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The chap with spects looks just like one of my Mallu batchmate Mohd. Shuib from my engineering days. Believe it or not, green mundu (lungi) was his all time favorite. He lives in Qatar at present btw.
 
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It might delight many to take beef in India, but beef has to be reared for the table.

It is not so done in India.

Near dead cows are slaughtered for the Indian market. The rest is smuggled out to Bangladesh.

If you want to try real and good beef/ veal, go abroad and try the Argentinian beef.

The US Beef is steroid assisted.

Indians find the so called lamb, when abroad, not too their taste. The reason is that they are gram fed and so there is an odd smell and Indians are only used to goats.

It is only in Northern Spain where goat meat is eaten, while elsewhere in Europe it is lamb.

So, when in Indian restaurants they say 'lamb' you can be sure they lie through their teeth.
 
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Dear Brigadier,
Best Beef is Japanese, Its called Kobe Beef
 

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Brigadier,

There are good places in Kerala, Where I can get excellent beef.

Also look at Exactly 50 seconds, to know our opinion on Hindi!
 

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Brigadier,

There are good places in Kerala, Where I can get excellent beef.

Also look at Exactly 50 seconds, to know our opinion on Hindi!
That is right about Kobe.

Kobe is a specialised beef.

I was meaning normal table beef.

Rearing fats or beef cattle is not that simple as is thought to be.

It has to be of particular age or weight.

And beef is not just any old cattle. There are breeds which are ideal for table food.

The best feed for prime beef is alfa alfa grass. That to my knowledge is only in Ladakh where you have rather good alfa alfa grass. I believe elsewhere in India too there are now cultivating it for milch cow feed.

Green fodder production throughout the year
Green fodder production throughout year does not means only to produce or cultivate high yielding
fodder variety but also maintain balance between these things like succulent fodder & dry fodder,
Protein rich & energy rich quality fodder, Dry & concentrate, Fresh fodder & silage as well as manage
all things given above with superiority. Many times, if area under fodder is assumed for fodder
production then things happen like sometimes there may be low fodder yield (causes scarcity of
fodder) or high fodder yield (Causes wastage of green fodder).To avoid circumstances of fodder
scarcity or low yield or wastage of fodder, following things have great concern-
1) Planning of fodder with concern to high yield than assumption.
2) To avoid scarcity of fodder, plan for storage of fodder in emergent situation like staorage of
dry fodder & making silage of green fodder.
3) It is fact that there may be ups & downs in fodder production in rain fed system.
REQUIREMENT OF FODDER FOR ADULT ANIMAL (CATTLE OR BUFFALO):-
An Adult animal requires minimum 10% of green fodder of its body weight.Eg.-Animal weighing 400
kg requires 40 kg green fodder (10% of body weight).Here balancing of green fodder has importance
like ,as a thumb rule, out of 40 kg green fodder –
- 2/3 means 30 kg should be Monocotyledons fodder &
- 1/3 means 10 kg should be Dicotyledons fodder
ï‚· Monocotyledons fodder :-Fodder Maize, Fodder Jowar, Fodder Bajara,Oat,Hybrid napier,Gunea
grass,Para grass,Rhodes grass,Anjan Grass etc.
Monocotyledons fodder is rich in energy than protein & is used for supplying energy & stomach
filling.
ï‚· Dicotyledons fodder:- Lucerne,Berseem ,Cow pea,Guar,Stylo,Subabaul,Dashrath etc.
Dicotyledons fodder is rich in protein than energy & is used for supplying body building proteins &
milk production.
ï‚· Sole Monocotyledons fodder or Dicotyledons fodder feeding causes imbalance so feeding of
fodder through above thumb rule is very necessary.
Monocotyledons fodder or Dicotyledons fodder are also differentiated based on their duration or
growth as –
Perennial fodder- Fodder crop survives for more than a year like:
ï‚· Perennial Monocotyledons fodder:-Hybrid napier,Gunea grass,Para grass,Rhodes grass,Anjan
Grass etc.
ï‚· Perennial Dic
For planning fodder production throughout the year, both kind of fodder crops as
Seasonal/Perennial & Monocotyledons/ Dicotyledons are very essential.

As calculated above, 400 kg weighed adult animal requires 40 kg green fodder daily for
consumption, so for a year requirement for one animal is= 365 × 40 = 14600 kg or 14.6 MT = 15 MT

From one acre (40R), per year 45 to 50 MT fodder will be produced, so 3 adult animals will be
managed form 1 acre of green fodder produced. For planning of balanced (Monocotyledons &
Dicotyledons fodder) throughout the year (If watering facility throughout the year is available),
following planning is required-
A. On 10 R area, sowing of Lucerne (Variety-RL 88), yields 10-12.5 MT green dicotyledons
fodder supplied to 3 adult animals @ 10 kg per day for a year.
B. On 10 R area, sowing of Hybrid Napier (Variety – RBN-13/Baif-10), yields 10-12.5 MT green
monocotyledons fodder supplied to 3 adult animals @ 10 kg per day for a year. Also it is
recommended to do intercropping of Berseem fodder crop in winter season in Hybrid Napier
fodder crop.
C. On remaining 20 R area, sowing of Fodder Sorghum (Variety – Sweet Sorghum/MP chari),
yields 7-8 MT green monocotyledons fodder in Kharif season, sowing of Fodder Maize
(Variety – African tall), yields 10-12MT green monocotyledons fodder in Rabi season & sowing of Fodder Sorghum (Variety – Sweet Sorghum/MP chari), yields 7 MT green
monocotyledons fodder in Summer season supplied to 3 adult animals @ 25 kg per day for a
year (Per day 75 kg for 3 adult animals for a 365 days requires 27.5 MT). From this model,
One adult animal (400 kg) will receive 10 kg Lucerne,10 kg Hybrid Napier & 25 kg Green
Maize/Sorghum means 10+10+25= 45 kg green fodder throughout the year.
D. Lucerne fodder crop yield /year = 10-12.5 MT
Hybrid Napier fodder crop yield/year = 10-12.5 MT
Kharif green fodder sorghum yield/year = 6 MT
Rabi green fodder maize yield/year = 10 MT
Summer green fodder sorghum yield/year =7 MT
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TOTAL = 43 to 50 MT
This means, from one year fodder production, three adult animals can sufficiently be fed for
a year .After three years, fodder area of Hybrid Napier & Lucerne can be interchanged. It will
have good effect on new crop of hybrid Napier from stored nitrogen of previous Lucerne
crop.
B. On 10 R area, sowing of Hybrid Napier (Variety – RBN-13/Baif-10), yields 10-12.5 MT green
monocotyledons fodder for a year. Also it is recommended to do intercropping of Berseem
fodder crop in winter season in Hybrid Napier fodder crop.
C. On remaining 20 R area, sowing of Fodder Sorghum (Variety – Sweet Sorghum/MP chari),
yields 8 MT green monocotyledons fodder in Kharif season, sowing of Maldandi Jowar
(Variety – Maldandi), yields 2200 kg Kadbi & 550 kg sorghum grains in Rabi season &
sowing of Fodder Bajara (Variety – Giant bajara), yields 5 MT green monocotyledons fodder
in Summer season .
D. Hybrid Napier fodder crop yield/year = 12 MT
Kharif green fodder sorghum yield/year = 6 MT
Summer green fodder Bajara yield/year =5 MT
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TOTAL = 23 MT
Lucerne fodder crop yield /year = 11 MT
Rabi mladandi Jowar yield/year (Kadbi) = 2200 kg
Rabi maldandi Jowar yield/year (Grain) = 550 kg

To use this fodder-
1.From 23 tons green fodder ,for 3 animals for 365 days, per animal daily supply @ 21 kg per
animal= (3 animals × 365 days × 21 kg = 23000 kg)
2. For 3 animals 11 tons of Lucerne, for 365 days @ 10 kg per animal = (3 × 365 × 10 = 11000
kg)
3. Kadbi -2200 kg for 365 days @ 2 kg per animal/day = (3×365×2= 2200 kg)
4. Jowar grain 550 (crushed)-for 3 animals for 365 days @ ½ kg = (3×365×1/2= 550)
Means from above planning-
1. Monocotyledons green fodder - 21 kg
2. Dicotyledons green fodder - 10 kg
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Total - 31 kg
3. Kadbi - 2 kg (Dry fodder)
4. Crushed jowar Grains -1/2 kg (Concentrate ingradient)
a) In Kharif season-
On 20 R area, sowing of fodder maize (Variety-African Tall), yields 10 MT green
monocotyledons fodder.
On remaining 20 R area, sowing of Cow pea (Variety – Sweta, EC-4216,UPC-4286) yields 4 MT
green dicotyledons fodder.
b) In Rabi Season-
On 20 R areas, sowing of fodder Oat (Variety-Kent), yields 10 MT green monocotyledons
fodder (2 cuttings).
On remaining 20 R area, sowing of Berseem (Variety – Wardan-4,Mescavi) yields 20 MT
green dicotyledons fodder.
c) In Summer Season-
On 20 R area, sowing of fodder Cowpea (Variety- Sweta, EC-4216,UPC-4286), yields 4 MT green
monocotyledons fodder (2 cuttings).
On remaining 20 R area, sowing of fodder Sorghum (Variety – sweet Sorghum) yields 8 MT
green dicotyledons fodder.
d) Kharif season-
1. Maize fodder (105 days) - 10 tons
2. Cowpea (105) -4 tons
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Total= 14 tons
Rabi season-
1. Oat fodder (150 days) - 10 ton –Two cuttings
2. Berseem (150 days) - 20 ton – 4 cuttings
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Total= 30 tons
From this 22.5 tons green fodder is used as fodder purpose & 7.5 tons fodder is used for
making dry fodder (Oat + Berseem).
Summer season-
1. Sorghum green fodder (105 days) - 8 tons
2. Cowpea (105 days) - 4 tons
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Total= 12 tons

To use this fodder-
1) 3750 kg green Berseem fodder should be dried as dry fodder.
2) 3750 kg green Oat fodder should be dried as dry fodder.
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Total- 7500 kg fodder

By drying these fodders, we will get 750 kg dry Oat & 750 kg dry Berseem, in which if
loss of hay is concern, we will get 1250 kg dry fodder from both crop. This kind of fodder
is used for three adult animals for 365 days is as follows:-
In Kharif season-
44 kg green fodder (for adult animals/day)×3 animals ×105 days = 14 MT
In rabi season
50 kg green fodder/day/animal × 3 animals × 150 days = 22.5 MT
In summer season
38 kg green fodder × 3 animals ×105 days =12 MT
Also we can make dry fodder of Berseem & oat by drying both fodder in winter season
to become 1250 kg dry fodder & use it in summer season as-
4 kg dry fodder/animal /day×3 animals×105 days = 1.250 MT , means for each animals-
In Kharif,green fodder (Monocot +Dicot) is - 44 kg
In rabi,Green fodder (Monocot +Dicot) is -50 kg
In Summer,green fodder (Monocot +Dicot) is -38kg
Additional ,dry fodder in summer (Monocot +Dicot) is -4 kg
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Total (daily) - 42 kg
So this kind of cultivation of fodder crops may be useful in all three seasons of year.


Ref- Adhik dudhasathi hirwa Chara,BAIF,Publication,April-2004
ALFALFA Grass - Animals / पशु - aAQUA
I wonder if such is done in India given the expenses to rear cows, just for the table. I have not taken into account the cost of veterinary services and medicines.

I think if cows were raised for the table, then it would not come so cheap as it does in India.

I am slightly conversant with animal rearing since we have Military Farms and I have raised chicken as a unit poultry project to supplement the rations.
 
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The photo below may not be palatable to many, so be cautioned about that.


A butcher cuts up portions of beef for sale in an abattoir at a wholesale market in Mumbai, India. Reuters

Note the unhealthy look and the most awful conditions of the abattoir.
 

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Where's The Beef? In India, Believe It Or Not

Despite its image for venerating the cow as a sacred beast and regarding the eating of beef as "taboo," tens of millions of people in India do indeed eat beef on a regular basis.

In fact, in the western coastal state of Goa, a shortage of beef has raised alarms among the public, as well as restaurants and hotels that cater not only to Indian beef eaters but also, of course, tourists from other parts of the world.

According to the Times of India newspaper, the situation in Goa has become so dire that a group of meat traders has urged the local government to release more than 100 cows and bulls from custody in order to help fill swelling demand for meat.

The Goa government had earlier banned the slaughter of cattle and other animals at a prominent local abattoir over safety and hygiene concerns. A strike by local truckers has also hurt the beef market.

Francisco Sardinha, the South Goa member of Parliament, even criticized the state government for not making beef available in the market for "Christians and Catholics," for whom beef is a staple.

"I don't know what the thinking of this government is, whether they want to have beef or no beef or have mutton, which is so expensive," he said.

Beef is big business in India, despite the fact that many Indian states ban the slaughter of cows outright.

Over the past four years, beef exports have surged by more than 44 percent, while domestic consumption has climbed by a comparable amount, according to Times of India.

Meat produced by registered slaughterhouses jumped from 557,000 tonnes in 2008 to 805,000 tonnes in 2011. Income from bovine exports are expected to reach 18 billion rupees ($328 million) this year.

In 2012, in fact, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, India became the world's No. 1 beef exporter, beating out such perennial beef powerhouses Australia and New Zealand.

However, it is unclear how much of this beef comes from the sacred cow and how much from other bovine creatures.

Indeed, buffalo are also slaughtered for their tasty flesh -- Uttar Pradesh, a huge province in India's north, is the country's largest buffalo beef exporter.

"Our meat is lean and cheaper. We supply halal meat, which is preferred in [the Persian] Gulf countries," Surendra Kumar Ranjan, director of Hind Agro Industries in Uttar Pradesh, said.

However, the industry is not well-regulated. Indian media reported that the products that meets international standards are sold to markets in Southeast Asia and the Persian Gulf, while meat sold domestically is "substandard."

Moreover, the treatment of animals in Indian slaughterhouses fall far below acceptable standards. "There is rampant abuse of animals in transport and slaughter of meat whether for domestic consumption or export," Arpan Sharma, CEO of Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organizations, said. "Animals are overloaded in vehicles and transported without food and water. None of the meat exporters pay attention to the condition of animals."

Of course, some Hindu traditionalists are appalled by the rising consumption of beef in the country. "The cow is our mother, it's our duty to protect her," said Ashoo Mongia, who belongs to an unofficial "enforcement team" that monitors stores, butcher shops and slaughterhouses suspected of selling cow meat, according to CNN. "We do this because we believe in what the cow represents in our country, our culture and in the Hindu religion."

But Ranjan of Hind Agro believes Hindus in India should relax any cultural prohibitions on the beef trade in the interests of commerce. "Cow beef could be a very lucrative business in India," he told CNN. "I think five to 10 years from now, people won't be so scandalized by the sale of cow beef."

CNN estimates that 1.5 million cows, valued at up to a half-billion dollars, are smuggled out of India every year -- roughly one-half of the beef eaten in neighboring (and overwhelmingly Muslim) Bangladesh come from these "illegal" cattle.

"When you consider just how much money is made from underground cow smuggling, it becomes clear that not only is there a huge amount at stake, but a huge demand that butchers and slaughterhouses are catering to," Dr. Zarin Ahmad, a fellow at the Centre de Sciences Humaines in New Delhi, told CNN.

The "prohibition" on eating cow meat stretches into Indian antiquity -- thousands of years ago, bulls and oxen were sacrificed to the Gods, and their flesh was eaten. However, at some point, perhaps due to a sudden shortage of cattle, cows became protected and even revered. Given that cows provided milk, butter and fuel, they became economically indispensable.

In ancient Vedic scriptures of the Laws of Manu, it is written: "There is no sin in eating meat ... but abstention brings great rewards."

Still, Hinduism does not specifically ban anyone from eating beef. "Most Indians are not vegetarians by choice but by compulsion," Purvi Mehta, heads of the Asia office of the International Livestock Research Institute, told CNN.
Where's The Beef? In India, Believe It Or Not
 

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@Adux Ji

add the Toddy too ..My relation who living in Trissur gives me a Bottle of Toddy


Enjoyed the Feel
 
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Moral of story- Hinduism declining in Kerala. :truestory:

Beef(no matter how tasty) is dangerous to health, increases chance of Cancer.

Plus cow gives us milk from where Ghee, Sweet, Panir come.
 

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