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Feeding Management: Ration Balancing
Sr.
No. Ingredient 01. Green Fodder (CO3, CO4, Lucerne, Berseem) 20-25 kg / 300 kg body wt.
02. Dry Fodder 5-10 kg / 300 kg body wt.
03. Concentrates 1 kg/ 3 lit. of milk
04. Mineral Mixtures 50 - 100 gms
Green Fodder
Quantity
Concentrates
Rs. 5,40,000/- per month and Rs. 64,80,000/-
per annum. Dung is sold as manure at the rate
of Rs.1100/- per truck @ 100 trucks per year
amounting to Rs. 1,10,000/- Total gross income
is around Rs. 65,90,000/- per annum.
Expenditure
The overall expenditure (Labour Salary, Feed
and Fodder, Health Care, etc.) comes to around
Rs. 25,00,000/- per annum.
Outcome
Because of all his efforts Mr. Shrihari Goud,
now he is getting a net income of around Rs. 41
Lakhs per annum.
Dry Fodder
Challenges
Close observation of Mr. Shrihari Goud’s dairy
enterprise reveals a few major challenges that
need to be overcome. The issues that require
intervention are improving marketing channels;
adopting Artificial Insemination technique
instead of natural servicing (to avoid congenital
diseases and use of high quality semen);
avoiding Inbreeding; Silage and Hay Making
(to overcome drought conditions and to get
high productivity); avoiding the middleman;
adopting advanced technique like Milking
Machine; Proper Summer Management (Water
Sprinklers); and ultimately getting good price
for the milk produced.