🐄 Dairy & Cattle
పశుసంవర్ధనం — HF, Jersey, Sahiwal, Murrah, sheep and goats. Ration, vaccination, milking hygiene.
The workflow
flowchart LR
A[Breed choice<br/>HF, Jersey, Sahiwal, Murrah] --> B[Shed + ventilation]
B --> C[Balanced ration<br/>green + dry + concentrate]
C --> D[Vaccination<br/>FMD, HS, BQ]
D --> E[Mastitis check<br/>+ udder hygiene]
E --> F[Milking 2-3×<br/>chilled storage]
F --> G[Sell to dairy union<br/>or direct]
The herd you select today is the cash flow for 7-10 years.
Key takeaways
Videos (31)
Never-before-seen 2-foot miniature cows | Miniature Cows | Rythubadi
True miniature Punganur cows under 2 feet tall are an apartment-friendly indigenous breed selling for Rs 6 lakh+ a pair due to extreme rarity.
Farming on 50 acres with 150 cows | Agriculture Minister Farming
An integrated 50-acre farm uses 150 cows for dung and dairy alongside crop cultivation as a model of mixed farming.
70-buffalo Dairy Farm yielding 250 litres daily | Rythu Badi
Scaling from 4 local buffaloes to 70 Murrah animals lets a Nagarkurnool dairy farmer hit 250 L/day and Rs 4.5 lakh monthly revenue through direct home delivery and dhaba supply.
Sheep farming with Rs 1 crore investment | Sheep Farming | Rythu Badi
A sheep farm capitalised at around Rs 1 crore demonstrates the scale that commercial mutton farming can reach in the Telugu states.
Raising rams behind snake-proof nets | Rythu Badi
Wrapping a ram-rearing enclosure with snake-proof netting protects livestock from snake bites and predation in rural Telugu farms.
Our 20-buffalo dairy with Murrah & Jaffarabadi breeds and our own milk shop
A two-decade family buffalo dairy with Murrah/Jaffarabadi animals supplies milk directly through its own retail outlet.
We are raising 200 sheep and rams | Sheep Farming Telugu
After a Rs 2 crore loss in HF dairy, this Anantapur farmer switched to twin-lambing sheep on solar-fenced 10 acres and recovered capital in the first 9-month batch.
I raise 54 cows.. we never milk them
An unusual 54-cow setup run purely for breeding or calf-rearing rather than milk extraction.
Job in US.. poultry, goats and buffalo farm in Hyderabad | NRI Dairy Farm
An NRI software engineer built a Rs 30 lakh elevated goat-poultry-buffalo unit on his ancestral 10 acres at Shankarpally as an AI-proof second income he supervises remotely from the US.
Raising goats and rams at home | Goat Farming
A Nandyal goat farmer scaled from 2 does to a 49-head breeding herd plus 4-monthly 40-ram fattening batches that net Rs 1.5 lakh each on local-market sales.
Dairy with 8 HF Cows.. Only Family Labour | Rythu Badi
A family-run 8-cow HF dairy with own fodder land and route-truck offtake earns Rs 1200-1400/day, but feed cost inflation now consumes most of the milk revenue.
We Set Up a Dairy Farm for Rs 27 Lakh | Dairy Farm
Buying buffaloes through middlemen from Jogipet then Haryana without breeding compatibility or climate fit can lose Rs 15 lakh of a Rs 27 lakh dairy investment in just two years.
Goat Farming is Good | Goat Farming | Rythu Badi
Country Nati goats grow in 1.5 years from 2 to 20+ heads via twice-yearly twinning when grazed free-range across own orchard - male kids sell at Rs 9-10k each.
We Raise Goats, Sheep and Rams: Former Minister Niranjan Reddy | Sheep & Goat Farming
Elevated sheds simplify hygiene and management but goats need free-range grazing (6-7 km/day) - sheep + rams are more practical for shed-based commercial mutton production in Telangana.
Farm with 500 Sheep | NLM Scheme Sheep Farm
Former Nalgonda ZP chairman's Rs 1 crore NLM-funded 500-sheep farm shows the scheme's collateral and cashflow hurdles, but 2-year returns are starting.
We've Been Raising These Short Goats for 5 Years
Profile of a 5-year dwarf goat farm, but transcript captures no extractable detail.
100-Cow Dairy with 400 Litres Daily Milk Production
Profile of a 100-cow dairy producing 400 L/day, but transcript captures no extractable detail.
Started a new dairy with Rs 11 lakh | Cow Dairy Farm
HF cow dairies in Telangana break even only above Rs 40/litre; buying direct from Haryana saves about Rs 1 lakh per cow vs Hyderabad middlemen who run lactation-fraud demonstrations.
Sheep Farmer's first batch experience
A first-time sheep farmer near Jadcherla bought 30 Macherla-breed lambs at Rs 8,000 each from Sunday market for a 5-month Bakrid cycle, expecting Rs 10,000-14,000 each.
Started with 5 Buffaloes.. Now 60-Buffalo Dairy
Direct doorstep milk retail at Rs 10/L premium plus own labour delivery on a 60-buffalo Murrah unit beats wholesale dairy supply economics handily.
Cow Dairy is Good.. Hard Work
HF dairy growth on home-bred replacement heifers and a Rs 40K/month concentrate ration on 4 acres of fodder land sustains a 60-animal herd with Rs 1.5L+ monthly milk sales.
Sheep Need Fans for Mosquito Protection | Sheep Farming
Ground-level turbo fans at Rs 11,500 paired with strict May-only lamb intake and full pre-monsoon vaccination protocol stops Bluetongue mosquito-vectored losses in sheep fattening.
Raising ram lambs and country chickens | Sheep Farming
Short-cycle lamb fattening combined with country chickens fills the slack between cropping seasons on a 7-acre dryland farm.
Raising a single goat | Rythu Badi
Single-goat backyard rearing is profiled as a viable low-input livestock option.
18 varieties of fodder grass on 100 acres
Match fodder variety to herd size: 1 acre of high-yield 4G Bullet Napier supports about 10 milch cattle when cut every 40 days.
Thirty acres of fodder supporting sheep and goat rearing
Match fodder establishment and harvesting to the herd, and expand only after learning seed management and livestock operations.
We raise sheep away from home village for 9 months a year
Migratory community shepherding of ~1,000 sheep across 4 districts nets each owner Rs.1–1.5 lakh/year but demands 11 months on the road.
Using foam mats in our dairy farm
Supreme Any Mat (water-shedding EPS capsule mat at Rs 2,500 for 8x4.5 ft) is outlasting traditional rubber mats in heavy-buffalo dairy sheds and reduces udder infections.
3 types of grass and 4 types of feed for cows in dairy
A family-run 40-cow HF dairy on 3 acres of Napier varieties plus bought maize fodder nets ~Rs 1 lakh/month even after Rs 4/L price cuts at Karimnagar Dairy.
Floor Management Is Crucial in a Dairy Farm | Rythu Badi
Twice-daily clean-and-dry floor management prevents mastitis, lameness and brucellosis — the three largest economic losses in dairy.
Goat Shed Built from Reused Materials
Discarded drip lines and a recycled tarpaulin can replace metal sheets for a small-scale goat shed at one-tenth the cost.