THE BENEFITS OF CATTLE BUSINESS AND THE POTENTIAL OF RICE AND CORN STRAWS AS CATTLE FEED IN KOTAMOBAGU, NORTH SULAWESI, INDONESIA

Abstract

The purpose is to Investigate the benefits of cattle business and the potential of rice and corn straws as cattle feed in kotamobagu, north sulawesi, indonesia. The research material is food crops, rice straws, and corn straws in the Kotamobagu. The land here is the area of land planted with rice and corn crops. Rice straws are a pile result of paddy rice from farmers in Kotamobagu. Corn straws are a pile result of the corn crops from farmers in Kotamobagu. The research method is survey method with the data source as the primary data. Primary data are the data of snippets of paddy straws and corn straws. The samples for this research were group members of Harapan Baru (10 farmer members). Cattle business is feasible to run, judging from the value of R C ratio which is larger by one; however, it is not feasible to run as well, judging from the value of πC ratio which is smaller by one. Based on the research results, it is suggested to introduce the technology related to the preservation of food crops waste in Kotamobagu. The originality for this paper shows: (1) the analysis of livestock business’ profit with business scale of 2-5 cattle; (2) the data analysis is the proximate analyisis (in the research and standardizational industry of Manado), and the research material is food crops, rice straw and corn straw; (3) the location of study (no previous research for this relationship) is Kotamobagu, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.