BackgroundDairy is one of the biggest agri- businesses in India and a significant contributor to Indianeconomy (around 4%). Dairy activities form an essential part of the rural Indian economy,serving as an important source of employment and income. Dairy is the only agri-product inwhich around 70-80% final market value is shared with farmers and it accounts…
CATTLE FEED AVAILABLE AT PRESENT Cattle Feed is primarily two types, Fodder, and Forage. Fodder further is divided into two types, Dry fodder (hay, straw) and Green fodder (legume, cereal, grass, tree). Feeding System for cattle in India primarily comprises of low-nutritive value forage. This kind of feed is not always able to meet the…
Organic Dairy Farming means raising animals on organic feed i.e., pastures cultivated without the use of fertilizers or pesticides, along with the restricted usage of antibiotics and hormones. Milk produced from such dairy cattle qualifies as organic milk. How Organic Milk can be produced In order to produce Organic Milk, Dairy Farmers should take care…
Cattle are considered one of the foremost valued possessions of the agricultural community in India. Marginal, small, and medium farmers earn a considerable portion of their income from cattle rearing and allied activities like the selling of Milk. Since the livelihood of farmers depends on such a lot, it becomes important to ensure the cattle…
Livestock plays a very important role in Agriculture & Dairy Domain. Livestock systems, including energy use and land-use change along the supply chain, accounted for an estimated 14.5% of total global gas (GHG) emissions from human activities as per the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Cattle related GHG is at 65%. Direct…
Effective health management is one of the valuable tools for efficient dairy farming. Thus, it is vital to maintain smooth and efficient functioning. However, the effective functioning of dairy industries is curbed by innumerable dairy cattle diseases. While it is difficult to entirely cover the full range of dairy cattle diseases and conditions, the major…
Animal Feed consists of more than 60% cost of Production for a Farmer. By Optimizing the feed, a farmer could improve the Productivity, Health and Reproductive Function of Farm Animal. The annual requirement of cattle feed in India is around 183.29 million tonnes (source: CLFMA) and the animal feed industry is growing at the rate…
Introduction Artificial Insemination is a method that involves a deliberate introduction of sperm inside a female’s cervix. It helps in achieving pregnancy through in vivo fertilization without any sexual intercourse. Artificial Insemination or AI has a plethora of benefits, especially to dairy farmers. It provides them access to the best available genetics and helps them…
Introduction In India, dairy farming is closely associated with agriculture. Originally, dairy farming was looked at as a family business, passed down from one generation to the next. However, as time passed, it entered a new era where things became much more organized and technologically advanced. Thus, dairy farming soon turned out to become a…
You must have heard the term ‘Blockchain technology’, especially in the last few years. Blockchain was born in 2008 by a person (or group) with the pseudo name ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ to set out as the Bitcoin’s public transaction ledger. In layman’s term, blockchain is a digital record of transactions. But how is it beneficial in…
