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Hello I am starting to plant Hybrid Napier (Co3 variety) in our plot. I have sources to get either root slips or napier cuttings. We are procuring the root slips are from napier which is about 2 yrs old and the owner wishes to remove the grass. We are uprooting the grass from the base and...

You can contact ARTI organisation. They have some innovative ways to produce biogas. They are also located in pune. Here is their website ARTI. Other stuff, you can use Google search engine to figure out the details. Nikhil

Check on Google. IIT Delhi has developed a techinique for bottling. You have to remove excess Co2 from biogas to make it compressable. Nikhil

Growing indeterminate tomato varieties brings its share of efforts. you have to give adequate attention to pruning otherwise the plant grows to almost 20 feet. I faced this experience. Although the plant looks huge, yield decreases as vegetative growth is more. So please give thought to the...

To generate electricity from biogas, you need to convert a diesel generator to run on dual fuel, diesel + biogas. I have heard on alterations where 70% biogas and 30% diesel works. You need to figure out who does these alterations in your local area. To run any motor, you need electricity, this...

10 cows will give/day 200/Kg of cow dung, this in a bio digester will yield about 6 M3 of Gobar gas. Which means about 0.03 m3/ kg of cow dung. I read that the biogas consumption was 0.6 m³ (at standard atmospheric conditions) when 1 kw · hr electricity was generated. So I guess you can do the...

For cutting Co3, maize etc., a weed cutter machine is capable enough. The blade has to be changed to suit this purpose. I think you should visit your nearest agri equuipment outlet to understand more.

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I am using the Ksheera machine both manual and electric, 2 can. It is value for money and suitable for smaller farms. You should go for electric motor operated one. The motor is only 280 Watts which makes it possible to run on UPS as well in case of electricity failure which is not the case with...

Even we had to figure out what to do with male calves. Solution came from our breeding program which was in miserable condition. We purchased bull and things are better now. Male calves can be bred to make excellent bulls. Natural insemination has a higher success rate than AI. Also, there is a...

If you are going to get better price for high fat milk, then go for buffaloes. In karnataka, all milk supplied to dairy will be sold for same rate, so quantity is more important than quality. Think before you leap. Nikhil

Cost of 1 cow will be somewhere from 40K to 50K. Approx. Rs. 2000 per lt milk yield. Nikhil

Think of vermicompost. Biogas should be there, it will suffice for home needs, you can install plant of 6 m3 which will support 10-12 families food and hot water requirements. What is this urine distillation and what is the product? Nikhil

Usually they say that maize grass older than 50 days is safe for feeding. Anything earlier has acid content. Nikhil

1. Only Co3 is not enough. You should try to grow some legumes like Lucerne, Cowpea, Subabul for increased milk production. And it really works, I can say from practical exp. 2. Dry fodder is also essential, its best if you get Ragi straw otherwise paddy straw is freely available in south india...

Hi I recently saw posts regarding spirulina being used for human food supplements. Any one has idea how it will affect if we feed to cows to increase milk or to calves to increase growth? Also, please let me know CP and DCP for spirulina if anyone knows. Thanks Nikhil

We have been giving milk to private dairy near Mysore. They are giving us 20.50 rate. What those guys do is convert 3.5% fat milk into 3% fat milk. They remove 0.5% fat in the form of cream. Then they sell the milk at 23 Rupees and cream is additional income. My question is why cannot local...

I am software engineer who took up farming in 2009. I would suggest you look up dairy instead of agriculture. Agriculture has the following requirements 1. Rain / Water facility 2. Proper soil 3. Insect and disease control 4. Labour requirement 5. Market understanding and rate fluctuation In...

Aa I recently found out, Organic milk is not milk which comes from desi cows. The process to make milk organic involves much more. I would suggest you go through it by searching on the internet for organic milk. Nikhil

Roundup is also not effective on Parthenium which is one of the most destructive weed. The only solution for such weeds is to keep on removing them before they flower. Nikhil