Hello,
I have a Jersey/HF dairy farm with 20 cattle. I am in the process of setting up one more dairy farm. After attending Subhash Palekar’s workshop last week, i would like to explore the possibility of setting up a GIR cows farm.
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What is the behaviour of the cows ? Jersey/HF are of soft nature and easy to manage.
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Can we use milking machine to milk GIR cows ?
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While milking , is there a need to bring the calf near the cow ? For how long (after calving) this has to happen ? only first few months of the milking period or whole of milking period ?
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Milk yield : What is the typical milk yield ?
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What is the variation in the milk yield (month on month)? from calving till it becomes dry ?
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After calving, within how many months , the cows can be inseminated again ? Can we follow artificial insemination method ?
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Please let me know any GIR cow farm around Bangalore-Mysore region.
Many thanks,
-Ganapathi Bhat