Urea-Molasses-Multinutrient

Blocks (UMMBs)

A Strategic
Supplementary Feed

Optimizing utilization of locally available

crop residues and agricultural by-products
Block making in China

Transferring mixed ingredients in

Mixing & transferring ingredients
polyethylene bags

Transferring polyethylene bag containing

ingredients in the mould
Compacting the ingredients
to make blocks
 Block making in China

Opening the mould and removal

of the blocks Urea molasses multinutrient blocks

A shop selling the blocks Licking of UMMB by animals

Mongolia
Mixing of ingredients, pressing and storage of blocks
Mixing, pressing and removal of the blocks (Indonesia)
1 3

2 4
UMMB produced by a cooperative in Indonesia
Block making in Uzbekistan

Block moulding machine in Uzbekistan

Shape of Urea Molasses Blocks

 Block making in Bangladesh

Mixing of ingredients

Transferring into the mould Pressing & formation of block

Blocks in a shop in Bangladesh

Blocks are prepared
by farmers in
Cooperative areas
Pakistan
 Venezuela
Mixing of molasses

Pressing in a mould

Urea molasses blocks

 UMMB in Venezuela & Cuba

Venezuela
• Improvement in weight gain by 40 %. No change in milk yield
• Mating at a lower age and first calving 250 days earlier
• Ovarian activity increased from 15 to 40%
Milk production of grazing cows (g/day)
Cuba 3.1 (–UMMB) 4.3 (+UMMB)