Opportunities for sweet sorghum stover and bagasse as valuable commodities in fodder trading and processing
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Presented by Michael Blümmel and colleagues at the CFC-FAO Meeting on Feed and Fodder Value Chain Opportunities in Sweet Sorghum-biofuel Operations, Hyderabad, India, 7-8 December 2011.
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- 1. Opportunities for sweet sorghum stover and bagasse as valuable commodities in fodder trading and processing Michael Blümmel and colleagues International Livestock Research Institute CFC-FAO Meeting on Feed and Fodder Value Chain Opportunities in Sweet Sorghum-biofuel Operations Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh , India, 7-8 December 2011
- 4. Sorghum stover trading in Hyderabad
- 5. Changes in grain: stover value in ‘grain’ sorghum from 2004 to 2009 Blümmel et al (2011)
- 6. Relation between digestibility and price of ‘grain’ sorghum stover Premium Stover “ Raichur” Low Cost Stover “ Local Yellow” Blümmel and Parthasarathy, 2006
- 7. Price variations in different sorghum stover traded concomitantly in Mieso, Ethiopia, April 2007 Source: calculated from Gebremedhin et al. 2009 Note: In India SS stover have about 3-4 units higher digestibility than GS stover Stover ETB/kg Trader ETB/kg Farm Sweet Sorghum (SS) 0.65 0.20 “ Grain” Sorghum (GS) 0.50 0.13 Price premium 30% 54%
- 10. Digestibility of stover and bagasse in a range of sorghum hybrids and varieties (OPV’) Blümmel et al (2009) Percentage Digestibility of Stover Bagasse + Leaf Mean Hybrid 49 44.6 Range Hybrid 43.8-54.5 39.3-49.1 Mean OPV 51.5 46.6 Range OPV 48.8-54.8 42.0-50.4
- 11. Linking sorghum stover traders to de-centralized crushing unit: unchopped bagasse/leaves 50 Paisa per kg bagasse/leaves Note: dry matter of bagasse/leaves less than 50%
- 12. Linking sorghum stover traders to de-centralized crushing unit: chopped bagasse/leaves 1 Rs per kg fresh chopped bagasse/leaves Note: traders were offering more towards end of crushing season
- 14. Feed block manufacturing: supplementation, densification Courtesy: Miracle Fodder and Feeds PVT LTD Ingredients % Sorghum stover 50 Bran/husks/hulls 18 Oilcakes 18 Molasses 8 Grains 4 Minerals, vitamins, urea 2
- 15. Relation between digestibility and price of sorghum stover Premium Stover “ Raichur” Low Cost Stover “ Local Yellow” Blümmel and Parthasarathy, 2006
- 16. Comparisons of high and low quality sorghum stover based feed blocks in commercial dairy buffalo Anandan et al. (2009a) Block High Block Low CP 17.2 % 17.1% ME (MJ/kg) 8.46 MJ/kg 7.37 MJ/kg DMI 19.7 kg/d 18.0 kg/d DMI per kg LW 3.6 % 3.3 % Milk Potential 16.6 kg/d 11.8 kg/d
- 17. Supplementation and processing of sweet sorghum bagasse and response in sheep Anandan et al. (2009b) Mash Pellets Block Control Chaffed SSBRL Concentrate DMI (g/kg LW) 52.5 a 55.6 a 42.1 b 41.5 b ADG (g / d) 132.7 a 130.4 a 89.5 b 81.3 b Processing ($/t) 5.9 7.0 5.2 1.7 Transport ($/t/100km) 6.6 5.8 5.2 13.5
- 21. Thank you for your attention