After a difficult winter and recent prolonged dry spell, farmers are on the verge of a serious fodder crisis because of stunted grass growth. Following two months of scorching weather, grass growth ...

It might sound odd to call a small plot overgrown with grass a museum. But the half-acre parcel of land on the premises of the office of the State Fodder Farm at Valiyathura in Thiruvananthapuram is ...

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 fodder ...

All over the world livestock play an important role as an income-generating avenue especially for most small-scale farmers. They provide traction to plough fields, manure which maintains crop ...

The government is promoting Juncao grass technology, whichis not only attractive for livestock production but also useful for ...

Nairobi — More than 1,000 dairy farmers in Western Kenya have doubled their milk production and grown their incomes by saving on high-cost feed and growing their own high-quality, drought-resilient ...

WE do not have natural pasture suitable for dairying, so dairy stocks, mostly buffaloes, rely on cultivated forage for green feed. A large number of dairy stocks are kept in and around cities and feed ...

I was intrigued by a recent dialogue on collaboration in the dairy industry where what I found missing was the lack of focus on grass. Let me explain why grass is the key element in improving the ...

The fodder crisis is worse on farms where the purchase of outside fodder seems cost-prohibitive, simply due to lack of funds. With the cold weather set to continue for the short-term, firstly, ...

It is time to start doing feed budgets for clients for the coming winter. It may only be July, and hopefully, we will all make plenty of silage before the year is out, but plans for winter feeding ...

The prospect of reaping a monthly profit of Rs 1 lakh by growing just grass would seem incredulous. REAPING BENEFITS: Anil Kumar cultivates fodder grass in around 125 acres spread across Wayanad, ...