Hi
Better to buy maize from outside and make silage. Outsource your fodder to other farmers. If you dont have maize growers there, then you can go for hydrofodder machine.
there are plenty of paddy field laying un used and they can not be converted to commercial or residential purpose. why can not be think to hire such land to cultivate fodders, it would cost us cheaper and viable rather than hydronups. Please note that all ceral prices maize or bajari or any thig is going to increase 20% every year. India at present now allow non gmo seeds, However american company of seed has already started to market hybrid seed of MAIZE which can yeild 5000Kgs Maize/acere instead of at present yeild of 2.5 mts.
So it would be better hire empty paddy land and cultivate fodder. in coming days hydronipys is going to costly due to high seed price. U take price charts of any pulses or cerals all are scaling up.
the idea I have shared as a common point and what I intend to do in diary farm instead of hydroponic. In kerala near to our native we have plenty of un used paddy field which is the cheapest option to grow, silage green fodder. Please note even in feed industry major consolidation happening. All small players will be out from the market and only MNCs or big companies who will control the feed cost. So better we have long term vision to produce own feeds for any of cattle or poultry to achieve optimum results,.
In Kerala if you can manage to get unused paddy lands on lease, nothing like it. It will be a very cheap option. Try growing CO3, CO4 there. Sell milk directly to end users to get maximum price of something near to Rs.40/- per liter. Fresh milk has got demand everywhere. Once people come to know about quality, automatically demand will increase. One acre will be enough for 8 cows, round the year feeding fodder. Try to use other cakes and make your own mix with Cotton seed cake, Ground nut cake, Coconut cake, Gingelly cake alongwith calcium and Mineral supplementation. Give enough water for cows. Have some provision like water bowls to store water in front of cows 24 hours a day, use water bowls if possible. Dairying coupled with organic manure production which has got good demand in villages where vegetable cultivation is there, or Vermin composting using earthworms will fetch you more money coupled with dairying activity. Keep in touch.
Hi
I am also starting a farm . Can you send me all the quotations you have received for Hydroponic Fodder Production Machine of different capacities to me by email .
My email id is : manavendrajayapal@yahoo.com