Starch: farm glossary
Starch is an energy-supplying carbohydrate fraction measured in feed analyses. It is commonly reported as a percentage of dry matter. Grains and compound feeds can have different starch contents. The starch supplied in a daily ration is calculated from each feed’s starch percentage and the dry-matter amount included in the mixture.
Compiled from open-access scientific sources.
A farm example
Illustrative calculation: if a ration includes 3 kg of grain dry matter at 60% starch, that grain supplies 1.8 kg of starch to the daily ration.
Everyday use
HerdMobile includes the starch values of selected feeds in its ration information. This places starch alongside fibre, protein, energy and the amounts used in the daily plan.
How HerdMobile helps
Bring your animals, feed stocks and farm accounts together on your Android phone. HerdMobile keeps your daily work moving offline: record events, compare feed quantities and follow sales and payments in one place. Use your own feeds and herd information to prepare a ration, then keep a backup file under your control.
