Feed Usage and Cattle Feeding Practices in Cattle Enterprises in the Eastern Anatolia Region: The Case of the Central County of Erzincan Province

This study was conducted to determine the common animal feeding practices as well types of feeds used in cattle enterprises located central county Erzincan province. For this purpose, data were obtained by conducting a face survey with 401 dairy breeders. Percentages which moved their animals pasture March, April, May and June respectively 2.6%, 56.7%, 39.3% 1.3%. Cattle breeders tended generally buy concentrate feed from mills, while majority them (74.8%) grew forage crops own enterprises. The most commonly roughage wheat-barley straw (95.8%), alfalfa hay (78.1%) meadow (52.1%), crushed barley (92.0%), wheat bran (78.6%), (68.3%) fattening (50.6%) prominent feeds. It also determined that (97.5%) distributed hand. Data regarding weaning age calves indicated 0.6% weaned at one month age, 10.9% two months 79.7% three-four ages, 5.4% five-six ages 3.4% seven or older. In conclusion, awareness about updated especially for silage corn planting usage maize nutrition must be increased incentives financial supports respect has raised profitable husbandry county.