Acute crisis of fodder in flood-affected areas in Brahmaputra, Teesta and Dharla rivers' basin in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts adds much to the woes of cattle farmers. Facing high prices of hay, ...

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Seed priming is now available in some varieties of fodder beet. But what is it and how can it benefit livestock systems that are out wintering stock? We speak to Mark Sheridan from seed supplier Field ...

As drought kills livestock, Maasai women are turning drought-resistant grass into animal feed and income.

A project at Harper Adams is investigating if it is feasible to finish dairy-bred beef calves on forage alone. The project, led by Adas and funded by AHDB Beef & Lamb, aims to develop low-cost dairy ...

Cattle rearing in flood-affected areas of Lalmonirhat is severely affected for lack of green fodder due to rising floodwaters in Teesta and Dharla rivers for the last one week. Floodwaters have ...

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THE harsh realities of summer are beginning to bite villagers in northern parts of Karnataka. Unable to procure fodder, villagers near Navalgund have resorted to selling their cattle to middlemen and ...

ANIMAL productivity depends on genes, nutrition and management. In our country, nutritional requirements of livestock are mainly met through fodder, shrubs, grasses and agro-industrial by-products.

Sangli, Maharashtra: Sugar cane farmers in Maharashtra are selling their produce at almost double the price to a grass-starved dairy sector as patchy rains and rising food prices push up cattle-feed ...

The shortage of cheaper and quality feed is forcing farmers to use maize and wheat plants as fodder for livestock in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. “Fodder and feed availability is the basic need for healthy ...

The state government has directed to run fodder depots and cattle camps at eight locust-hit districts including Jaisalmer and Barmer. All tehsildars of the districts have been directed to identify ...