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livestock · farmland

Workers at a diary farm measure and collect milk at a counter for sale. Nevertheless, along with other agriculture production progresses, the dairy sector in India provides a beacon of hope to millions of rural workers.

livestock · bazaar

Squeezing a buffalo's teats for milk - not an easy job in India! It takes a lot of energy to keep going until the animal's udders are exhausted...

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In Bihar, this man drinks an entire jug of milk that has just been taken from the cow, even without boiling it! See how much froth and fat floats at the surface of the bucket! Milk by the bucket-loads!

festival · railway

Got milk? See my milk moustache! Now here's an inspiration for all those mothers and kids out there, battling it out each day to get their children to drink their daily glass of milk! (They may not want to emulate the excess milk dripping o…

livestock · politics

National Dairy Plan April 21, 20134 Comments In 2012, the UPA government had approved the National Dairy Plan Phase-I for a period of six years from 2011-12 to 2016-17 as a Central Sector Scheme.

livestock · politics

Naresh Kumar has been running a dairy business for years and he has received good help from the government. He is happy that all is going well in the dairying sector.

livestock · bazaar

As the Rs 4 lakh-crore Indian dairy industry catches the fancy of corporate giants, the sector is estimated to see investments worth Rs 9,000-10,000 crore over the next five years.

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Verghese Kurien speaks about the export of dairy products from India to western countries. He says, " "We have under operation flood made India self-sufficient in milk.

Uttar Pradesh·livestock · farmland

Our pucca desi cowboy Sanjay Bhalla runs one of the most fantastic dairy operations in north India. See him in action on his home turf near Delhi city! "I am Sanjay Bhalla. We are at 'The Way We Were' Farm. We started this farm in 2013...

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This is good old fashioned desi technology at work - the chara katne ki machine from north India and the Uttar Pradesh cow belt! One person manually winds the fly wheel while the other adds fodder that needs chopping, onto the flying runnin…

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A Desi-jersey mixed cow's calf is allowed to drink from the mother even as the mother is milked at a dairy farm in New Delhi.

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The operation and cutting of fresh cattle fodder with a hand operated chaff cutter which is locally called Chara Katne wali machine.

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The operation and cutting of fresh cattle fodder with a hand operated chaff cutter which is locally called Chara Katne wali machine.

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A whole industry of farming and supply centers around the dairy industry. Bhusa is delivered in large sacks, by the tractor load, at a small scale dairy farm in Delhi.

farmland · livestock

Take a look first hand inside the fodder preparation for milking buffalos. A worker in one of the buffalo milking farms in Maharashtra is filmed during his routine fodder preparation.

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Maize or corn for feeding buffalos is ground in an electricity run grinder. The worker at this milk farm in Maharashtra is working on providing nutrition for the milking cows.

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A buffalo mil farm owner gets busy feeding his milking cows in Maharashtra. The buffaloes are kept in a hygienic shed and tied in front of the feeding troughs.

livestock · farmland

The owner of the dairy farm gets to work cleaning the excreta of the milking buffaloes. It must be a tough job cleaning the huge pies of so many cows every day. The shed looks impressively clean for a cowshed.

livestock · farmland

Dairy product source seen up close at a buffalo milking farm in Maharashtra. The milking is done traditionally by hand. The cows in this farm are of Murrah and Mehsana breed which are considered as the breeds with the highest milk yield.

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The milking buffaloes are having a cleaning day here at the dairy farm in Maharashtra. The buffaloes are given a wash by the owner using a water hose.

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Stacks of dried hay chopped in a fodder cutting machine is stored for the dry months. The chopped hay is transferred to a dry room which will be saved for later use over the winter months.

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Cattle feed for the drier months is chopped in a desi style chara katna and stored for the leaner months. Workers take in bundles of chopped dry hay into the store room.

livestock · farmland

A young calf and its mother cow at a farm in Delhi await food while their caretaker gets busy mixing dry hay fodder with water and maize powder. For a milking cow, cooked cereals are also mixed with the fodder in the dry months.