Domestic market – the only way out for Indian shrimp farming
Commercial shrimp farming in India is about four decades old but it's only over the last five years, the shrimp farming industry of India...
New sensor system sniffs out mycotoxins in wheat
Mycotoxins - produced by fungi contaminate about 25 % of food crops worldwide, according to the latest estimates. Detecting contamination quickly and reliably is...
Manure: from waste to valueable resource
Manure is like a double-edged sword. It can have positive as well as negative effects which depends on how it is used. Manure leads...
Recent trends of soyabean production in India
Introduction
Feeding constitutes the fundamental and major management concern in poultry production since major expenditure (60-70%) in poultry raising is feed cost. Efficiency in feeding...
Feed technology – a cardinal tool to support milk production under...
Introduction
Dairying in India has long tradition reaching up to Indus valley civilization; however its galloping stride placed the country top of the world during...
Trace minerals – What you see is not what you get
The Indian dairy sector has grown to enviable heights over the past few decades and there still lies a vast potential to be explored. ...
The nutritionist challenge: How to cook?
"The gap between a good feed formulation and the good pellet is the same as that between the nice flour recipe and a fine...
Traceability, the key ingredient for future success
I read with great interest a column in “Industry Thoughts” segment of last issue of this magazine. It was discussing, why are we not...
Chicken business – is there an opportunity amongst obstacles?
The Indian poultry industry has transcended from back yard poultry farming to ultramodern production system in the past 60 years, generating a turnover of...
Animal feed: need for new technology to produce safer and cheaper...
Year after year, month after month, a trend is emerging: Human demand for animal products is increasing day by day. More milk, more eggs,...
