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1.2. Scope of Study
Animal feed is all that can be eaten by livestock in a form that can be digested in part or entirely and does not interfere with the respective of animal health.
Generally, the ingredients of animal feed can be eaten, but not all the components in the feed material can be digested by livestock. The ingredients of feed consist of
crops, crop yields, and also originating from livestock or animal. Almost 90 of the main feed of herbivore cattle comes from forage, includes the remains of agricultural
produce such as rice straw, maize straw, rice bran, sugarcane tops, and peanut hay. This study focuses on identifying areas of potential as a source of beef cattle
feed based on carrying capacity. 1.3. Objectives
The goal of this research is to identify the potential land for fodder and to determine the level of availability.
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II. LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1. Cattle Feed
Animal feed is all that can be eaten by livestock in a form that can be digested in part or entirely and does not interfere with the respective of animal health. Animal
feed is the material that can be eaten, digested, and used by livestock. Generally, the ingredients of animal feed can be eaten, but not all the components in the feed
material can be digested by livestock Tilman et al. 1989. The ingredients of feed consist of crops, crop yields, and also originating from
livestock or animal. Tilman et al. 1989. Generally, livestock depends on the plant as a source of feed. Almost 90 of the main feed of herbivore cattle comes from forage,
includes the remains of agricultural produce such as rice straw, maize straw, rice bran, sugarcane tops, and peanut hay. Grass has a very important position as fodder
and cannot be replaced entirely by concentrate Sutardi, 1980. Feed has an important role for livestock, either for the growth of young
animals and to maintain life and to produce the products of cows milk, calf, meat and energy for adult cattle. Another function of the feed is to maintain the immune
system and health. In order to grow as expected, the type of feed given to livestock must be of good quality and in sufficient quantities. Food that is often given to
livestock work such as: forage and concentrates. The source of livestock feed depends on the farming sector in a region. In an
area that has a farm field food the sources derive from agricultural-by-product, otherwise in the area that has a system of dry land farming or moor animal feed
derive from natural grass. So far, most of the feed given to livestock in Indonesia are local grass or natural grass, both originating from grazing land, agricultural waste,
and plantation Prawiradiputra, 2000.
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2.2. Land Feed
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