Coffee husk

Coffee husk is not palatable to cattle, and they can form  only a small portion  of rations fed to unproductive animals. Under acute scarcity or famine conditions, the cattle may be able to consume this feed, if they are fed after mixing them with cereal straws. Even for maintaining animals, when this feed forms a part of the ration, the requirement of energy rich feeds will be more in order to make up the poor energy content of this husk.

Nutritive value

Coffee husk contains 7-8% crude protein. NDF and ADF contents are 60 and 49%, respectively. However, calcium and phosphorus content is 0.51 and 0.25%, respectively.