Agriculture from Around the world

[devonshire farmer]

Drilling kale (cabbage family)

for sheep to eat through cold weather in winter when grass is short.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Hello Santosh,

What sort of soils are you farming there? I mean on your farm. I don't mean the whole country!

Are the dry areas of the country often fertile but just lacking water?

 

[Santosh]

We look forward to reading about what you do, so would you like to introduce your self and tell us about the vines and the grape harvest, like diseases, spraying, who your grapes are sold to, it would be grat if you culd include some of the pictures you share on twitter too

well i have 40 acres of table grapes,diseases r common like powdery mildew ,downy mildew , thrips ,etc but the big job is to control them by keeping them under control by European standard (MRL)of chemicals ,.

 

[sleepy]

@Santosh

Do most farmers in India own or rent their farms?

Do many farmers start from scratch, or were their parents usually farming as well? Is it hard to get started in farming?

 

[Santosh]

@Santosh

Do most farmers in India own or rent their farms?

Do many farmers start from scratch, or were their parents usually farming as well? Is it hard to get started in farming?

wow nice ? yes all most 80% of people have there own land and almost all start from parents (farming),its very simple to start farming but there several problem like water avb in sum part of india ,labour problem as common as u people ,but still ok with it ,we people really need new tech for farming hop coming days will improve all that ,.

 

[Fraserb]

@Santosh,

Whats the livestock industry like in your area?

 

[Santosh]

@Santosh,

Whats the livestock industry like in your area?

livestock need up upgradation like u people but still ok,add income up to 2% profit

 

[Fraserb]

livestock need up upgradation like u people but still ok,add income up to 2% profit

Whats the dairy industry like?

 

[grumpy]

santosh how does the general public view farmers in your country,do they view them as an asset or is it like here where there is a hint of dislike mainly due to jealousy of them owning land and getting the sfp.the sfp is where the government gives farmers some money to help them out.does the indian government give farmers any aid or grants?

 

[Santosh]

Whats the dairy industry like?

collation from small scale farmer (milk) and process,max collation from single farmer is of (i min 10lit -500lit is average and 600-800lit is max collation of milk

 

[Santosh]

santosh how does the general public view farmers in your country,do they view them as an asset or is it like here where there is a hint of dislike mainly due to jealousy of them owning land and getting the sfp.the sfp is where the government gives farmers some money to help them out.does the indian government give farmers any aid or grants?

+1 for ? answer is just remove asset word and other line all is true

 

[Santosh]

Hello Santosh,

What sort of soils are you farming there? I mean on your farm. I don't mean the whole country!

Are the dry areas of the country often fertile but just lacking water?

well in my area is of black cotton soil,though few nearby have slightly sandy soil

 

[devonshire farmer]

So the soil changes very quickly then.

 

[Santosh]

So the soil changes very quickly then.

exactly

 

[devonshire farmer]

What breeds of cattle do you have mainly in your area?

 

[TFF Twitter]

What breeds of cattle do you have mainly in your area?

this is a picture from Santosh twitter feed, not sure what the cattle are

 

[Santosh]

What breeds of cattle do you have mainly in your area?

Holstein,jersey ,brown Swiss,krishna ,annex ,bar guru ,shrti,ect are few popular breeds

 

[Fraserb]

collation from small scale farmer (milk) and process,max collation from single farmer is of (i min 10lit -500lit is average and 600-800lit is max collation of milk

Things are a bit different round here, its all big outfits and all the smaller ones are selling up.

 

[Santosh]

this is a picture from Santosh twitter feed, not sure what the cattle are

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they r few cross over breeds so the caricatures do not look same

 

[Santosh]

Things are a bit different round here, its all big outfits and all the smaller ones are selling up.

yes sir u r totally right