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Covid-19: NDDB reformulates ingredients for lockdown-hit cattle feed plants

Compound cattle feed is a crucial input for milk production and the lockdown due to Covid pandemic has pushed the cattle feed production into a crisis.

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NDDB is extending this formulation support to all cattle feed plants across the country to smoothen the production process

Vinay Umarji Ahmedabad
Milk dairies struggling for cattle feed in the nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus will get help in achieving their production targets, according to a plan made by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). 

To achieve the targeted milk production, productivity of dairy animals needs to be enhanced with judicious use of available feed resources and balanced feeding. Compound cattle feed is a crucial input for milk production and the lockdown due to the coronaviurs pandemic has pushed the cattle feed production into a crisis.

Hence, using a least cost formulation (LCF) software, nutrition experts at NDDB are reformulating by