GROWING different crops as cattle fodder would slash Britain’s dependence on
imported feed, say researchers in Wales.
Because of BSE, British farmers are banned from feeding meat and bone meal to
cattle. So unlike pigs, cattle shouldn’t get foot and mouth
through infected feed. But the ban has resulted in heavy reliance on imported
vegetable protein to supplement feeds.
Over the winter, farmers feed their cattle silage, made by fermenting grass.
Cows fed only grass-based silage produce 15 to 20 litres of milk per day. The
yield can be increased dramatically, to 25 to 30 litres, by adding 6 to…
