. . . . a beautiful day waking up to sunrise on a farm . . . . the environment, nature, livestock, the essence of it all and how it correlates with the meaning of life and the ecosystem and the true sense of the word, ecoliving . . . #agriculture. . #farming . . #ecoliving . . #agritourism . . #almatfarmslive
. . . . recently, the Minister Livestock Development and his Team visited @AlmatFarms to see progress so far with its Livestock Development as part of ongoing efforts to improve food security nationwide.
#livestockfarming . . #foodsecurity . . #agriculture . . #almatfarmslive
. . . . . Step 4 - Final Stage . . compacted/compressed mix is then covered uniformly along the sides and edges with a tarp or plastic sheet . . . . . this completely blocks out air; then tires are placed on top on the tarp to ensure the tarp doesn’t unravel under the wind or rain, and guarantees negative air intake
the tarp remains in this state for about 10 - 12 weeks . . . . during this period, oxygen is used up for anaerobic conditions to begin, then, bacteria converts sugars to lactic acid and the pH drops from 3.8 to about 4.7 and then we have preservation occurring naturally under these conditions . . . . . then you have your silage
. . . #silage . . #supernapiergrass . . #farming . . #agriculture . . #livestockfarming . . almatfarmslive
They are called Jersey cows.
Their milk taste as good as they look ,straight from the mammary gland 🥛
#cattles #jerseycow #explore #photography
@almatfarms
. . . . . Step 3 - Hay Silage . . compacted/compressed fodder is then sprinkled on with a combination mix of Salt, Calcium, Potassium biphosphate, Vitamin C and then sprayed with Mollases (measured per tonnage) evenly on the entire crushed fodder
. . . #silage . . #supernapiergrass . . #farming . . #agriculture . . #almatfarmslive
. . . . . Step 2 - making Hay Silage from Super Napier Grass . . trailer offloads crushed/chopped Napier onto flat surface/ground evenly spread; this is then compacted/compressed on all sides to take out all air pockets within the mix . . this can be done using a compactor or a tractor as shown above.
. . . #silage . . #supernapiergrass . . #farming . . #agriculture . . #almatfarmslive
. . . . . Step 1 at making Hay Silage from Super Napier Grass for our livestock . . . . chopping the SuperNapier stalks using a crusher which crushes the Napier into bits and spits into the trailer. Notice all three machines connected as one unit.
#silage . . #supernapiergrass . . #farming . . #agriculture . . #almatfarmslive
. . . . . there’s something about a shetland pony, and then there’s something about a shetland pony and one with its foal . . . . just adorable, wouldn’t you agree . . foal cuteness overload . . . #foal . . #shetlandpony . . #horses . . #almatfarmslive
. . . . some of our sheep grazing . . we raise White Dorper ewes and breed them with a white Dorper ram. We run about 215 ewes all pasture raised . . . our Dorper sheep grazing trampling and pooping their way through while fertilizing the soil in their wake . . . #dorpersheep . . #regenerativefarming . . #livestock . . #almatfarmslive
. . . . and just like that, we’ve made bales of Hay for sheep, cattle and horses . . . making hay while the sun shines . . .
#agriculture . . #farming . . #haymaking . . #livestockfarming .. . #dairyfarm . . almatfarmlive
