Fodder challenges offer much food for thought
THE interim Budget has made an allocation of Rs 1.27 lakh crore (about 2.6 per cent of the total) for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare. The Budget has…
Good quality fodder crucial for dairy sector: PAU experts
The Directorate of Extension Education, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), organised a training on ‘Quality Fodder Production, Processing and Marketing’ for officials of the dairy development…
Devoting 14-17 % of land for fodder cultivation will be ideal
Currently, India is staring at a fodder crisis with a daunting challenge of producing adequate feed and fodder for its livestock from an already shrinking land resource. In addition, erratic…
Budget could have paid more attention to fodder
Budget 2023-24 has given a boost to the animal husbandry sector. The overall budget for animal husbandry has increased by around 40 per cent (over the 2022-23 Budget Estimate) for…
Why are milk prices so high, and what can be done about it?
Within the last year, the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation has raised the maximum retail price (MRP) of its Amul brand full-cream milk (containing 6% fat and 9% SNF or…
TN: Dairy Farmers in Dire Straits as Fodder Prices Zoom, Inflation Bites
The Tamil Nadu Milk Producers Association is demanding an increase in milk procurement prices as fodder prices are spiralling. In November 2022, Aavin, the government milk cooperative, announced an increase of Rs…
A data repository for fodder is the need of the hour
Data relevancy, adequacy and reliability determine the quality of research. Finding datasets to test and train research models is probably the first step to take before building a model. Moreover,…
Importance of Fodder in dairy value chain
India has set an ambitious goal of increasing the domestic dairy market from Rs 13 lakh crore to Rs 30 lakh crore by 2027 and also tapping export markets in…
Kerala pushes maize farming -boost dairy productivity control fodder prices
The State is conducting an intensive drive to promote maize cultivation as it’s most ideal to boost dairy production and control fodder prices, says Minister for Animal Husbandry and Dairy…
NSO report shows cattle dung is more ‘precious’ than fodder
The gross value of output (GVO) of cattle dung estimated at ₹34,825.75 crore is more than the total value of the fodder that the cattle population consumes. Not only fodder…