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Giant Reed to FORAGE LIVESTOCK
Giant reed, or Arundo donax, is mainly known as an herbaceous, perennial and rapidly growing energy crop, with an innumerable list of uses. Among its uses there is a potential to forage livestock. To know more about giant reed as a feedstock for domesticated animals,...
Arundo Donax Uses: 8 Ways to Utilise Giant Reed
Arundo Donax (also known as giant reed or giant cane) has a wide range of applications and innumerable advantages compared to other energy crops. This perennial plant grows in different kinds of environments and adapts well to a variety of soils and growing...
ARUNDO DONAX FOR ANIMALS – Forage Feedstock of the future
Arundo donax (also known as giant reed) is a noteworthy energy crop for sure, since its versatile nature allows it to be used as a feedstock in numerous ways: bioethanol and biogas production, pellet and briquette production, papermaking, and even as particleboards...
Arundo as Forage Feedstock
An appropriate forage feedstock resource is Arundo donax (further on Arundo), commonly known as ‘‘giant reed”, which is a fast-growing perennial rhizomatous grass that has an average biomass yield of 30–40 tons of dry matter (DM) per hectare per year. It can adapt to...