Moringa oleifera<\/em><\/span> is a plant that\u00a0is often called the drumstick tree, the miracle tree, the ben oil tree, or the horseradish tree<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nLivestock diets are improved by the addition of Moringa products.<\/h3>\n
<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/permacultureinstitutethailand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/moringa-oleifera-powder2.jpg?resize=300%2C263\")
<\/a><\/p>\nThe main cost of feeding animals is in the purchase of animals feed. In Asia families can not afford feed, but buy it anyway, often from borrowed money. When the animal is sold they often have “no money” for all the work they have put into raising the animal, due to the cost of feed.\u00a0 Animals become what ‘they’ eat, and we, in turn, become what we eat through them, farm animals and pets and people alike benefit from the Moringa Tree.<\/p>\n
Amazing benefits of Moringa in use as animal feed.<\/h4>\n
Feeding your animals with Moringa leaves and green stems can increases cattle\u2019s weight gain up to 32% and increases milk production 43-65%. Moringa also improves the digestibility of other food that cattle eats and improves the health of your animal.\u00a0 Moringa is a great benefit to people in Asia and Thailand.<\/p>\n
\n\n\nMoringa as Livestock Fodder Supplement<\/h4>\n
– Population explosion in most parts of the world puts a hitherto unknown pressure on the agricultural industry but there are ethical and healthier intervention paths than what presently obtains. Both livestock and pets can be fed healthy foods and the highly nutritious Moringa plant is strategically poised to play a major part in this wise. intensive cultivation methods developed under experimental conditions on plots ranging in size from 0.5 to 4 hectares. the leaves and green stems, including their use in cattle fodder.<\/p>\n
\n- Cattle Fodder Supplement – <\/strong>Two studies in Nicaragua showed that supplementing cattle feed with the leaves and green stems of Moringa can increase milk production by 43-65%<\/strong>, and increase daily weight gain in cattle by up to 32%. These studies also demonstrated that Moringa can be grown instensively as a \ufb01eld crop:
\n\u2022 One single planting lasts for several years.
\n\u2022 Foidl, et al. have been able to harvest it up to 9 times a year from irrigated and well-fertilized land, producing per year:
\n\u2022 650 to 700 metric tons of green mass
\n\u2022 Equivalent to 100 to 110 metric tons of dry mass
\n\u2022 17.5 metric tons of pure protein
\n\u2022 7000 kg of lipids, with 65% being omega-3 fatty acids
\n\u2022 10 metric tons of fermentable sugars
\n\u2022 Approximately 8 metric tons of starch
\n\u2022 Approximately 45 metric tons of hemicellulose and cellulose.<\/li>\n- <\/li>\n
- <\/li>\n
- Studies done without irrigation and with much less fertilizer, show a total of 100 tons of green mass harvested from four crops in a year. However, milk production and cattle weight increased substantially in both studies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/p>\n
All these factors may make Moringa leaves and green stems very attractive and inexpensive as a cattle fodder supplement. Two possible methodologies for testing Moringa animal feed<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Moringa animal feeding Methodology 1<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Growing Moringa for 10 Cattle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Area:
\nIf irrigated and fertilized: 1 ha
\nIf non-irrigated: minimum 2 ha
\nSpacing: Plant Moringa seeds at a spacing of 10 x 10 centimeters
\nFertilization: 10 m3 of cow dung spread evenly after every cutting in the harvested area
\nPlanting and harvesting
\nHarvesting: Moringa green tops can be cut every 35 days.
\nPlanting: Separate your plot into 35 growing areas. Each day, plant one growing area. Do this for 35 days. This will allow for fresh Moringa to be available for cutting every day on a 35-day cycle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nMoringa Feeding cattle<\/h3>\n
Average per cow and day is 35 kg of fresh moringa (whole plant) plus grazing during the day. The only thing we add is vitamins and salt. Slowly introduce the Moringa into the cattle\u2019s diet over a period of 10 days, to avoid indigestion or diarrhea. Each day, increase the ratio of Moringa slightly until the full amount is given on the 10th day.\u00a0 The first day the cattle are given the full amount of Moringa is considered the first day of the study.<\/p>\n
Moringa Feeding sheep<\/h3>\n
To find the quantity, let them eat as much as they want during 15 days, adding some molasses in the first 3 days to raise the appetite. Weigh the quantity given every day, and then weigh what is left the next morning. Be sure you add some hay or give them pasture additionally so they don’t have a lack of fiber. In case of milk producing animals, some extra energy is always welcome (sugarcane, etc.).<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/span>Moringa animal feeding Methodology 2 <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Growing Moringa for animal feed<\/h3>\n\n- No irrigation or fertilization<\/strong>
\nPlanting density: 500,000 plants\/ha
\nSpacing: 40 cm between rows and 5 cm between plants.
\nCutting frequency: Every 60 days, cut at 25 cm height from soil. Cutting can be done by hand with machete or scissors, or eventually by machinery.
\nThe yield of Moringa leaves and green stems is 99 tons (Fresh Matter) per ha per year. From here you can calculate how much area you need in order to feed 10,\u00a0 100 or even\u00a0 1000 animals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n
Moringa Feeding cattle<\/h3>\n
Dairy cattle:
\nAmount to feed: Around 10 – 15 kg fresh matter per head per day, as a supplement to regular diet.
\nThe formula for this is: Amount of fresh Moringa is 3.75% of body weight.
\nMoringa forage should be offered after milking, to avoid transfer of smell or abnormal taste.
\nBeef cattle:\u00a0 The formula is: Amount of fresh Moringa is 6.25% of Body Weight. To be given as a supplement, using Brachiaria hay as base diet, mixed with sugarcane molasses.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Moringa Feeding sheep<\/h3>\n
Use 5 kg fresh Moringa forage per animal per day as a supplement to regular feed.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Studies performed claim that milk and production can be increased dramatically when livestock feed is supplemented with moringa leaves, but there is some conflicting information.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Another factor to consider is that Moringa Oleifera grows much more intensely then traditional livestock feeds, so that even if Moringa doesn\u2019t convert to weight gain as efficiently as traditional feeds, it is immensely cheaper to produce.<\/p>\n
\n- Alfalfa produces on average, around 7 tons per acre,<\/li>\n
- Oats produce as much as 2.5 tons per acre and<\/li>\n
- Soybeans grown with perfect conditions can produce as much as 6.5 tons of nutritious protein filled beans per acre.<\/li>\n
- With perfect conditions, and all the inputs at optimum levels, the record production of an acre of alfalfa is at 11 tons per acre.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n
Moringa has been reported to produce more then 280 tons of green matter per acre<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Approximately %70 percent of that total is reported to be stems and wood, which can be used for paper production or biomass power production.\u00a0 Traditional feed crops require fertilizer, pesticides and weed killers, which are all expensive.\u00a0 Inputs required for Moringa production are significantly lower<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\nMoringa leaves are packed with protein, calcium and other important components of a balanced diet for livestock, and they can be grown with much less fertilizer and pesticides then traditional forage crops.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Trial results using Moringa leaves as livestock feed for beef and milk cows, swine, and poultry<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
When Moringa leaves constituted 40-50% of feed, milk yields for dairy cows and daily weight gains for beef cattle increased by about 30%. Milk production was 10 liters\/day when cows were fed Moringa, compared to 7 liters\/day without Moringa. With Moringa feed, daily weight gain of beef cattle was 1,200 grams\/day, compared to 900 grams\/day without Moringa feed[1].”<\/p>\n
Whether used as food or feed for livestock, the benefits of the Moringa have become increasingly obvious.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Moringa Documentary<\/a><\/h3>\nMoringa Video<\/a><\/h3>\nMoringa Video<\/a><\/h3>\nMoringa how to grow<\/a><\/h3>\nMoringa Cutting and Drying into powder<\/a><\/h3>\n10 Benefits of MORINGA<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n7 PERENNIAL SHRUBS and TREES with EDIBLE LEAVES<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moringa oleifera is a plant that\u00a0is often called the drumstick tree, the miracle tree, the ben oil tree, or the horseradish tree Livestock diets are improved by the addition of Moringa products. The main cost of feeding animals is in the purchase of animals feed. In Asia families can not afford feed, but buy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5hbwr-nF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permacultureinstitutethailand.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1467"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permacultureinstitutethailand.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permacultureinstitutethailand.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permacultureinstitutethailand.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permacultureinstitutethailand.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1467"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.permacultureinstitutethailand.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1689,"href":"https:\/\/www.permacultureinstitutethailand.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1467\/revisions\/1689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permacultureinstitutethailand.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Livestock diets are improved by the addition of Moringa products.<\/h3>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/permacultureinstitutethailand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/moringa-oleifera-powder2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nThe main cost of feeding animals is in the purchase of animals feed. In Asia families can not afford feed, but buy it anyway, often from borrowed money. When the animal is sold they often have “no money” for all the work they have put into raising the animal, due to the cost of feed.\u00a0 Animals become what ‘they’ eat, and we, in turn, become what we eat through them, farm animals and pets and people alike benefit from the Moringa Tree.<\/p>\n
Amazing benefits of Moringa in use as animal feed.<\/h4>\n
Feeding your animals with Moringa leaves and green stems can increases cattle\u2019s weight gain up to 32% and increases milk production 43-65%. Moringa also improves the digestibility of other food that cattle eats and improves the health of your animal.\u00a0 Moringa is a great benefit to people in Asia and Thailand.<\/p>\n
Moringa as Livestock Fodder Supplement<\/h4>\n
– Population explosion in most parts of the world puts a hitherto unknown pressure on the agricultural industry but there are ethical and healthier intervention paths than what presently obtains. Both livestock and pets can be fed healthy foods and the highly nutritious Moringa plant is strategically poised to play a major part in this wise. intensive cultivation methods developed under experimental conditions on plots ranging in size from 0.5 to 4 hectares. the leaves and green stems, including their use in cattle fodder.<\/p>\n
- \n
- Cattle Fodder Supplement – <\/strong>Two studies in Nicaragua showed that supplementing cattle feed with the leaves and green stems of Moringa can increase milk production by 43-65%<\/strong>, and increase daily weight gain in cattle by up to 32%. These studies also demonstrated that Moringa can be grown instensively as a \ufb01eld crop:
\n\u2022 One single planting lasts for several years.
\n\u2022 Foidl, et al. have been able to harvest it up to 9 times a year from irrigated and well-fertilized land, producing per year:
\n\u2022 650 to 700 metric tons of green mass
\n\u2022 Equivalent to 100 to 110 metric tons of dry mass
\n\u2022 17.5 metric tons of pure protein
\n\u2022 7000 kg of lipids, with 65% being omega-3 fatty acids
\n\u2022 10 metric tons of fermentable sugars
\n\u2022 Approximately 8 metric tons of starch
\n\u2022 Approximately 45 metric tons of hemicellulose and cellulose.<\/li>\n- <\/li>\n
- <\/li>\n
- Studies done without irrigation and with much less fertilizer, show a total of 100 tons of green mass harvested from four crops in a year. However, milk production and cattle weight increased substantially in both studies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/p>\n
All these factors may make Moringa leaves and green stems very attractive and inexpensive as a cattle fodder supplement. Two possible methodologies for testing Moringa animal feed<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n<\/div>\nMoringa animal feeding Methodology 1<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Growing Moringa for 10 Cattle<\/strong><\/p>\n
- \n
- Area:
\nIf irrigated and fertilized: 1 ha
\nIf non-irrigated: minimum 2 ha
\nSpacing: Plant Moringa seeds at a spacing of 10 x 10 centimeters
\nFertilization: 10 m3 of cow dung spread evenly after every cutting in the harvested area
\nPlanting and harvesting
\nHarvesting: Moringa green tops can be cut every 35 days.
\nPlanting: Separate your plot into 35 growing areas. Each day, plant one growing area. Do this for 35 days. This will allow for fresh Moringa to be available for cutting every day on a 35-day cycle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nMoringa Feeding cattle<\/h3>\n
Average per cow and day is 35 kg of fresh moringa (whole plant) plus grazing during the day. The only thing we add is vitamins and salt. Slowly introduce the Moringa into the cattle\u2019s diet over a period of 10 days, to avoid indigestion or diarrhea. Each day, increase the ratio of Moringa slightly until the full amount is given on the 10th day.\u00a0 The first day the cattle are given the full amount of Moringa is considered the first day of the study.<\/p>\n
Moringa Feeding sheep<\/h3>\n
To find the quantity, let them eat as much as they want during 15 days, adding some molasses in the first 3 days to raise the appetite. Weigh the quantity given every day, and then weigh what is left the next morning. Be sure you add some hay or give them pasture additionally so they don’t have a lack of fiber. In case of milk producing animals, some extra energy is always welcome (sugarcane, etc.).<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/span>Moringa animal feeding Methodology 2 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Growing Moringa for animal feed<\/h3>\n
- \n
- No irrigation or fertilization<\/strong>
\nPlanting density: 500,000 plants\/ha
\nSpacing: 40 cm between rows and 5 cm between plants.
\nCutting frequency: Every 60 days, cut at 25 cm height from soil. Cutting can be done by hand with machete or scissors, or eventually by machinery.
\nThe yield of Moringa leaves and green stems is 99 tons (Fresh Matter) per ha per year. From here you can calculate how much area you need in order to feed 10,\u00a0 100 or even\u00a0 1000 animals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n
Moringa Feeding cattle<\/h3>\n
Dairy cattle:
\nAmount to feed: Around 10 – 15 kg fresh matter per head per day, as a supplement to regular diet.
\nThe formula for this is: Amount of fresh Moringa is 3.75% of body weight.
\nMoringa forage should be offered after milking, to avoid transfer of smell or abnormal taste.
\nBeef cattle:\u00a0 The formula is: Amount of fresh Moringa is 6.25% of Body Weight. To be given as a supplement, using Brachiaria hay as base diet, mixed with sugarcane molasses.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Moringa Feeding sheep<\/h3>\n
Use 5 kg fresh Moringa forage per animal per day as a supplement to regular feed.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Studies performed claim that milk and production can be increased dramatically when livestock feed is supplemented with moringa leaves, but there is some conflicting information.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Another factor to consider is that Moringa Oleifera grows much more intensely then traditional livestock feeds, so that even if Moringa doesn\u2019t convert to weight gain as efficiently as traditional feeds, it is immensely cheaper to produce.<\/p>\n
- \n
- Alfalfa produces on average, around 7 tons per acre,<\/li>\n
- Oats produce as much as 2.5 tons per acre and<\/li>\n
- Soybeans grown with perfect conditions can produce as much as 6.5 tons of nutritious protein filled beans per acre.<\/li>\n
- With perfect conditions, and all the inputs at optimum levels, the record production of an acre of alfalfa is at 11 tons per acre.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n
Moringa has been reported to produce more then 280 tons of green matter per acre<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Approximately %70 percent of that total is reported to be stems and wood, which can be used for paper production or biomass power production.\u00a0 Traditional feed crops require fertilizer, pesticides and weed killers, which are all expensive.\u00a0 Inputs required for Moringa production are significantly lower<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n
Moringa leaves are packed with protein, calcium and other important components of a balanced diet for livestock, and they can be grown with much less fertilizer and pesticides then traditional forage crops.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Trial results using Moringa leaves as livestock feed for beef and milk cows, swine, and poultry<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When Moringa leaves constituted 40-50% of feed, milk yields for dairy cows and daily weight gains for beef cattle increased by about 30%. Milk production was 10 liters\/day when cows were fed Moringa, compared to 7 liters\/day without Moringa. With Moringa feed, daily weight gain of beef cattle was 1,200 grams\/day, compared to 900 grams\/day without Moringa feed[1].”<\/p>\n
Whether used as food or feed for livestock, the benefits of the Moringa have become increasingly obvious.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Moringa Documentary<\/a><\/h3>\n
Moringa Video<\/a><\/h3>\n
Moringa Video<\/a><\/h3>\n
Moringa how to grow<\/a><\/h3>\n
Moringa Cutting and Drying into powder<\/a><\/h3>\n
10 Benefits of MORINGA<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
7 PERENNIAL SHRUBS and TREES with EDIBLE LEAVES<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- No irrigation or fertilization<\/strong>