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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Of the state’s total agricultural area of about 166.84 lakh hectares, barely 2.41 lakh hectares, less than 1.5%, is currently ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fodder beet is a high-energy crop giving 12MJ/kg dry matter (DM). It far outyields other forage alternatives. This is great for production and profit, but careful management is needed when adapting ...