Product as potential of supporting agricultural by large ruminant feed in Bireun Regency

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the capacity of agricultural crop waste for large ruminants Feed-in Bireun District. This research uses primary and secondary data sources. The observed variables consisted of beef cattle and buffalo population, production of feed crop waste, the requirement for digested dry matter (DDM), and the capacity of the DDM from food crop waste as large ruminant feed. The data is presented descriptively in the form of data processing results from secondary data with previous studies’ results. The beef cattle population in Bireun Regency is 38,151.44 livestock units (LU) and buffalo 1. 552 LU. The requirement of forage is 45,261.92 tons of DDM per year. DDM production per year from agricultural crop waste from rice, corn, and soybeans is 63,315.28 tons of DDM per year. The highest production of DDM is derived from rice crop waste amounting to 36,653.68 tons per year, while DDM originated from corn crop waste 3,637.5 tons per year and soybeans 23,024.1 tons per year. The potential of forage feed from food crop waste is 54,901.73 tons of DDM per year and can still be used for 48,159.41 LU. It was concluded that Bireun Regency could increase the population of ruminant animals by increasing the benefits of forage originating from food crop waste.