Giant Bolivian sorghum is “low-cost insurance” to feed super-precocious animals during drought

In an era where the efficiency of agricultural production is crucial to maintaining competitiveness in the global market, innovations in livestock management and feeding techniques stand out as pillars for success. One of these innovations, the use of giant Bolivian sorghum in consortium with brachiaria for the production of silage, has been transforming livestock farming, offering sustainable and effective solutions to the challenge of animal nutrition, especially during the most critical periods of the year. Watch the video below and check it out. According to Edmundo Rocha Vilela, livestock farmer and founding partner of Lageado Biotecnologia e Pecuária, this method has demonstrated impressive results. The outlook for Flamboyant Farm was bleak in the summer of 2017-2018, when an event that has not yet been completely clarified resulted in the complete death of the pasture. The urgent need to find a viable solution for the production of roughage in sandy soil, which could ...