Daily & Annual concentrate feed & fodder(roughage) requirement for 100 cows dairy farm

Feeding is a very important point for dairy farming. The milk production  and body growth is depend on concentrate  feed and roughage. The farmer should know the requirement of concentrate  feed( wheat, maize, soya bean meal, mustard oil cake, fish meal, bone meal etc.)  and roughage(green grass: Napier, para, German, cowpea,khesari, jower, maize, Guatemala etc.)  according to animal body weight. Otherwise farmer will not get proper production. So in this article, feed and fodder(roughage)  requirement for 100 cows  dairy farm is described in details  .

Number  of Animal with body weight per animal(kg)
1. Milking cow =60 (400)
2. Dry cow= 40 (300)
3. Calf
Male calves =30
Female calves =30
Total =60 (50)
4. Heifer =30 (200)
5. Bull=16 (500)
Total animal=206


1. Feed and roughage  requirement for 60 milking cow

a. Concentrate feed :
Suppose, the milk yield is 20 L per day per cow
For first 3 L milk production required  3 kg concentrate feed per day.

In case of rest (20-3)= 17 L,
2.5 L milk production required 1 kg per day
So,17 L milk production required (17×1)÷2.5 kg  per day
= 6.8 kg
Total requirement (6.8+3)= 9.8 kg per day.
Annual Concentrate feed requirement for 60 milking cow is (9.8×365×60)
 = 214620 kg

b. Roughage :
100 kg body weight required 6 kg per day
So,400 kg body weight required (400×6)÷100 kg per day
=24 kg
Annual roughage requirement for 60 milking cow is (24×365×60)
=525600kg


2. Feed and roughage requirement for 40 dry cow
a. Concentrate feed :
100 kg body weight required 1 kg per day
So,300 kg body weight required (300×1)÷100
=3 kg
Annual concentrate feed requirement for 40 dry cow is (3×365×40)
=43800 kg
b. Roughage :
100 kg body weight required 6 kg per day
So,300 kg body weight required (300×6)÷100 kg per day
=18kg
Annual roughage requirement for 40 dry cow is (18×365×40)
=262800 kg


3. Feed and roughage requirement for 60 calves
a. Concentrate feed :
100 kg body weight required 1.5 kg per day
So,50 kg body weight required (50×1.5)÷100
=0.75kg
Annual concentrate feed requirement for 60 calves  is (0.75×365×60)
=16425kg
b. Roughage :
100 kg body weight required 6 kg per day
So,50 kg body weight required (50×6)÷100 kg per day
=3kg
Annual roughage requirement for 60 calves is (3×365×60)
= 65700kg


4. Feed and roughage requirement for 30 heifer
a. Concentrate feed :
100 kg body weight required 1.5 kg per day
So,200 kg body weight required (200×1.5)÷100
=3 kg
Annual concentrate feed requirement for 30 heifer is (3×365×30)
=32850kg
b. Roughage :
100 kg body weight required 6 kg per day
So,200 kg body weight required (200×6)÷100 kg per day
=12kg
Annual roughage requirement for 30 heifer  is (12×365×30)
= 131400kg


5. Feed and roughage requirement for 16 bull
a. Concentrate feed :
100 kg body weight required 0.5 kg per day
So,500 kg body weight required (500×0.5)÷100
=2.5kg
Annual concentrate feed requirement for 16 bull is (2.5×365×16)
=14600kg
b. Roughage :
100 kg body weight required 6 kg per day
So,500 kg body weight required (500×6)÷100 kg per day
=30kg
Annual roughage requirement for 16 bull  is (30×365×16)
= 175200kg

Total concentrate feed & roughage requirement :
Annual Roughage requirement (kg)
60 milking cow=525600
40 dry cow=262800
60 calf =65700
30 heifer =131400
16 bull =175200
Total =1160700 kg


Annual concentrate feed requirement (kg)

60 milking cow =214620
40 dry cow =43800
60 calf  =16425
30 heifer =32850
16 bull =14600
Total =322295 kg