Table 3 Feeding practices and acquisition of concentrate feeds by dairy farmers in Jimma town
Variable | Type of farm | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small | Medium | Large | Total | P value | |
Grazing system | 0.253 | ||||
Zero-grazing | 20.4 | 27.8 | 31.5 | 79.6 | |
Semi-grazing | 3.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 7.4 | |
Zero- and full grazing | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | |
Free grazing | 7.4 | 3.4 | 0 | 11.1 | |
Sources of feed acquisition | |||||
Purchased | 24.1 | 27.8 | 29.6 | 81.5 | |
On farm and purchased | 0 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 5.6 | |
Communal pasture grazing | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0 | 3.7 | |
Purchased and grazing | 7.4 | 1.9 | 0 | 9.3 | |