5.1 Client Interviews Hilario Lopez is our main client and our first hand communicator from the community that has formed the basis of this project. His notions were our directions as to what the goal was. In order to better define the situation, the team asked many questions about the community, cows, and silage production in the community. Below is a table laying out data from the following conversations: Cows Community Silage Number: ~ Silage Feedstock used: 60 cows knowledge: No Pasture, Taiwan total. silage is in Grass, Sorghum, production at the Corn. current moment. There production:Silage Feed: They are 3 diesel produced by hand are mostly powered chopping and grazing choppers in the storing in a 100 lb pasture. community, and plastic bag 0.5 m Some one person is in the ground remains of willing to share. sorghum -3 men 1 hr with crop as -Half the machete 100 lbs well. community Challenges: Main knows about -Cows are issue is using silage production fed dry machetes and and its benefits or hay bags. Machete in the dry -Some leaves big chucks season. community that rip through members chop up the bag. -Some the material and nutritional Seasons: give it to the blocks so cows without the cattle driest time. fermenting, or don’t lose February, March they store it in weight: and April are the conditions that molasses, toughest can grow mold semolina, -August is dry as which can make lime, urea, well mini summer the cows sick. salt (canicula) Resources: There Cost: One Cost: is a welder in the head cattle -The crop residue community must pay from one manzana 150 With workshops (7000 m^2) of cordobas and facilitation sorghum costs
5.1 Client Interviews Hilario Lopez is our main client and our first hand communicator from the community that has formed the basis of this project. His notions were our directions as to what the goal was. In order to better define the situation, the team asked many questions about the community, cows, and silage production in the community. Below is a table laying out data from the following conversations: Cows Community Silage Number: ~ 60 cows total. Feed: They are mostly grazing pasture. Some remains of sorghum crop as well. -Cows are fed dry or hay in the dry season. -Some nutritional blocks so the cattle don’t lose weight: molasses, semolina, lime, urea, salt Cost: One head cattle must pay 150 cordobas Silage knowledge: No silage is in production at the moment. There are 3 diesel powered choppers in the community, and one person is willing to share. -Half the community knows about silage production and its benefits -Some community members chop up the material and give it to the cows without fermenting, or they store it in conditions that can grow mold which can make the cows sick. Resources: There is a welder in the community With workshops and facilitation Feedstock used: Pasture, Taiwan Grass, Sorghum, Corn. current production:Silage produced by hand chopping and storing in a 100 lb plastic bag 0.5 m in the ground -3 men 1 hr with machete 100 lbs Challenges: Main issue is using machetes and bags. Machete leaves big chucks that rip through the bag. Seasons: driest time. February, March and April are the toughest -August is dry as well mini summer (canicula) Cost: -The crop residue from one manzana (7000 m^2) of sorghum costs
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