unicornbaroda
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Dear Experts,
We are group of young nature lovers planning to start a dairy farm hence before we start we are planning to cultivate TEST fodder which we will feed to our animals. We are planning to grow the following fodder crops all details are mentioned below, we have divided land in 3 groups of equal area:
Location of the land: 22.369419,73.346239 (Google Maps)
Area Type of fodder Seeds available
5000 Sqm , Lucerne, Yes,14 Kgs (Cuscatta Free)
5000 Sqm , Co-4 (Hyd. Napier), NO,To be acquired approx. 40000 slips??
5000 Sqm, Oats (Multicut)/Barseem, No,To be acquired
The question rather doubt that we have is the following for which we seek your advice.
1) Lucerne: is called "RAJKO" in local Gujarati language, the locals are advising to grow Maize and Bajra (Hundyu) coz its very time consuming to harvest Rajko. Is this true?
2) We aim to give best fodder for our cattles so we are planning to keep rotation of Lucerne +Napier+ Barseem. Is this a good combination to feed, we are aiming to use lucerne aka (ALFALFA, Rajko) as hay and will dry some of it for our use.
3) Are there any pros and cons of not feeding these green fodder to some animals, we are planning to have Gir (30 units) and Surti/Murrah (10/15 units) buffaloes at our farm. Locals say that pregnant cattles should not be feed Rajko as they tend to develop stomach problems and problems in delivery, if so what the best practice is to feed pregnant cattles.
4) The soil we have is good black and no water clogging in the land as its drained properly. We have to pay for water which is a nominal rate; past they have been cultivating green grass called KACHRO for cattles and was of good quality without having to use pesticides.
5) Can we grow lucerne and oats together as it will be helpful to cut and feed together? Is this possible?
We are working very hard and visiting villages to get more and more knowledge about cattles and farming but we are getting different opinions from each village some say do this that is not good and others say opposite. We are firm and ready to TET drive our dream project by growing something thing ever in our life, we are excited and cautious don’t want to end up losing our confidence in the first go hence please give us your valuable comments on the above problems
Thanks and Warm regards
Amit Sharma
We are group of young nature lovers planning to start a dairy farm hence before we start we are planning to cultivate TEST fodder which we will feed to our animals. We are planning to grow the following fodder crops all details are mentioned below, we have divided land in 3 groups of equal area:
Location of the land: 22.369419,73.346239 (Google Maps)
Area Type of fodder Seeds available
5000 Sqm , Lucerne, Yes,14 Kgs (Cuscatta Free)
5000 Sqm , Co-4 (Hyd. Napier), NO,To be acquired approx. 40000 slips??
5000 Sqm, Oats (Multicut)/Barseem, No,To be acquired
The question rather doubt that we have is the following for which we seek your advice.
1) Lucerne: is called "RAJKO" in local Gujarati language, the locals are advising to grow Maize and Bajra (Hundyu) coz its very time consuming to harvest Rajko. Is this true?
2) We aim to give best fodder for our cattles so we are planning to keep rotation of Lucerne +Napier+ Barseem. Is this a good combination to feed, we are aiming to use lucerne aka (ALFALFA, Rajko) as hay and will dry some of it for our use.
3) Are there any pros and cons of not feeding these green fodder to some animals, we are planning to have Gir (30 units) and Surti/Murrah (10/15 units) buffaloes at our farm. Locals say that pregnant cattles should not be feed Rajko as they tend to develop stomach problems and problems in delivery, if so what the best practice is to feed pregnant cattles.
4) The soil we have is good black and no water clogging in the land as its drained properly. We have to pay for water which is a nominal rate; past they have been cultivating green grass called KACHRO for cattles and was of good quality without having to use pesticides.
5) Can we grow lucerne and oats together as it will be helpful to cut and feed together? Is this possible?
We are working very hard and visiting villages to get more and more knowledge about cattles and farming but we are getting different opinions from each village some say do this that is not good and others say opposite. We are firm and ready to TET drive our dream project by growing something thing ever in our life, we are excited and cautious don’t want to end up losing our confidence in the first go hence please give us your valuable comments on the above problems
Thanks and Warm regards
Amit Sharma