Consultant farmer Norman Williams (left) views feed prepared under his guidance using total mixed ration formulation at the Total Mixed Ration Workshop held at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine on October 24, 2018. Under the theme ‘Livestock Feeding Solutions for Jamaica’, the Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB)-organised workshop was aimed at providing dairy farmers with information on the benefits to be derived from the use of mixed rations. At right is Oliver Elliot, JDDB’s Project Monitoring Officer.
Dairy Board promotes mixed ration feed for livestock productivity
In keeping with the Jamaica Dairy Development Board’s (JDDB) mandate to increase Jamaica’s milk production, the JDDB introduced several livestock farmers to the use of total mixed ration as a feed solution at a Total Mixed Ration Workshop under the theme ‘Livestock Feeding Solutions for Jamaica’, held at Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine on October 24. Total Mixed Ration is a feed solution being recommended by the JDDB for use by farmers, and is a combination of forages and other ingredients that provides cows with all the required nutrients for optimum production while maintaining...
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