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snny259, read up dairy management first. Weather-proof shed, a good yard, hygienic care (clean cows/food utensils/water/ sleeping space/and cattle hands), routine maintenance, good feed &fodder, routine medical checkup -- these are the basics. your main running expenses are food and labour...

Ashok I am 60 years old and have made my living from an age of 18 from farming till my younger son took over my 56 acre farm. I have forgotten more about farming than most people have learnt - and I can teach anyone farming at any level. I never had electricity and by the time it became...

Cages = Battery system. You need to add organic material to it like plant refuse, market waste, straw from packing material etc etc in a ratio of 1 shit to 5 organic waste (moist type) or 3 parts organic waste dry type (like straw) and allow the mixture to decompose in pits.

Is it deep litter poultry manure or the shit from battery system?

Those MS drums were a disaster - good to see them replaced by FRP. Now the drums are lighter, how have you weighed them down. I would like to know more about your system - expect my E-mail, but don't you have a website?

Srinivas, your post is causing as much attention as sugar spilled near an ant's nest. Take care and choose wisely. Normally it is good to start with a soil test as that shows where the peg on which you want to hang the manures, soil conditioners, and fertiliser stands. You should visit your...

If I could get my needs fulfilled by local shops there would not have existed any reason for my posting here. So you want to say that there are no such on-line shop in this country. Great :(

As a kitchen gardener of odd vegetables, getting small quantities of good seeds of not so popular vegetables is difficult. Can someone direct me to an on-line seed store who will attend to requirements like mine?