Cassava tuber silage
Fresh cassava can be successfully stored as silage and fed to livestock at a later date. The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) has shown that fresh cassava tubers can be chipped and then packed tightly into 200 litre steel drums. Such a drum can hold 200 kg of chipped cassava and once filled, should be sealed and left for at least 17 days. After the ensiled tubers were tested for quality and palatability, the silage was balanced with soybean meal and chopped sugar-cane tops. Sheep put on weight quicker than when they were fed a commercial ration, and costs were much lower. Trials are now proceeding with dairy cows. For more details, contact: CARDI Cave Hill Campus University of the West Indies St Michael BARBADOS
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| Language: | English |
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
1988
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/44894 http://collections.infocollections.org/ukedu/en/d/Jcta16e/ |
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