INDIA.
NEW SHOW FARM FOR 200 DAIRY COWS.
The new model farm for dairy cows opened by the Kerala Board of Livestock, is fully computerized with the cows on slats in the most hygienic setting.
This is the most advanced milking farm on the entire sub-continent, and has cost several million dollars to set up.
The farm when full operational, will have 200 mixes Holstein, Friesian and Jersey cows, all fitted with micro-chip implants that record the history of the cow and the milk yields.
The project has been funded by the Cattle and Buffalo Breeding Group, this is the first of three farms proposed, according to Minister C.Divakaran from the Food and Animal Husbandry division, of the Department of Agriculture of India.