Buffalo Care & Feeding
Life at RK Farms — Caring for Our Buffalo Family.
Carefully selected fodder and balanced nutrition, a clean shed, and attention every day.
Daily feeding
What our buffaloes eat
Green fodder
Super Napier grass, cut fresh from our fields.
Dry fodder
Chopped dry fodder for fibre.
Balanced cattle feed
Measured portions of cattle feed.
Mineral mixture
Added to the feed for essential minerals.
Clean water
Fresh drinking water available through the day.
Photo neededOur Super Napier field, ideally with a family member for scale
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We grow the fodder
Green fodder is the base of our buffaloes’ diet, so we grow Super Napier grass on our own land in Marapaguntla. Growing it ourselves means we know where it comes from and can cut it fresh.
Photo neededFamily member cutting Napier grass / carrying a bundle
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Cut and carried by family
Our family cuts and collects the grass and brings it to the shed for feeding.
Photo neededOur chaff cutter in use with fresh grass
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Chaff-cut for feeding
Before feeding, green and dry fodder is chopped in a chaff cutter so it is easier for the buffaloes to eat and less is wasted.
Photo neededBuffaloes eating at the trough
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Balanced feeding
Carefully selected fodder and balanced nutrition: green fodder, dry fodder, balanced cattle feed and a mineral mixture, with clean drinking water available.
Photo neededWide shot of our clean buffalo shed
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Shelter and care
Our buffaloes live in a shed that is cleaned regularly, with airflow, space to rest, and shade and water to help them through Prakasam summers. A veterinarian is called whenever an animal needs care.
Photo neededMilking at our shed (hands, steel vessel)
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Clean milking
Milk is collected with clean hands and clean vessels, filtered, and kept covered until delivery.