karan_armyman
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Sir,
I am a defence personnel, After my retirement I want to start dairy farming with 10 or 15 cows (to start with and gradually to increase the number) numbers.
Please let me know the following information:
1) Whether exotic variety Holstein Friesian cow is available in India? What is the nearby area ( near Chennai) where these cows could be bought?- How much a pure Holstein Friesian may cost each? How much a cross breed Holstein Friesian cow may cost?
2) How much milk a cross-breed Holstein Friesian give? How much milk an exotic variety of Holstein Friesian cow give?
3) I came to know that milking by milking machine gives 20% additional milk. Also milking 3 times a day in 8 hours interval, increases milk yield by 30%. Please let me know whether same is true with cross breed Holstein Frisian cow.
4) Does cooling arrangement (fan with mist spray) during summer help increase milk yield for cross breed Holstein Friesian cow? Whether increase in milk-yield is remunerative compared to the associated cost of cooling arrangement?
5) What should be the minimum herd strength to make economical and remunerative Dairy Farm? How much it would cost me to build a shed (low cost building) suitable for such farm? How much should be the covered area per cow?
6) I came to know that green fodder could substantially reduce the cost of concentrate, thereby reduce the cost of milk production. What sort of green fodder (both leguminous and non-leguminous) can be cultivated round the year in our area? Climatic condition in Chennai is extreme, with temperature in summer goes as high as 46º ~47ºC and Rainfall is less. However we have irrigation facilities through bore-well.
7) How much dry-fodder, green-fodder and concentrate should be given to a milking cow?
8) What sort of concentrate should be fed? What it should contain? In other words how to make home made concentrate to beat the cost?
9) What about mineral mix? How to prepare it?
10) I want to do retail marketing of milk through poly-pack in Kolkata, where demand for cow milk is good. Is it required to be pasteurized before packing?
11) Do I need a chiller to preserve milk from going off? What size do you recommend and how much it would cost?
12) What cow should I purchase, namely Dry pregnant or Milking but pregnant?
13) Which one is good so far milk is yield is concerned- Free stall or Tie-stall?
Looking forward to your help and assistance in this regard,
Thank You
I am a defence personnel, After my retirement I want to start dairy farming with 10 or 15 cows (to start with and gradually to increase the number) numbers.
Please let me know the following information:
1) Whether exotic variety Holstein Friesian cow is available in India? What is the nearby area ( near Chennai) where these cows could be bought?- How much a pure Holstein Friesian may cost each? How much a cross breed Holstein Friesian cow may cost?
2) How much milk a cross-breed Holstein Friesian give? How much milk an exotic variety of Holstein Friesian cow give?
3) I came to know that milking by milking machine gives 20% additional milk. Also milking 3 times a day in 8 hours interval, increases milk yield by 30%. Please let me know whether same is true with cross breed Holstein Frisian cow.
4) Does cooling arrangement (fan with mist spray) during summer help increase milk yield for cross breed Holstein Friesian cow? Whether increase in milk-yield is remunerative compared to the associated cost of cooling arrangement?
5) What should be the minimum herd strength to make economical and remunerative Dairy Farm? How much it would cost me to build a shed (low cost building) suitable for such farm? How much should be the covered area per cow?
6) I came to know that green fodder could substantially reduce the cost of concentrate, thereby reduce the cost of milk production. What sort of green fodder (both leguminous and non-leguminous) can be cultivated round the year in our area? Climatic condition in Chennai is extreme, with temperature in summer goes as high as 46º ~47ºC and Rainfall is less. However we have irrigation facilities through bore-well.
7) How much dry-fodder, green-fodder and concentrate should be given to a milking cow?
8) What sort of concentrate should be fed? What it should contain? In other words how to make home made concentrate to beat the cost?
9) What about mineral mix? How to prepare it?
10) I want to do retail marketing of milk through poly-pack in Kolkata, where demand for cow milk is good. Is it required to be pasteurized before packing?
11) Do I need a chiller to preserve milk from going off? What size do you recommend and how much it would cost?
12) What cow should I purchase, namely Dry pregnant or Milking but pregnant?
13) Which one is good so far milk is yield is concerned- Free stall or Tie-stall?
Looking forward to your help and assistance in this regard,
Thank You
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