. But this is not have raised cattle talent think so, really go to raise cattle after, may be thinking of finding a piece of land to grow their own grass cattle.

Cattle planting low cost, buy grass high cost

Cattle planting first grass is very right, cattle is a micro-profit industry, if everything depends on the buy, a cow's profit is very low, if the cattle and then sick slow growth may be unprofitable. Today to buy a ton of grass to a two or three hundred dollars, a cow to eat 10 tons, a year will need to spend a 2000 yuan. If you grow your own grass, you can supply two cows with 500 yuan of fertilizer, which translates into a cost of about 300 yuan per cow.

If you don't grow grass and buy it all, the cost of grass alone is 2,000 yuan a cow, and then you need to hire a driver to transport it, and if the distance is a bit far, a ton of freight needs to be 100 yuan, and then transported to the home, you have to ask the digger to help unload, and then 500 yuan a day to be able to do so. The cost of grass for one cow is already up to more than 3,000 yuan.

It only costs 300 yuan to grow your own grass, and 3,000 yuan if you buy it, so I'm sure you'd choose to grow it if you did, and you'd have to grow it with a higher yield.

To say what pasture grass yield is higher, it has to say that bamboo grass, is currently recognized as high yield, pasture nutrients are richer grass. Now the improved royal bamboo grass mu can reach 20 tons, in Guangxi can reach this yield, an acre of royal bamboo grass to be able to raise two cows.

However, there is a disadvantage of the imperial bamboo grass, that is not cold-resistant, can not be planted in cold weather places. Originally planted in Guangxi can be planted a year to grow 8 years, if it will be planted in the north, not only can not grow 8 years, generally in the winter will be frozen to death, the next year will have to continue to buy seed section back to planting.

While the royal bamboo grass in Xinjiang, Beijing, Henan, Shandong and other northern regions have successful planting records, but we must understand that most of the successful planting records are experimental, the basic conditions are better before successful growth. But cattle farmers to plant the imperial bamboo grass is needed outside to experience the wind and rain, is not placed in the experimental field inside the planting, may be personal planting directly will fail. So the old farmer does not recommend everyone in the north planting bamboo grass, even if you can barely survive the yield is relatively low.

Since the north is not recommended to plant bamboo grass, then plant what is better? Currently it is possible to plant oat grass. Oat grass planted once can survive 5-7 years, and the most important characteristic is cold and frost, in the 50's was introduced into Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, and the Tibetan plateau and Jilin province cultivation, it can be said that not only suitable for the plains is suitable for the cold plateau.

It has the characteristics of cold and drought resistance, the soil requirements are not high, planting in the north is more than suitable. Only oat grass, although good, but the yield is not able to with the royal bamboo grass the same day, fresh grass production is only five or four tons, compared to the royal bamboo grass 20 tons of production is not enough to see.

In fact, the northern cattle roughage does not necessarily need to use pasture, you can use the local mass production of soybean straw or wheat barley straw, protein is also quite high, used as roughage is also very good. The south is suitable for planting bamboo grass so there are cattle first planting grass, and the north of the natural conditions are not good, you can purchase local crop straw to feed cattle, is also very good.

In short, the south can plant bamboo grass, the north is not suitable for planting bamboo grass, really want to plant grass cattle, the north can choose oat grass.