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Buffalo farming is a profitable business & has good potential for employment generation .
India has 57% of world buffalo population. Buffalo milk contributes 57% of total milk
production. Buffaloes have several advantages over crossbred cows as farm animal.
1-They are well adopted to agro-climatic condition of our country
2-They are more disease resistant in comparison to crossbred cows. (less incidence of milk fever
& mastitis in buffaloes)
3-They can thrive well on crop residue
5-Buffalo milk contains more butter fat for which the price of buffalo milk is more.
Availability of 10 acres of land for fodder cultivation is prerequisite for the project,
In case of death of adult animal new buffalo will be purchased from insurance claim money.
The scheme will be successful on the above guidelines if run by the dairy farmer on scientific
lines.
Bred of buffalo
No. of Animals
Cost of Animal (Rs./animal) including
transportation
Average Milk Yield (litre/day)
Covered Floor space per adult animal(sq.ft)
Open space per adult animal(sq.ft)
Menger length/animal in inches
Covered Floor space per young stock (sq.ft)
Open space per young stock (sq.ft)
Murrah
50
55000
15 liter
30
100
25
15
50
15
250
200
430000
1000
5000
5
1000
12
1
12
6
24
10
270
150
Item
FEEDING
STUFF
COST/KG
Rs.
i
ii
iii
Concentrate
feed
Green fodder
12
1
25
Dry fodder
Total
6
feeding chart
Cost (Rs.)
78
Home
grown
12
90
Home
grown
10
22
Cost. In Rs.
1.
Capital cost
2.
Covered
area
for
30sq.ft/bufalo@200/sqft
Buffaloes
@ 300000
3.
150000
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
50000
11.
270000
12.
70000
13.
Electrification
30000
14.
70000
15.
90000
Total
4652500
50
62500
80000
accessories
& 430000
67500
2.
Cost of feed for first batch of 2 5 buffaloes for one month as per
feed chart
Cost of insurance 25 animals @5% of animal cost
3.
50000
4.
10000
5.
Cost of medicine vaccine, electricity for the first month for first
month
Contingency
6.
207500
7.
4860000
8.
1215000
9.
RBI guideline)
Bank loan 100% of project cost
3645000
68750
11250