Title of on-farm trials                :         Supplementation of minerals and vitamins to feed for increasing milk yield in  the dairy cattle.

Problem diagnose                       :         Low milk yield in milk cow due to no supplementation of minerals and vitamins in their feed. This reduces the milk yield to an extent of 30%.

Details of technologies selected for assessment/refinement

                                                 T1 –   Farmers practice – Grazing milch cows with very less concentrate feed-        supplement

                                                 T2 –    Stall feeding with concentrate feed.

                                                 T3–    T2 + minerals and vitamins (include all major elements and trace elements)

No. of Trials                                     :         10

Performance of the Technology with performance indicators

                                                 T1 –    5.94 kg/cow

                                                 T2–     6.09 kg/cow

                                                 T3–    6.64 kg/cow

Final Recommendation for micro level situation

                                                 :         Feeding of concentrate with minerals and vitamins gives very good result in respect of milk yield and reproductive performance, therefore it may be recommended for the farmers to increase milk yield and other performances of the animals

Constraints identified and feed back for research :

                                                 :         Shortage of grains and mill-by-products

                                                 :         Marketing problem for milk and milk products

                                                 :         Poor availability of  feed ingredients in local markets and surrounding area

Feedback from the farmer     :

                                                 :         Farmers are showing very much interest to adopt such type of feeding schedule in dairy animals

                                                 :         Poor availability of feed ingredients in local market

                                                 :         Transportation problem

Animal Husbandry

T2 – Stall feeding with concentrate feed

T3 – T2 + Minerals and vitamins (Include all major elements and trace elements)

T1 – Farmers’ Practice – Grazing milch cow with very less concentrate feed-supplement