Natural cattle rearing brings good profit
Cattle farmers belonging to Ghosh community in the district are rearing cattle using traditional method that their ancestors followed as cattle can be reared easily, there is less risk of disease, it does not require much expenditure and the milk can be sold at good profit.
Cattle are fed only grass in the traditional method. The cattle farmers move in groups from village to village in the district to let their cattle graze in the open fields.
Bhikharul Islam, 45, of Bahrom-Ghoshpara village, grazes his 100 cattle at a field in Babudaying village under Sadar upazila. He rears cattle using traditional method without any cost and earns a handsome amount of money daily by selling milk.
Mohammad Hasen, 40, of the same area also took his 105 cows to the area for grazing.
Abdul Hamid, 60, of Hossaindaying village, took his 22 cattle to Babudaying area and let them graze in a field. He sells milk and earns around Tk 400 a day.
Bhikharul, whose family has been rearing cattle for three generations, said he came to the area 15 days ago with five other people and 400 cattle for letting them eat grass. They will stay in Babudaying area for one month and then go to the chars of the Padma river, he said, adding that they will go home in the rainy season, when they feed their cattle only hay.
He earns around Tk 1,000 daily by selling milk. He sells 15 to 20 cows every year and earns Tk 3 lakh to Tk 4 lakh, Bhikharul said.
Mohammad Rana, 25, of Thakur palsha village in Sadar upazila, said he buys milk from the cattle farmers for Tk 40 per kg. He follows them and collects the milk, which he sells in the town, Rana added.
The cattle farmers said all their cows and bullocks are of native species and can easily survive in our environmental condition. Hybrid cattle are kept in sheds and they need specially formulated feed.
District Livestock Officer Dr Ananda Kumar Adhikary said there are around 13 lakh cows in the district and 93 registered and 78 unregistered cattle farms.
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