Visit to a dairy farm / sheep farm

VISIT TO A DAIRY FARM/SHEEP FARM

Aim

  • Name of the dairy farm
  • Location of the farm
  • Owner of the farm
  • Distance from nearest town or market

Grazing calves in a farm

Farm section

  • Total area of the farm
    • Area under fodder cultivation
    • Area under roads and buildings
    • Area under ponds or lakes etc (if any)
    • Unused land available
    • Grazing land available to the animals
  • Type of soil
  • Source of water supply
  • Crops grown in the farm
    • Type of crop – Seasonal / Perennial
    • Average land under each crop
    • Season of sowing and harvesting of each crop
    • Yield / acre (crop wise)
  • Pastures grown
    • Kind of pasture – Permanent / Temporary
      • Natural / Cultivated
    • Area under each pasture variety
    • Irrigation facility – Y / N
    • Manure application – Y / N
  • Method of conservation of fodder
    • Hay – Y / N
    • Silage – Y / N
  • Method of preservation of grain / feed ingredients
  • Concentrate mixture used in the farm
    • Manufactured by – farm / purchased
    • Cost per kg
    • Ingredient composition

Cattle section

  • Kind of animals – Cattle / buffalo
  • Breeds maintained in the farm
  • Total strength of the farm
    • Dry animals
      • Pregnant
      • Non-pregnant
    • Milch animals
    • Bulls
    • Heifers
    • Calves
    • Work animals
  • Average milk yield
    • Wet average
    • Herd average
  • Average yield of butter fat / kg milk
  • Feeding schedule followed in the farm
    • Time of offering concentrates
    • Average quantity of concentrate fed
      • Pregnant animal
      • Milch animal
      • Breeding bull
      • Growing animal
    • Amount of green fodder fed / animal
    • Amount of dry fodder fed / animal
  • If animals are allowed for grazing – Y / N
    • Duration of grazing
    • Types of grasses / pastures available for grazing
    • No. of days in a year during which grazing is available
  • Milk disposal
    • Sold to co-operative unions
    • Sold to private consumers
    • Cost of production of milk / kg
    • Sale price of milk / kg
  • Any other information: Sheep / Goat section
    • Kind of animals – Sheep / Goats
    • Breeds maintained in the farm
    • Total strength of the farm
      • Rams / Bucks
      • Ewes / Does
        • Pregnant
        • Non-pregnant
      • Lambs / Kids
        • Male
        • Female
  • Feeding schedule followed in the farm
    • Grazing / Stall fed
    • Time of offering concentrates
    • Average quantity of concentrate fed
      • Pregnant ewes / Does
      • Breeding Rams / Bucks
      • Adult sheep / Doe
      • Lambs / Kids
    • If stall fed, green fodder fed:dry fodder fed
  • If animals are allowed for grazing
    • Duration of grazing
    • Types of grasses / pastures available for grazing
    • No. of days in a year during which grazing is available:82

Sheep and Goat farm

  • Method of marketing
    • Sold on live weight basis
    • Whether meat outlets maintained
    • Cost of production / kg
    • Sale price of mutton / kg
    • Sold to middle man or in market place (shandy)
    • Particulars of nearby market place (shandy)
  • Any other information
    • To familiarize with different systems of feeding followed in a dairy farm / Sheep farm. (Note: Students should go round the farm to gather the information for filling the questionnaire given below).
Last modified: Wednesday, 4 April 2012, 5:06 AM