KIM ANGEL ANN M. CANOY
BSAB-1A
Application (Let’s Do It!)
Assessment No. 6
1. Discuss the importance of Backyard cattle raising.
Answer: The importance of backyard cattle raising is that it provides farmers with year-round work and
additional cash. They can use agricultural wastes that would otherwise go to waste, such as maize
stovers, rice straws, copra meal, rice bran, and sugarcane tops. Backyard cattle fattening has grown in
popularity as a viable economic venture in the Philippines' livestock industry. Raising cattle in the
backyard provides the farmer with year-round work and additional revenue. Livestock production is a
critical component of developing countries' agricultural economies, with contributions ranging from
direct food production to multipurpose uses such as skins, fiber, fertilizer, fuel, and capital
accumulation.
2. Discuss the importance of nutrition in cattle raising.
Answer: Livestock animals, like humans, require a well-balanced diet that includes all of the essential
nutrients, fluids, minerals, and vitamins. Nutrition gives your animals the energy they need to grow,
develop, and breed and a robust immune system to battle illnesses. Cow fertility, a significant driver of
profitability, is mainly determined by nutrition. Supplemental vitamin and mineral programs can help
livestock improve their health, immunity, performance, and reproduction. Water, protein, carbs, lipids,
minerals, and vitamins are required for beef cattle. They need the most water of all these nutrients
daily. Beef cattle require nutrients to maintain their bodies, reproduce, lactate and grow. Beef cattle
have different dietary requirements depending on their age, class, production stage, performance level,
and weight. Sickness and the weather are examples of physiological and environmental stressors.