Maharashtra plans to gift over 12L bovines to farmers in 5 years
Nagpur: Bullish on dairy industry , the state’s animal husbandry department has drawn up plans for a big cattle drive in Vidarbha and Marathwada regions. A proposal to make available 12.5 lakh cattle for farmers of the two regions in five years may soon be put up before the state cabinet. It means that in […]
Lumpy is back in Rajasthan and the dairy dept gearing up to fight
The lumpy skin disease is back in the state, and the animal husbandry department is gearing up to fight it after a few cases were reported from various districts. It broke out in July last year and relented by September. This viral disease, according to figures from non-government organisations, killed more than 76,000 bovines. Department […]