🐄 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 (30)
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.
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.