January 10, 2012
Vietnamese association introduces new grass VA06
Press Release
Vietnam Association of Rural Industrial Small & Medium Enterprises (VARISME) has successfully tested the new grass-VA06 to supply forage for livestock and material for other process industries.
VA06 features higher yield than others, high nutritional value and many uses. Grass VA06 is able to survive in harsh weather. Its root develops strongly up to 3- 4m, 1.3a€"2.5 cm in diameter, which is useful to resist erosion. VA06 can survive in different ecological regions. It could be cultivated on lands with daily average degree of over 5- 250c. VA06 may resist common pets and disease. Thus, it may decrease risk of loss and generate high benefit for planters.
VA06 has high nutritional value (17 kinds of amino acids and many vitamins), juicy, tasty, and high digestive coefficient. VA06 is the ideal forage for livestock, poultry and grass carp.
Table 01: Nutritional values of fresh grass VA06
Raw Protein (%)
Fat
Raw fiber
Sugar
Raw ash
Dry material
2.11
0.33
7.10
2.43
0.94
18.96
Table 02: Nutritional values of dry grass VA06
Raw Protein (%)
Fat
Raw fiber
sugar
Raw ash
Dry material
11.16
1.74
37.43
12.8
4.95
18.96
(According to statistics of Vietnam''s National Institute of Animal Husbandry)
VA06 may be used as fresh food, fermented food, dry food or dry powder to feed cow, dairy cow, goat, sheep, rabbit, turkey, and grass carp, without the additional of other food to ensure the normal development. It is more effective in breeding than other kinds of grass. For examples, every 14kg fresh grass can produce 1kg grass carp; every 18kg fresh grass for 1kg goose meat. 1ha of grass VA06 can supply forage for 91 horses, 91 buffaloes, cattle meat, 52 milk cows, 586 goats, sheep, 119 ostrich.
With a very strong root system, VA06 can effectively resist erosion. It is also an ideal plant to cultivate on highlands. The grass can be cultivated as a fence around fruit garden, along dykes, around lakes to prevent erosion or on sandy soil.