Pinoyagribusiness

Two of the most pressing problems facing sheep raisers particularly those smallholders are the scarce feed supply and the poor quality of available feed resources.True during the dry season when grasses are dry and feed sources are in high demands.Animal performance becomes generally poor due to the low voluntary ingestion of food and the lack of nutrients intake.Tree legumes like Madre de Cacao (gliricidia sepium) and Ipil-Ipil can provide high quality forage for animals raised under various types of livestock farming systems.The forage are sources of protein rich supplements and have good digestibility allowing optimum dry matter intake that can improve the productivity of animals given low quality feeds.
By:Rita T. de la Cruz