(Updated till 04/2023) Beneficial for competitive exams conducted by ICAR and other organizations World milk production (roughly 81% cow milk, 15% buffalo milk, and 4% for goat, sheep and camel milk combined) increased by 1.1 percent to about 887 million tonnes in 2021. India is the largest producer of milk globally with 23.67 percent share in total milk production in the world. In India, about 50 percent of milk is consumed on-farm. Dairy is the single largest agricultural commodity … Continue Reading →
Collection of Livestock Production and Management related Terms
Act of parturition in Cow – Calving Buffalo – Calving Elephant – Calving Goat – Kidding Sheep – Lambing Horse – Foaling Pig – Farrowing Dog – Whelping Cat – Littering, Queening Rabbit – Kindling Camel – Parturition Birds – Hatching Act of mating in Bull – Serving Buffalo – Serving Goat – Serving Sheep – Tupping Horse – Covering Pig – Coupling Rabbit – Mating Elephant – Mating Camel – Lakhana Birds – Serving Cat – … Continue Reading →
Livestock Production Statistics of India – 2021
(Updated till 12/2022) Beneficial for competitive exams conducted by ICAR and other organizations World milk production (roughly 81% cow milk, 15% buffalo milk, and 4% for goat, sheep and camel milk combined) increased by 1.1 percent to about 887 million tonnes in 2021. India is the largest producer of milk globally with 23.67 percent share in total milk production in the world. In India, about 50 percent of milk is consumed on-farm. Dairy is the single largest agricultural commodity … Continue Reading →
Provisional Estimates of Livestock Production for the Year 2020-21
Animal Products Statistics Commodity Total Production (2020-21) Growth Rate (%) Per Capita Availability Milk 209.96 MT (million tons) 5.81 427 grams/day Meat 8.80 MT 2.31 90 eggs/annum Eggs 122.05 billion 6.70 6.52kg/annum Wool 36.93 million kg 0.46 - Highest Producing States in India as of 2020-21 Milk Production Highest milk producing state in India: Uttar Pradesh (31.36 MT) Second highest milk producing state in India: Rajasthan (30.72 … Continue Reading →
Livestock Production Statistics of India – 2020
(Updated till 12/2021) Beneficial for competitive exams conducted by ICAR and other organizations Global milk production reached nearly 906 million tonnes in 2020 with India as the largest producer of milk with 22 percent share in total milk production in the world. In India, 50 percent of milk is consumed on-farm. India accounts for about 7.22 percent of the global egg production, 2.55 percent of global meat production and houses the largest population of milch animals in the world (FAO, … Continue Reading →
Easy steps for clean milk production at dairy farms
What is clean milk? Clean milk is generally defined as milk drawn from the udder of healthy animals, which is collected in clean dry milking pails and free from extraneous matters like dust, dirt, flies, hay and free from pathogenic bacteria. Clean milk has a normal composition, possesses a natural milk flavor with low bacterial count and is safe for human consumption. Clean milk has longer shelf life and keeping quality, transported to longer distance, high commercial value and helps to … Continue Reading →
