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I would also like to know that why does people only think about mozzarella cheese when they think about buffalo milk? You can substitute cow's milk with buffalo milk and every cheese will turn out to be more rich, more creamy and more white. Buffalo milk can also substitute cow's milk in the...

Moving on I have heard that mozzarella has become the most popular cheese in the States beating the cheddar by some 2 pounds. But is that really an authentic mozzarella?

Bet you are having the time of your life. Farm life is quite an experience, isn't it.

Buffalo babies are just supercute and cuddly. Their cuddliness doesn't go with age either. They are one of the most reliable livestock too. A hand raised horse, goat or even chicken turn up against you and turn into a bully overnight, but a I have never heard or seen a buffalo attacking their...

Our problem is that in North Bihar, you are never too far from a big perennial river. These rivers have two sources of water, the melting of ice in Nepalese Himalayas and heavy orthographic rainfall caused by High mountains blocking the South Western monsoon winds from moving North and forcing...

The floods aren't usually deep at most places, but it really depends on how far you are from the river. Again in the flood you can't see things like ponds and check dams etc so navigating through a flood is a risky proposition. In 2008 I don't remember exactly, but around 150 people were washed...

It was kind of a mix for me. I grew up in a farming community and was born in a family who had farmed since times immemorial, but the only thing they did were growing rice, wheat, millet oilseeds, pulses and fruits and vegetables and also sugercane . Large livestocks like buffaloes and cattle...

To understand the true scale of destruction you will have to see the pictures. There's no high ground in Bihar. Embankments that are supposed to stop the rivers from overflowing are the only place where we can take refuge.

Now floods are nothing new for Bihar, our State is the most flood-prone State of India. In 2008 though I was still a child, I was stuck on an embankment with other men. It was the single worst experience that I went through. They used to drop some dry food and water bottles from the...

It really depends, it depends on seasons, it depends on the time of the day and also the place. There's a buffalo breed called Banni, it's kept in Gujarat by herders. The buffalo is kept in an enclosure under trees during the day and they graze in the saltpans during the night. In our place...

A good quality buffalo will cost upwards of 800$, but price varies according to season. You see buffaloes have a thing called 'calving season', that is the high monsoon season between July to September. 75% of the Buffaloes will calve during this season. This causes an interesting problem...

Here you can buy a nice cow calf pair that can provide more than enough milk for your family and extra for sale in 400$. Buffaloes don't even start at that price.

Why is it that only 1/6th of the cattles are male? Where are they disappearing :hu

All of India is not Hindu majority, in Kerela and Bengal where Hindus have a majority slaughter of cows and consumption of beef is allowed. In Kashmir which is a Muslim majority State slaughter of cows is prohibited. Cow slaughter in all of the North Eastern States with the exception of Assam is...

No, cows are milked and oxen were used for pulling carts and ploughing fields.

South America where llamas and alpacas are native to Water Buffaloes are gaining remarkable popularity and so are Zebu cattle. There are buffaloes in every country between Argentina and Panama. They have reached a stage where they are developing their own breeds. Though I have noted that unlike...

Well I saw they were being neglected on this forum. Their contribution in agriculture economy is next only to cattle. You should think about it this way, that even in a country where cows are worshipped the average price of buffalo is more than twice than that of cows.

That's a good idea?

I have failed to understand all this craze among the homesteaders about Alpacas and Lamas? How much milk do they produce? How much weight they can carry? How much weight they can pull? Why can't they keep a small herd of Water Buffaloes instead of Alpacas?

I don't know whether that's the best idea. I find mixing guineas from different flocks and of different age rather difficult. Your two males may bully young ones pretty bad. Guineas are rather difficult birds to keep. Side note :- everytime I typed guineas my autocorrect showed me "Guinness"...