NDDB provides reformulation support to cattle feed plants during Covid pandemic: Chairman, NDDB

NDDB provides reformulation support to cattle feed plants during Covid pandemic: Chairman, NDDB

23 April, 2020 Anand: To achieve the targeted milk production, productivity of dairy animals needs to be enhanced with judicious use of available feed resources and balanced feeding. Compound cattle feed is a crucial input for milk production and the lockdown due to Covid pandemic has pushed the cattle feed production into a crisis.

Shri Dilip Rath, Chairman, NDDB informed that many Cattle Feed Plants are facing problems of irregular supply of feed raw materials and packing ingredients. Reduced inter-state movement of trucks as well as labour shortages have also been reported. With the easing of restrictions on key industries from 20th April onwards, some relief can be expected.

Against the backdrop of non-availability of key raw resources for cattle feed production, NDDB has started providing reformulation support to cattle feed plants to meet the cattle feed demand. Shri Rath said that NDDB’s animal nutrition experts have provided support for reformulating cattle feed for many cattle feed product lines using Least Cost Formulation (LCF) software after considering prices/local availability of regular raw materials as well as incorporating novel raw ingredients (such as Corn Gluten Feed) whenever necessary.

NDDB will be happy to extend this formulation support to all cattle feed plants across the country to smoothen the production process. Regular use of feed in prescribed quantity increases reproductive efficiency of dairy animals, keeps animals healthy, improves growth rate in young calves, increases milk production and reduces production costs, which will ultimately help dairy farmers to deal with the post Covid challenges.