The unabated shrinking of common grazing land because of expansion in agricultural activities has led to the country facing an acute shortage of various kinds of fodder, which is likely to hit country ...

Lucknow: Staring at a perennial shortage of fodder in the state, the animal husbandry department is preparing a fodder security policy which will provide incentives for growing fodder and better ...

The milk processor warned suppliers that challenges could arise if grazing dates are pushed back by bad weather. The milk processor warned suppliers that challenges could arise if grazing dates are ...

The government is likely to approve a Tk 101 crore scheme today to promote cultivation of improved varieties of grass among dairy and beef cattle farmers to boost yields and reduce their high ...

Cows eating fresh grass at pasture have to collect their forage from a large area. In spite of this, the milk yield of grazing cows is of about the same level or higher than that of cows fed with ...

India’s post-Independence achievement in transforming itself from a milk deficit country to the world’s largest milk producer has been exemplary . That said, India has the world’s largest dairy herd ...

Ramanthapuram: Distribution of free milch animals to poor women in villages in the district has helped them own ‘an asset’ though it has not resulted in substantial increase in milk production owing ...

Livestock rearing is a key livelihood and risk mitigation strategy, especially for small and marginal farmers in the rain-fed regions of the country. As per the 20th Livestock Census released last ...

Dairy farms clamping grass silage with digestibility of more than 70% should have the courage to challenge their production of milk from forage. Substituting 1kg of concentrates with 1kg of ...

Given current ground conditions the sowing season may seem to be a long way off. However, taking into account we are almost at the end of February, the provision of forage for the coming season should ...