Studies on Feeding & Managent of the Dairy Farmers from Akot, Telhara and Barshitakali Tahsil of Akola District

The investigation was conducted to review the situation of dairying in Akot, Telhara and Barshitakali Tahsil of Akola district with the objectives to study the socio-economic status of the dairy farmers. The survey work was carried out in the milk pocket areas of 15 villages from Akot, Telhara and Barshitakali Tahsil of Akola district. About 82.88 per cent farmers cultivable land ranged between 2 to 5 ha and 43.33 per cent dairy farmers kept 1 to2 animals on their farms. However, none of the farmers had a practice of preservation of fodder as silage to feed for local & crossbred cattle. The overall average knuckling method of milking (42.00) was highly observed in all tehsils.