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The poultry business math

What is the formula behind a successful business? Minimize cost, maximize revenues. What are the costs in poultry business? 1. Feed is usually more than 50 percent cost 2. Labour 3. Cost of hens 4.Misc Reduce the feed cost by getting waste food from restaurant. To top it, feed protein sources using wormmeal generated from dairy farming. You can easily bring down the feed cost to 10 percent. Plus you get protein which typically is significantly more expensive than carbohydrates. What are the sources of revenue? 1.eggs 2.meat 3.compost

The Dairy Business Math

I was camping in a forest. Nearby villagers used to come to graze their cows. I got chatting with one of them. He explained the math of dairy. Here it follows for 1 cow: Daily milk yield: 8 litres @ 20 rs per litre: 160 rs = 4800 rs per month Cow dung: 0.5 kilta per day @50 rs per kilta = 25 rs = 750 rs per month. Daily concentrate/Feed cost: 2kg@20 rs per kg, 40 rs =1200 rs per month Fodder cost: almost nil in summers. About 4000/ in winters if purchasing. Otherwise you can get grass in exchange for cow dung. Will reduce your cost. Lets assume 1500 rs per month. Labour cost: 2000 (approx) Misc expenses: 500 rs Remove 3 months of milk production when the cow is not lactating. Ideally it is 2 but account for lower milk production due to dry grass in cold winters. 4800*3/12 = 1200 rs per month Total = 4800+750-1200-2000-1500 -500-1200= -850. All in all a small loss. Here comes the optimizaton. Sell milk products@40 rs per litre. +4800 -1200 =3600 Make vermicompost: +1000 rs ...

Model Farm

I am building a model farm. Resource sharing, labor sharing, byproducts and waste products reuse are some of the major benefits conferred by integrated farming. Major components of the farm are: 1.Dairy farm 2.Poultry farm 3.Fish farm 4.Apple orchard 5.Vegetables etc. 6.Farm stay 7.Health & wellness camps Lets talk about the benefits of integrated farming Resource sharing:Same land and resources can be used for multiple purposes. Labor sharing: With necessary automation, same labor can be deployed for multiple tasks. Byproducts and wasteproduct reuse: The above mentioned components have plently of these opportunities