Rural Development Academy provides training and conducts research activities through its various units, including crop, dairy, poultry, and fisheries units. The dairy farm has over 130 cattle that are milked twice daily, yielding around 170 liters in the morning and 75 liters in the afternoon. Daily activities at the farm include cleaning, feeding, milking cows by hand or machine, and feeding calves milk replacer or starter. The intern found the hands-on learning experience at RDA's various units to be very valuable for agriculture students.
2. Topic : Activities and Interns
perception of Rural
Development Academy
Presented by
Md Samyan
ID. :1401159
Reg. No. : 42082
Group : E
Session : 2013-14
3. Introduction
Established 19th June 1974
Total area - 120 acres
Demonstration Farm - 80 acres
Administrative Area - 40 acres
5. Demonstration farm
Crop Unit
Dairy Unit
Poultry Unit
Fisheries Unit
Horticulture & Nursery Unit
Tissue culture and Hydroponics Unit
Refrigerated Storage
Agricultural Equipment Unit
Bio-gas Plant
6. Dairy Farm of RDA
No of cattle : 134
Milking cow : 37
Pregnant cow & Dry Cow : 20
Bull Calf : 26
Heifer Calf :19
Heifer : 28
Buffalo : 1
No of Bull : 3
Dummy : 1
14. At RDA Dairy Farm:
Presently milking can be done from 37 cow
twice in a day.
Milk yield:
At morning : 170 ltr
At afternoon : 75 ltr
Time of Milking :
At morning : 7:30-9:00 am
At afternoon : 03:oo pm
15. Feeding of calves
For calf:
1-10 days age [colostrum
feeding]
10days -12wks [milk replacer]
3wks -24wks [calf starter]
Green grass & straw start from
12wks
16. RDA BULL STATION
A place where bulls are kept for breeding
purposes is known as bull station.
17. Bull station at a glance
Established at 2014 under CRDC project
SL NO NAME TYPE
01 king Jersy
02 Prince H.S (Cross)
03 Tiger Cross
04 Barnel Cross
18. Daily activities of bull station
7.00 to 9.00 A.M:
1.Cleaning and washing of shed
2.Washing of bull
3.Feeding of bull:
Concentrate feed: 3 kg/bull
2 kg/dummy
9.oo to 12 P.M:
Feeding of straw and fodder
Straw : 2 kg/bull
Napier grass : 80-100 kg/day
12:00-02:30 P.M:
1. Cleaning
2. Concentrate
feeding
02:30-05:00 P.M:
1. Fodder
2. Straw
33. Perception
We are very thankful to the authority of RDA. It is a
complete package of learning specially for agriculture based
students like us. Every year students should get attached in
RDA for internship program.