MANALO'S INTEGRATED FARM

FORAGE
PRODUCTION
Company
AND
AGR PROCESSING
CULTURE
( Selecting the right forages for your goats )

ROMEO V. MANALO
Farm Owner
 LESSONS
FORAGE GRASSES AND
FORAGE LEGUMES IDENTIFICATION

FORAGE PRODUCTION

FORAGE PROCESSING AND

PRESERVATION
CLASSIFICATION OF FORAGES
Naturally Growing VS. Planted Forages

Monocots VS. Dicots

Growth Habit
CLASSIFICATION OF FORAGES

Naturally Growing

native

indigenous
CLASSIFICATION OF FORAGES
PLANTED FORAGES
CULTIVATED

IMPROVED

EXOTIC
CLASSIFICATION OF FORAGES
MONOCOTS VS. DICOTS
CLASSIFICATION OF FORAGES

Growth Habit
a) Grasses
low or creeping
Medium
Tall
CLASSIFICATION OF FORAGES

Growth Habit
CLASSIFICATION OF FORAGES

Growth Habit
CLASSIFICATION OF FORAGES

Growth Habit
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Growth Habit
b) Broadleaves
•creeping
•Climbing / twining
•Herbs – erect, succulent stem
•Shrubs - erect, short, woody
•Trees – erect, tall, woody
CLASSIFICATION OF FORAGES

Growth Habit
CLASSIFICATION OF FORAGES

Growth Habit
CLASSIFICATION OF FORAGES

Growth Habit
CLASSIFICATION OF FORAGES

Growth Habit
CLASSIFICATION OF FORAGES

Growth Habit
SELECTING THE RIGHT FORAGES
Method of feeding

- cut – and – carry = erect forages

- grazing/tethering = creeping for
heavy grazing, or medium for
controlled grazing
SELECTING THE RIGHT FORAGES
Method of feeding

Grazing/tethering
SELECTING THE RIGHT FORAGES
Method of feeding

Cut-and-carry
SELECTING THE RIGHT FORAGES
Ways of integrating forages into the farm
SELECTING THE RIGHT FORAGES
Ways of integrating forages into the farm
SELECTING THE RIGHT FORAGES
Ways of integrating forages into the farm
SELECTING THE RIGHT FORAGES
Ways of integrating forages into the farm
SELECTING THE RIGHT FORAGES
Ways of integrating forages into the farm
SELECTING THE RIGHT FORAGES
Ways of integrating forages into the farm
SELECTING THE RIGHT FORAGES
Soil and climate

- soil fertility
SELECTING THE RIGHT FORAGES
Soil and climate

- soil pH
SELECTING THE RIGHT FORAGES
Soil and climate

- rainfall
 SELECTING THE RIGHT FORAGES
Soil and climate
- temperature
 SELECTING THE RIGHT FORAGES
Availability of planting materials : Options
a. when there is planting materials of suitable species:
1. establish available species BUT introduce additional
inputs
- management, fertilizer, irrigation
- establish available species BUT introduce external
input
SELECTING THE RIGHT FORAGES
Availability of planting materials : Options

a. when there is planting materials

of suitable species:
2. use other feeds BUT need
additional inputs
 SELECTING THE RIGHT FORAGES
Availability of planting materials : Options
b. when there is only little planting materials available:
1. establish and manage available planting materials
intensively
- individual seedlings, fertilizer, irrigation
- set aside plants for planting material production and
expansion
 SELECTING THE RIGHT FORAGES
Availability of planting materials : Options

b. when there is only little planting

materials available:
2. propagate /produce planting material
from existing