Sweet sorghum feeding value and feeding dairy cows technology

Animal husbandry in China has developed rapidly in recent years. The number of dairy herds has increased annually due to high demand for all types of dairy products, which further promotes the development of animal husbandry in the dairy industry. Large livestock farms use corn silage to feed livestock, the supply is insufficient to meet the demand for forage caused by the rapid development of animal husbandry. Sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) is a good forage crops after corn silage; it is a high-yielding, drought-resistant grain that can be used as feed. Additionally, the stems and leaves can be used as forage and silage, among other uses. This manuscript is a preliminary review on sweet sorghum mowing, pretreatment methods and multiple uses. To provide some technical reference for the future of animal husbandry in China using sweet sorghum-fed cows, we analysed the effect of feeding sweet sorghum to dairy cows and put forward matters needing attention.