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Abstract
This study was carried out in order to reveal cattle nutrition and feeding habits of cattle enterprises in Narman country of Erzurum province. For this purpose, some data were obtained by conducting face to face survey study with 208 producers in Narman and it’s villages. According to the findings obtained in the survey, it was determined that 80.8% of the enterprises produced forage crops. In these enterprises, alfalfa (61.5%) and barley (60.1%) were mainly planted, but production of corn silage which is a major roughage feed was at low level (%7.7). Pasture utilization ratio was 96.2% and cattle herds generally moved into the pasture in May (47.5%) or June (37%). Time interval that herds are grazed in pasture as determined as 3 months (31%) or 4 months (68%). It was also found out that 41% of the cattle breeder had a chance to move to the upland, they mostly went there in May or June and stayed in the upland for 4 months (43%). While wheat and barley straws (27%) take the first order as roughage in the enterprises, they were followed by alfaalfa hay (21%) and grass hay (16%). Silage (7%) was used at a low level. In enterprises crushed barley (34%), feed for fattening (23%) and feed for milk production (22%) were mostly used as concentrated feed. Excessive pasture usage in the country makes it necessary to improve the quality of pasture and to increase the production of forage crops, especially corn silage. Also concentration of agricultural extension services in rural areas will be beneficial for ranchers.
Özet
Bu araştırma, sığır yetiştiricilerinin sığır besleme ve yemleme alışkanlıklarını ortaya koymak amacıyla