Karabuğdayı Hayvan Yemi Olarak Kullanabilir miyiz

Buckwheat that was not commonly grown but it has been a subject crop of researches for its growth techniques in Turkey. In this review, we focused on nutrient content of seed, herbage and hay, and usability as animal feed in eliminating deficit of forage crops in our country. Yield and nutrient contents of buckwheat and the other common forage crops used for animal feed were compared. According to the results of some carried out researches on buckwheat, the hay nutrient value of buckwheat was close to commonly cultivated forage crops, except from alfalfa and sainfoin, and its seed protein content was close to the seeds of forage crops, except from leguminosae plants. The quality of buckwheat silage was close to maize silage and its digestibility was high. According to results of examined studies, buckwheat may compete with wheat, barley, triticale and rye due to its features such as fast-growing characteristics, high herbage yield in short period, a good rotation and inter-product make it an animal feed source.