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Feeding systems

Level 3 - Extension Workers, Input & Service Providers

Introduction

1. You will learn about...

2. Introduction

3. Factors influencing choice of a feeding system

4. Guidelines for selecting a feeding system

5. Types of feeding systems

6. Pasture-based systems

7. Pasture-based systems: Continuous grazing

8. Characteristics of continuous grazing

9. Pasture-based systems: Rotational grazing

10. Importance of rotational grazing

11. Pasture-based systems: Management intensive grazing system (MIG)

12. Grazing systems under MIG

13. MIG:Strip grazing

14. MIG: Mob grazing

15. Benefits of Mob grazing

16. MIG: First-last grazing

17. Benefits of MIG systems

18. Feeding cows on pastures

19. Checklist for cows on pasture-based systems

20. What grazing systems accomplish???

21. Pasture based problems

22. Semi-confined systems

23. Fully confined feeding systems

24. Advantages of confined feeding systems: Fully and semi confined feeding systems

25. Bunk feeding

26. Feed lot