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Effective Service Solutions in Dairy Farming through Dairy Automation Systems
In order to maximize the production and quality of the dairy farming processes, the inclusion of technology has brought in diverse avenues of options. Some of the examples have been explained below. Dairy Cows are assigned strict healthy balanced diet to improve their rate of production. This knowledge is given to farmers through certain mobile applications. Example: The national dairy development board (NDDB) in India has launched a mobile app, “Pashu Poshan” to teach the farmers regarding the balanced diet for cows. Cows feed on roughages and concentrates, out of which few species grow on soil. Not all soils are fertile and plants species are not high yielding at all times. There are systems to grow cattle feeds without soil in a couple of days. Example: The discovery of this automation technique by hydroponics, Kenya. The knowledge dissemination in the dairy farming business and data collection of Cattles and also encouraging entrepreneurship sorting out...
Challenges Faced by Dairy Farming
1. Labour force support 2. Cow recording systems 3. Identification and differentiation of cows 4. Health condition of cows 5. High production and milk yield 6. Nutritional requirements 7. Feeding habits
Dairy Farming | Short Introduction
Dairy farming is a sector under agriculture that ensures continuous production and supply of milk that is processed for finally finishing it as a dairy product. Most of the dairy farms consist of high producing dairy cows while few commercial dairy farms do involve the contribution from goats, camels, buffaloes and sheep. The series of mechanical and chemical action taken to convert the simple from of milk to the compound form of dairy products like cheese, curd, butter, yoghurt, etc. are done either on the farm or at a dairy plant.
Aquatic | Weeds in Sri Lanka | Short List
No. Common Name Botanical name 55 Water hyacinth Monochoria vaginalis 56 Water shamrock Marsilea quandrifolia 57 Common water hyacinth Eichhornia crasspes 58 Water Spinach Ipomoea aquatica 59 Bulrush plant Typhia latifolia
Broad Leaves | Weeds in Sri Lanka | Short List
No. Common name Botanical name 22 Caesarweed Urena lobata 23 Purple-leaved button weed Borreria ocymoides 24 Three-flowered beggar weed Desmodium triflorum 25 Asthma plant Euphorbia hirta 26 Devil’s horsewhip Achyranthes aspera 27 Common tephrosia Tephrosia purpurea 28 Wandering jew Commelina benghalensis 29 Dwarf copperleaf Alternanthera sessilis 30 Red spiderling Boerhavia diffusa 31 Hurricane weed Phyllanthus amarus 32 Black pigweed Trianthema portulacastrum 33 Hairy indigo Indigofera hirsuta 34 Ceylon slitwort Leucas zeylanica 35 Giant sensitive tree Mimosa ...