Animal Feeding and Housing Practices Adopted by Dairy Farmers in Rural Punjab

Exploring about the feeding and housing practices adopted by the dairy farmers in rural Punjab, the study has found that a large number of the dairy farmers have the facility of shed for housing their dairy animals in rural Punjab. Most of the dairy farmers have kept slanted shed roof, are using asbestos sheet as roofing material of the shed, keep their dairy animals on concreted floor and in single row system. All dairy farmers prefer stall feeding over grazing. A majority of the dairy farmers are following feeding practice of mixture of green fodder, dry fodder and concentrates, and are themselves cultivating green and dry fodder for animals at their own farms