Groundnut is the major oilseed produced in India. At the time of harvesting, large quantities of leaves and stem become available for feeding of livestock. Extensive studies were conducted on the groundnut bhoosa as a partial substitute for concentrates in the ration of milk cows. It is understood that in large parts of India, groundnut straw is commonly fed to livestock.

Nutritive value

The DCP value of  groundnut  straw  is  superior  to  that  of  non-leguminous  hays and is comparable to that of leguminous hay of cowpea. In energy value, as represented by TDN, groundnut straw is superior to most of the grass hays. It can be safely fed along with wheat bran and wheat straw to meet entire nutritional requirements of milch cows producing up to 5 kg milk daily.