The objective is to bring dairy farming into mainstream farming activity and improve the quality and quantity of milk supplies. The loan would assist small and marginal farmers to whom dairy farming is a supplementary activity, and promote standalone dairy units that can be run on a scientific basis. Farmers with five acres of land can set up a dairy unit with 30 cows, feed for which will come from the fodder crop cultivated on the land. The agreement with the bank provides for a three-way...

This year s drought has seriously affected the cattle industry. In addition to that, cattle are not able to drink as much water as they are normally accustomed to because many of the ponds and creeks they drink out of are running dry. There was no hay to feed the cattle left over from last year because it had been so dry, Tatum said. However, by purchasing these alternative foods for the cattle, it is raising the cost farmers must pay to keep the cattle. Not only are cattlemen across the...

Despite urban sprawl and economic pressures, the county continues to lead the state in the number of cattle and milk production by a wide margin, according to new statistics from the U. Wayne County leads Ohio by a wide margin for the number of dairy cows and cattle. Today, there are more cattle in the county than there were 30 years ago -- a fact that surprises even some life residents who bemoan the houses popping up on former farmland. The county -- within an easy commute of Akron,...

Only the agriculture ministry which has a program to raise milk production from 10 thousand liters to 15 thousand liters per day, Fahmi said, in view of the current the milk price hike. The agriculture ministry is trying to raise the number of dairy cows in a bid to increase Indonesia's milk production. Meanwhile, the trade minister said the increase in the price of raw material of milk powder did not mean that milk reail price had also increased as producers in the country had taken...

The city, which boasts of over 5 300 cattle, has in previous years lost hundreds of cattle worth billions of dollars to rustlers owing to a laxity in security on the farms. The recruitment of the 42 guards, six supervisors and a loss control officer come at a time when the city has not recorded any cattle thefts in the past 13 months. For the past 13 months, the city's cattle were being guarded round the clock, a measure that reduced cattle straying. To contact the copyright holder...

The beef industry doesn't want its customers to know that the product wrapped in plastic could have come from any number of countries. That information should already be on labels, but the powerful beef industry has held the law hostage for the past three years. Called the Country of Origin Label (COOL, for short), it would require food producers and grocers to tell consumers where the beef, pork, lamb, fresh fruits and vegetables, seafood and peanuts they buy were raised or grown....