Modern Dairy Farming Techniques: New technology for dairy business in Pune, farmers will get big benefits

Sex-Sorted Semen In Dairy Business: Effective use of modern technologies in animal husbandry sector has been initiated with the aim of making dairy farming more productive, sustainable and economically profitable in Pune district. This effort is helping farmers increase production and reduce rearing costs.

Sex sorted semen: a boon for farmers

Among these technologies, ‘sex sorted semen’ is proving especially beneficial for milk producing farmers. Through this technique, the sex of the cow’s calf can be determined in advance, due to which there is about a 10 percent chance of the birth of a female calf. Due to the importance of female animals in dairy business, farmers are getting huge economic benefits from this technology.

Reduce the burden of rearing unnecessary male calves

In view of the increasing rearing costs and the need for high production capacity animals, this technology is proving to be extremely useful in reducing the burden of rearing unnecessary male calves. This not only increases the production capacity but also improves the economic condition of the livestock farmers.

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Animal Husbandry Department is spreading technology

This modern technology is being disseminated on a large scale by the Animal Husbandry Department of Pune Zilla Parishad. Under the innovative scheme of the District Planning Committee, a fund of Rs 50 lakh has been made available for this.

Appeal to farmers to adopt more and more

District Council Chief Executive Officer Gajanan Patil has appealed to the animal rearers and milk producing farmers of the district to take maximum advantage of this opportunity. He said that farmers are advised to contact their nearest veterinary hospital and adopt ‘sex sorted semen’ technique, so that the dairy business can be made more profitable and sustainable.