As part of its efforts to make dairy farming profitable, the Kerala Livestock Development Board (KLDB) is implementing a scheme to expand fodder grass cultivation through Kudumbashree units. The ...

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 ...

Fodder crops are crops grown as animals feed. Growing fodder crops for your cattle reduces expenses for purchasing concentrate feeds and provides your animals with adequate nutrients. They are ...

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, ...

One way to make a living as a farmer is to grow grass for sale to livestock keepers. Normally animals such as sheep, goats, and cattle graze in the bush eating the grass that there is for them to eat.

If one is curious to learn of the evolution of fodder grass which began from the elephant grass in the African savannas to the present- day hybrid varieties of Co-3 and Co-4 Samporna, one should visit ...

At least twenty women from Kurigram's Sadar, Ulipur, Chilmari and Rajarhat upazilas have been using hydroponics method to grow grass for the last month. Many farmers are also crowding around to see ...

Farmers should consider early weaning of calves or selling them in an effort to cut costs, the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association is advising. Grass scarcity and fodder shortage following the ...

India’s post-Independence achievement in transforming itself from a milk deficit country to the world’s largest milk producer has been exemplary . That said, India has the world’s largest dairy herd ...

The Coimbatore Forest Development Agency and Nilgiris Forest Development Agency have engaged scientists from the Forest College and Research Institute in Mettupalayam to find ways to increase fodder ...

They never thought that feeding minimum grass and other forage with concentrates would be a major topic in April. But this was the case for many farms as they tried to stretch the little grass they ...