Indigenous (Desi) cows and it's relevance for natural farming

Greetings! I would like to write brief notes about the Desi cows and it's importance for natural farming.

As I mentioned in my previous blog post we are gearing up to move away from the present practices of applying chemical based fertilizers and pesticides. Meaning, we would have to find alternate sources of increasing fertility of land. In that line, cow manure proved to be superior among other forms of fertilizing the land. contains various nutritional components, including minerals, vitamins, potassium, nitrogen, oxygen, carbon, cellulose, mucus and lignin and increases the earth-worms.

Since we have cover crop which helps to increase the carbon percentage in soil and also add all required micro nutrients which cow dung failed to add in sufficient manner. 

with the combination of the above 2 methods., cover crops before main crop and cow dung with urine by-products proved to be major contributors to increase soil fertility.

Indigenous (Desi) cows milk contains A2 milk fats., which have many health benefits.

Panchagavya., a by-product of Desi cow., made with the combination of curd, milk, ghee, cow urine and cow dung.

Panchagavya plays a crucial role in organic farming practices as the most favorable organic manure for agricultural fields. Its application ensures zero usage of harmful synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, and antibiotics. No other manure can be as cost-effective and beneficial as Panchagavya. It can enhance soil fertility, improve the quality of earthworms, and promote crop health by acting as an organic fertilizer.

We are in the process of preparing Panchagavya for our upcoming kharif crop for rice.

Because of all the mentioned benefits., one would have to have Desi cows to be a successful natural  farmer. We have built a shed  (goshala) as a first step before starting natural farming and brought in 6 gir breed cows and 1 ongole breed cow. we started collecting the cow dung and urine separately.

By products of milk ghee and butter milk are being prepared on daily basis.

Butter milk is being fermented in tanks which will be used to spray on crops. This will act as natural fungicide in natural farming. This will helps to control diseases like leaf spots and powdery mildews in all crops. Recommended dosage is twice or thrice during disease period in 10 days interval!


will write more on next steps.

Regards

Brahma

Natural Farmer

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