Özet:

The purpose of the research is to determine the problems and solutions by revealing the associations between cattle feeding practices, feeds used, feeding methods, and farm sizes in cattle enterprises in central Eyyubiye district of Şanlıurfa province. For this aim, the survey data that were carried out with 135 randomly selected enterprises were analyzed using the frequency analysis method, the Chi-square independence test. Based on these findings, it was found out that while 40.2% of enterprises within the scope of the research cultivated forage crops, 59.8% of them did not grow fodder crops. A significant (P<0.05) relationship between size of enterprises and fodder crops production were determined, and as the enterprise size increased, the proportion of enterprises that grew their own forage plants also increased. Furthermore, it was determined that the size of enterprises had a very significant impact on silage production (P<0.01) and as the quantity of cattle in enterprises increased, the proportion of enterprises engaged in silage production also increased. It was revealed that in 58.5% of the enterprises, breeders produced concentrate feed on their own farms by purchasing feed raw materials from outside, but buy ready-made concentrated feed from outside when their production does not meet their needs. Additionally, it was also found that there are important technical knowledge deficiencies in animal feeding issues in the district and that feeding practices that meet the nutritional needs of cattle in different physiological periods are not carried out. For this reason, it was concluded that improving the technical knowledge and skills of breeders as a consequence of increasing the effectiveness and extension of training activities by relevant agricultural organisations, as well as encouraging the production of silage and forage crops in Eyyubiye district, will contribute to the development of cattle breeding in the region.

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