Livestock husbandry

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Livestock and dairy sector contributes 85% of methane emission in Himachal

February 28, 2026 8:20 pm

Study recommends balanced feeding, indigenous breed promotion.

Lessons from recent farm sector buoyancy

October 12, 2024 12:29 am

Not surprisingly, the states that have posted the highest agricultural growth in recent times -- whether Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh or Maharashtra and Gujarat -- are the ones shown to have diversified most into livestock, aqua and horticulture farming

Flatulent cows and pigs will face a carbon tax in Denmark, a world first

June 26, 2024 5:46 pm

Levels of methane, which is emitted from sources including landfills, oil and natural gas systems and livestock, have increased particularly quickly since 2020.

Centre to depute national level monitors to oversee livestock schemes

November 02, 2023 5:32 am

As per the appointment terms of reference for National Level Monitors (NLM), two types of monitoring will be conducted by them — regular and special.

‘With 2.1% of country's total livestock, Haryana produces 5.26% of country's total milk’: State minister J P Dalal

June 02, 2023 3:19 pm

State Animal Husbandry and Dairy Minister J P Dalal also placed a demand before the Union government to provide dewormers and mineral mixtures during vaccination of the cattle.

Livestock sector: A new ministry promises a new beginning

July 25, 2019 12:26 am

Animal husbandry was considered a subsidiary activity, which has changed with the Modi government now according it an independent status

Livestock export: Ban discriminatory, violated fundamental right of exporters, says Gujarat HC

April 12, 2019 1:04 am

The court also did not allow the request of the Gujarat government to stay the order for further six weeks so as to enable the respondents to approach the higher forum, stating that “staying this order for six weeks would render the petition infructuous”.

In charts: India's ban on export of livestock comes as trade jumped over the past three years

August 10, 2018 6:18 pm

Three charts show how the revenues due to export of livestock jumped dramatically over the past few years, and the export of live goats had a major role to play in it.

Livestock husbandry: Salvaging the male

May 11, 2017 8:28 am

Rearing male buffalo calves for meat could be the way forward for sustaining India’s Pink Revolution — and also correcting the ‘reverse gender bias’ in bovines.

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