Curriculum · Module 06
The Fodder Flow and the Drought Plan
Standing winter veld can be abundant and still starve an animal. This module turns that into a month-by-month budget, follows the mineral chain from soil to bone to botulism, and ends with a drought trigger written in a good year — because the destocking decision taken in a bad one is always taken too late.
- 23 The Winter Protein Collapse Settles why standing winter veld can be abundant and still starve an animal, and what class of supplement answers it. Explain the rumen protein threshold and what happens to intake below itChoose the class of lick that matches your veld and your seasonState why this course names an intake target and never a formulation 13 min
- 24 Minerals from Soil to Animal Settles how a soil mineral deficiency becomes an animal disease, using the phosphorus chain that ends in botulism. Trace a phosphorus deficiency from soil through pasture to a clinical caseUse South African benchmark figures to judge whether your phosphate programme is adequateSay what South Africa does not know about its own trace-mineral map 12 min
- 25 Building a Fodder Flow Budget Settles how to lay supply against demand month by month so the shortfall is visible in advance rather than in July. Build a twelve-month supply-and-demand budget in kilograms of dry matter for your own stockLocate the month your feed year actually breaksRank the options for closing the gap in cost order 14 min
- 26 The Written Drought Trigger Settles that the drought decision is written in a good year, with a destocking order and the feed-through-or-sell arithmetic already done. Write a drought trigger in forage and rainfall terms with a date attachedOrder your own stock for destocking before the drought arrivesDo the feed-through-or-sell arithmetic on your own numbers 12 min