INDIA’S BUFFALO MEAT AND SECONDARY DAIRY CATTLE SLAUGHTER SECTORS TO RECEIVE BOOST FROM NEW SEMEN UNIT
May 1st, 2018
INDIA is building its biggest frozen semen station, housing 300 bulls of indigenous breeds of buffalo and cattle, with construction costs estimated at Indian Rupees INR640 million (USD 9.7 million) in Purnea, Bihar. When fully functional by May 2019, it would include bull shade areas, a semen processing lab, feed and warehousing, plus agricultural equipment and would supply five million doses of high quality semen every year to overcome national shortages. The unit will boost the cattle population, which in India is generally for dairy – although unproductive ...
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