| dc.description.abstract | Forage is the main feed consumed by livestock. Availability and production
of good quality forage is needed for basic living needs and livestock production.
The dominant type of grass in the livestock study program's stables is elephant
grass (Pennisetum purpureum). Elephant Grass (Pennisetum purpureum) is one of
the superior grass varieties in the provision of forage because this grass is heat
resistant and contains high nutrients. This research was conducted for 2 months.
Samples were taken from several points where elephant grass was located at the
University of Jember, Bondowoso Campus. Jember University Bondowoso
campus is campus 2 of Jember University which is in Bondowoso, East Java
Province. The campus here has several study programs, one of which is the
Animal Husbandry Study Program, Faculty of Agriculture. The Animal
Husbandry Study Program has a large area of land that is used for building
livestock pens and forage land for livestock. The forage land is planted with
various varieties of forage plants, one of which is elephant grass. The purpose of
this study was to determine the production profile of elephant grass as a superior
grass in the Animal Husbandry Study Program, University of Jember, Bondowoso
Campus. The method used in this study used a completely randomized design
(CRD) with 3 treatments and 5 replications for each treatment, with a total of 15
cutting treatment units, namely 40 days, 50 days, and 60 days. Analysis of the
results of the research data used ANOVA diversity, then a further test was carried
out using the DMRT to determine the effect between treatments. Parameters
observed in this study were characteristic profiles (plant height, number of leaves,
leaf height, leaf width, number of tillers), plant fresh production, and livestock
carrying capacity. The results showed that the cutting age which showed the best
production profile was 60 days cutting age. Elephant grass production on livestock
study program land during the rainy season at 40 days of cutting age was 8.38
tons/ha, 13.81 tons/ha at 50 days and 14.58 tons/ha at 60 days and the capacity of
elephant grass on the land Animal Husbandry study program, Jember University,
Bondowoso Campus, namely 24.30 ST and livestock population of 17.025
Livestock Units (ST). The remaining livestock capacity to increase the livestock
population is 7.275 ST. Calculation of livestock holding capacity in livestock
businesses that have an average of above 10 ST can be increased from small-scale
farmers to large-scale. | en_US |
