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Participation in Forum on April 22, 2017
I am not a Dairy farmer. But in the forum discussion, I did not come across any cost comparisons between grain fed and grass fed dairy/beef ruminant live stocks. If there is indeed a cost and hence profit advantage in grain fed ruminant livestock, then it would be very difficult to convnice farmers to switch to roughage feeding or even minimal grain feeding.
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Participation in Forum on December 13, 2016
We produce small quantities of pelletted feed for reserach experiments in our station and one thing we have been doing successfully over the years is to simply use very hot (nearly boiling) water for the initial dough formation in the mixer before we run it through the pelletizer. While the gelatinization is admittedly not complete, this simple step promotes better binding. I am sure an arrangemen ...
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Location:Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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Occupation: Research