Offered Papers Theme A: Efficient Production from Grassland
Description
About four million tons of forages are fed to ruminants in Korea, but half of them rely on rice straw as roughage and 0.6 million tons of forage was imported. The lack of forage results in increased imports of concentrate feeds and increased production cost. Now, Korea has about 1.1 million ha of rice fields, but as a consequence of world trade negotiation, Korea will open the rice market from next year. It is expected that due to aging farmers and lower rice price, about 0.2 million ha of paddy field will not be cultivated for grain rice. Therefore, we suggest that whole-crop rice cultivation for feeding beef and dairy cattle. The purpose of this study was to investigate relative yield and nutritive value of whole-crop rice grown in paddy fields in Korea.
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Relative Yields and Nutritive Value of Whole Crop Rice Harvested on Four Successive Dates for Forage in Korea
About four million tons of forages are fed to ruminants in Korea, but half of them rely on rice straw as roughage and 0.6 million tons of forage was imported. The lack of forage results in increased imports of concentrate feeds and increased production cost. Now, Korea has about 1.1 million ha of rice fields, but as a consequence of world trade negotiation, Korea will open the rice market from next year. It is expected that due to aging farmers and lower rice price, about 0.2 million ha of paddy field will not be cultivated for grain rice. Therefore, we suggest that whole-crop rice cultivation for feeding beef and dairy cattle. The purpose of this study was to investigate relative yield and nutritive value of whole-crop rice grown in paddy fields in Korea.
