Patiala, July 4 - The government's schemes to promote dairy business in the district are being promoted more and more. In these schemes, a separate 4-week dairy entrepreneurship training course is being started for dairy farmers.
During this training course important things to consider before starting dairy farming, breeds of dairy cattle, breeding for breed improvement, artificial insemination, planning of green fodder production throughout the year,
About Common Animal Diseases, Milk Fat/SNF, Preparation of Milk Products from Milk,
Detailed information is given on the preparation of cattle manure, preparation and use of balanced animal feed, production of clean milk, economics of dairy farming.
 Under this training, a four-week dairy entrepreneurship training course is being started by the Punjab Dairy Development Board from July 15 at Dairy Training and Extension Service Centre, Bija (Ludhiana) and Sangrur. The fee for which is 5 thousand rupees for general category and 4 thousand rupees for scheduled category. Counseling of the candidates for the training course is scheduled to be held on July 10 at 9:30 am at Dairy Training and Extension Service Centre, Bija (District Ludhiana), Sangrur.
The minimum qualification for training is 10th pass and candidate should belong to rural area. Training age for trainees is 18 to 55 years and beneficiary should have 5 or more milch animals. Beneficiary Office Deputy Director Dairy Development Patiala, Quarter no. 313-321, Block-1, Ghalodi Gate, Patiala can apply before the start of the batch by getting a prospectus of Rs.100. For more information phone no. Can be contacted at 78761-55166 and 95920-01358.