Vol. 11, Special Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
KB Patil, Bhavana R Wankhade, AB Motghare and Vandana S Madke

Abstract:
The present investigation entitled “Socio-economic status and the feeding practices adopted by crossbred cattle owners in Chalisgaon tehsil of Jalgaon district” was carried out by randomly selecting 200 cattle owners by selecting one tehsil namely Chalisgaon. From Chalisgaon tahsil, ten villages were selected randomly and from each village 20 farmers were again selected constituting 200 respondents and were classified in five different groups i.e., landless, marginal (up to 1 ha), small (1 to 2 ha), medium (2 to 8 ha) and large (Above 8 ha) and livestock population were also classified on the basis of herd size. In feeding practices, majority of the farmers were followed stall feeding + grazing followed by stall feeding. The adoption of processing of concentrates before feeding was 52.50 per cent. While only 3 per cent cattle owners enriched the poor quality of straw by urea. Feeding of green fodder was 67.50 per cent. While only 3.5 per cent farmers were preparing silage. Majority of farmers fed @ 2 to 2.5 kg of dry matter per 100 kg body weight of animals. However, 49 per cent fed concentrate @ 40 per cent of milk production and 1kg for maintenance. Total 88.50 per cent farmers provide additional ration for pregnant animal. While only 16 per cent cattle owners fed mineral mixture or mineral bricks. However, 76.5 per cent cattle owners fed unconventional roughages and concentrates during scarcity. While 4 per cent cattle owners used homemade concentrate feed. Feeding of concentrate mixture with roughages was practiced by 76.5 per cent.