- Efficient management of a dairy farm is the key to success
- Cattle feeding cost a total of 70% of the milk production
- Cattle are fed with fodder, grains, brans, green fodder, straw, oil cakes and other such cattle feed.
- The feed for a normal adult animal is 15-20 Kg of green fodder and 6 Kg of dry fodder per day.
- Water is needed for digestion, nutrient distribution, excretion, maintenance of body temperature and of course, milk production
- a normal healthy adult animal requires 75 to 80 liters of water per day usually
- During pregnancy, special attention must be paid to water requirements
- During the last trimester of pregnancy, the animals must not be taken far away for grazing and uneven paths for grazing must be avoided
- Poor animal health is one of the principal constraints to increasing small-scale dairy productivity, as it results in high morbidity and low production.
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