Smallholder farmers often face the dilemma of subdividing the farm to grow food for the family and livestock feed. Often a larger portion is allocated to growing crops for family consumption while ...

Maize silage is mainly used to feed all dairy cattle on the farm: growing animals, dry cows, and lactating cows. It contains protein, minerals, and sometimes the energy to meet the animal’s ...

Pix by Mandar Deshpande Bhoom (Dharashiv): For Amol Dhage, a 34-year-old dairy farmer from Chinchpur village in Bhoom tehsil, the wait for the truck carrying bags of silage was endless.Every few ...

The Teagasc national fodder survey polled around 650 farms across the country. The updated September results now include second-cut silage and the majority of third-cut silage crops and also reflects ...

During the pandemic, Vijay Singh was spending time in the Indian countryside—away from the chaos in the cities—when he noticed a problem plaguing villagers working in the dairy sector—the lack of ...

As per the census, the number of stray cattle which include calves, cows and bulls stood at 853971 in 2019, thus 95% increase as compared to that of 2012 census The concept of creating “Atmnirbhar ...