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With a view to enhance milk production so as to reduce average cost per Kg. of milk produced, Milkfed and its affiliated Milk Unions are providing technical input services like animal health care, artificial insemination services, vaccination, supply of balanced cattle feed, supply of quality fodder seeds etc. to specific target group i.e. Milk Producers Cooperative Members at their door steps.
BREED IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME : With an objective to produce more milk from
lesser number of milch animals, a specific breed improvement programme is being
implemented in the State. Under this programme, Artificial Insemination activities are being carried
out in about 2300 societies. Milkfed has its own ISI/ISO certified Sperm Station
at Khanna (Distt. Ludhiana) from where semen of imported bulls is supplied for
Breed Improvement Programme.
FODDER SEED DEVELOPMENT:
BALANCED CATTLE FEED :
MILKFED has its own two cattle feed plants, one at Bhattian near Khanna and another at Ghania-ke-banger having capacity to produce 300 M.T.'s of cattlr feed and 5 M.T's of Urea Molasses Lick Bricks per day. Four types of balanced cattle feed i.e. ISI type II, High Energy, By Pass Protein and buffalo feed is being manufactured under the brand name of VERKA. Both the plants are ISO-9002 certified units. Verka balanced cattle feed is supplied to the societies at a very genuine rate.