Dairy farm

[nishachoudhary]

Dear Freinds,

can anybody tell me number of milking cow in a dairy herd as it varries between 70% to 84% but i wanted to know what is standard percent of milking cows in a herd.


Thanks and Regards,

Nisha Choudhary

 

[Ashwini]

HI

It depends on the breed.


Regards
Ashwini

 

[haryana_farmer]

Hello,

There shall be 66 cattles must be milking among a herd of 100. Now you can calculate. For full information:- http://www.agricultureinformation.c...ry-farm-100-cow-set-up-planning-document.html

 

[drsarkar]

Dear Nisha Choudhary ,

your question is very specific as per the size of Dairy sector ..In my opinion , the basic facilities means the Super Goal with land , finance , management , market , planning and support , disease and preservation , manpower availability , dairy automation , own feed mill plus huge crops and fodder land .. Low cost technology with complete mechanisation etc.etc. you can estimate on Thumb rule basis the herd category on subdivisions as ::

Herd Category ==> Advance Pregnant on milch stage / freshly Calved / Dry
Advance Pregnant / Pregnant F1 Farm bred Heifer / Peak Milch &
Pregnant Herd , etc.

If your above mentioned Herd category sizes are 100 nos. / herd , then on the basis of Herd structure should not be less than 81% - 87% with milking animals ..The standard %age of Milking Herd must set as approx. 85 % on an average and fully depends on efficient management practices .. for more discussions , plz contact -- Dr Dev Sarkar ,

 

[prateekvaish]

There is no standard. it depends on the breeding policy or the ABP of the farm. for e.g. if the farm plans that all cows should calve between october to december then it may happen that in january more than 95% of the herd is lactating and in september more than 50% of the herd is dry. The practice of maintaining milk flow in a dairy farm is an outdated concept.