Fodder Production for Goats & Sheep

About This Guide

Grow your own feed, cut your costs.

Feed is the biggest cost in goat and sheep farming, and the dry season is when animals lose weight and milk. This guide shows you how to grow Napier, Brachiaria, lucerne, desmodium and fodder trees, cut them at the right time, and make hay and silage to feed your herd all year, with drawings, charts and planning sheets.

How to use this guide

• Read Chapter 1 to work out how much fodder your herd needs.
• Use Chapters 2 - 5 to grow grasses, legumes and fodder trees.
• Use Chapters 6 - 7 to make hay and silage.
• Use Chapter 8 and the planning sheets to feed all year.

What You'll Learn

• 1Planning Your Fodder
• 2Napier Grass
• 3Other Grasses
• 4Legumes
• 5Fodder Trees
• 6Making Hay
• 7Making Silage
• 8Year-Round Feeding Plan

Also inside: A: Planning Sheets; B: Quick Reference.