Dairy farming is carried out by individual farmers in large scale.
It’s carried out for commercial purposes.
The breeds reared are Danish Holstein which is the traditional cow, Friesian (75%), Ayrshire and channel island cows.
Livestock are kept indoors for between 4-5 months during winter.
Farmers mainly depend on fodder than natural grass because temperatures are cold most of the year.
There are thousands of co-operatives provide processing, credit, advisory and research services.
Dairy farming is highly mechanised with machines such as combined harvesters, Lorries, ploughs and seed drills being provided by co-operatives.
Kavungya answered the question on May 3, 2019 at 10:20
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