What types of feed are there? A full analysis of market prices
There are many types of feed products on the market, and farmers often encounter various problems when choosing feed. Various feeds also contain feed additives that comply with breeding standards, so choosing and buying feed has become the topic farmers care about most. If farmers want to buy good feed, they first need to understand the types and prices of feed. Let's take a look together below.
1. Energy feed
Refers to cereal grains, bran and drum types, root and tuber and melon-fruit types, and others such as oils, molasses, whey powder, etc. Cereal grains include corn, sorghum, and wheat. Bran and drum are mainly rice bran and wheat drum. Root and tuber types include radish, carrot, sweet potato, potato, pumpkin, etc., which should be cooked before feeding.
2. Protein feed
Plant protein feeds include soybean, soybean cake, soybean meal, rapeseed meal, etc. Animal protein feeds include fish meal, meat meal, meat and bone meal, blood meal, feather meal, silkworm pupa meal, milk, insects, earthworms, fish, shrimp, etc.
3. Roughage
Mainly includes hay, agricultural by-products (pods, husks, vines, straw, seedlings), tree leaves, distiller's grains and residues, and certain grass seeds and fruits, etc. Roughage has wide sources, many types, large yields, and low prices, and is the main daily ration for herbivorous animals.
4. Green feed
Green feed refers to young, tender green plants, stems, leaves, or leaf blades used for livestock and poultry. It mainly includes natural pasture, cultivated pasture, leafy vegetables, non-starch stems, roots, melon-fruit types, and aquatic plants.
5. Silage
Silage refers to green feed that is kept in sealed silage pits, tanks, barrels, or bags and fermented so that the nutrients of the green feed are preserved. In autumn, when there is more green feed than can be fed, it can be ensiled, which can solve the problem of no green feed in winter. When ensiling, pay attention to pressing it tightly, sealing it airtight, and keeping the grass moisture content at about 70%.
Sweet potato vine silage is a good feed for autumn silaging. Generally, the vines are cut in the morning, spread in the field to dry off some moisture, then collected in the afternoon and cut into 3-4 cm lengths. The cut sweet potato vines can then be ensiled.
The silaging method is to pack the earthen pit tightly and line all around with a sheet of plastic film. For every 30 cm of green feed laid down, press it tight once. Special attention should be paid to pressing the edges tightly. Then add another layer and press tight again, continuing until it is stacked above the pit. Cover with plastic film, then press and compact it with soil on top. It can be used after 1 month.
6. Mineral supplements
Animals need various minerals and trace elements. Because rations made from natural feed cannot meet the needs, mineral feed and trace element additives are generally used to supplement them. Mineral feed includes salt, bone meal, shell powder, etc. Because there are many types of trace elements and the amounts used are small, ordinary users find it difficult to master and prepare them. They are now sold in veterinary drug stores and are combined with vitamins, antibiotics, hormones, etc. to form various additives, which makes things convenient for farmers.
Latest feed prices
Below, the Nongxun website editor has briefly sorted out some of today's latest feed prices: piglet concentrated feed in Zhucheng City, Weifang City, Shandong at 2.5 yuan/jin; concentrated feed in Zhucheng City, Weifang City, Shandong at 2 yuan/jin; suckling pig compound feed in Zhucheng City, Weifang City, Shandong at 2.5 yuan/jin; straw-type feed in Tanghe County, Nanyang City, Henan at 0.21 yuan/jin; green hay feed in Santai County, Mianyang City, Sichuan at 0.35 yuan/jin; livestock and poultry feed in Yangchun City, Yangjiang City, Guangdong at 10 yuan/jin; sugar residue feed in Jiashi County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang at 0.5 yuan/jin; mixed feed additives in Rencheng District, Jining City, Shandong at 12.5 yuan/jin; bran feed in Yuhong District, Shenyang City, Liaoning at 0.85 yuan/jin, etc. The above prices are for reference only.
The above is an introduction to the types and latest prices of feed. Here the editor reminds farmers that if they are going to buy feed, they should choose a regular store or veterinary drug store, and should not buy cheap feed just to save a little money, so as to avoid suffering a big loss for a small gain.
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