Amrutha Dairy Farms

Thanks Santhosh for this PPT. (http://yourstory.in/2013/09/amrutha-dairy-farms-journey-it-to-dairy-farming-santhosh-d-singh/)
I had this in front of me when carrying on the telephonic interview with Santhosh. (https://soundcloud.com/your-story/santhosh-singh-amrutha-dairy)

1. Amrutha Dairy Farms 91/2B, Haalenahalli, Madhure Hobli, Doddaballapur. Sept 2013 Santhosh Singh [phone]

2. Amrutha Dairy Farms formally started operations in July 2010 in the Promoters owned land of 2 Acres 35 Guntas . Additional 5 Acres of Land is taken on lease to grow fodder. The Operations was started with just 3 Holstein Friesian cows and it went on to grow up to 35 Cows and 25 Calves as of today. The Project was conceptualized by NABARD Consulting (NABCONS) and was funded by State Bank of Mysore. The Infrastructure developed so far in the project can accommodate 85 Cows. Good water source with 2 borewells giving good water discharge. Big Water Storage tanks of capacity 1.2 Lakhs lts of water, 16000 lts water and 8000 lts water is built next to the cattle sheds for storage purpose. 2 Acres of land has good high breed Napier grass which is irrigated by the slurry water from the sheds daily. The Project site has One Managers Quarter (Beautiful Wooden House), 3 Labour rooms and one cattle feed storage room. The Farm houses the latest facility for fodder production (Hydroponics System) which is built in RCC structure with a fodder growing capacity of 750kg to 1 Ton green fodder per day. The Current dairy setup can produce a max of 400lts of milk per day. The operations is looked after by the promoters directly on a 24x7 basis. Brief introduction

3. Pure HF Calves born at the farm

4. Small Shed housing Heifers ( Bigger Calves )

5. Big Shed housing HF Cows

6. Big Shed housing HF Cows

7. Manager Quarters ( Wooden House )

8. Big Water Tank – 1.2Lakh Lts capacity

9. Hydroponics Fodder growing system

10. Fodder grown at the farm in Hydroponics System

11. Wheat Grass grown at the farm using Hydroponics

12. Labour room and Feed storage room

13. Small Shed work Half done – 15 Cows capacity

14. Hybrid Napier Grass grown at the Farm in 2 Acres of land