Pakistan has tremendous livestock wealth comprising about fifty million cattle, buffaloes, sheep and goat. They provide milk and meat to the populace and make a substantial contribution to exports.

(MENAFN- Tribal News Network) In Patwar Kaly on the outskirts of Peshawar city, where fodder is typically cultivated near rivers and streams, the standing crops are rapidly deteriorating. Waqar Khan, ...

Mr Peter Kangaru, 46, runs a seven-acre farm in Naivasha where he grows a fodder crop—lucerne — for sale. Kangaru started to grow the crop in January, this year. He previously grew maize on a two-acre ...

Overall, agricultural statistics indicate that while the country's capacity in food grain and fodder production has increased, output of pulses and some cash crops has contracted.

Farmers in Trans Nzoia District are expanding into fodder crops, saying maize prices are unpredictable while input costs continue to rise. A few farmers who have started on pasture growing report ...

A new water plan introduced in south east South Australia is likely to force a complete re-think of fodder crops grown in the region, according to experts. The water security plan was formed in ...

Nashik: Fodder crops will be cultivated in the forest areas of Nashik west division to meet the food requirement of wild animals, said an official. The forest officials said they have set a target of ...

In many places, vegetables and moong crops had been affected 50-60 per cent, fodder crops 30-40 per cent and moringa trees 50 per cent, he said and added, it had also affected local supply of green ...

Pix by Mandar Deshpande Bhoom (Dharashiv): For Amol Dhage, a 34-year-old dairy farmer from Chinchpur village in Bhoom tehsil, the wait for the truck carrying bags of silage was endless.Every few ...

Smallholder farmers often face the dilemma of subdividing the farm to grow food for the family and livestock feed. Often a larger portion is allocated to growing crops for family consumption while ...