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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Challenges faced by Turkey farmers in India

India is a great market for poultry products.Majority of Indian Meat consumption belongs to poultry meat.But the domination of chicken meat in the meat industry raises great challenges to other meat producers.Turkey farmers are the one of such meat producers affected by the domination of chicken meat in the industry.This is the same factor which decrease the growth and popularity of Turkey farming in India.Besides this,there are some other challenges faced by Turkey farmers.Let us discuss about them.

High cost of production

Even though some western countries manages to keep the cost of production at minimum,Indian farmers always experience the issue of high cost of production.The main reason behind it is the lack of researches and support from the poultry department.The lack of a specially optimized farming practice for Turkeys is also a reason.

Lack of support

Government and other agencies are not contributing for the development of Turkey farming in India.They are well concentrated on chicken farming.As the farmers are not getting training on Turkey farming,a well structured farming practice is not occurring in India.

Lack of popularity

As the Turkey farming is least popular in India,people are unaware of the products of it.So the market is always opened the other poultry products like chicken.Continuous efforts need to be taken to gain popularity in Indian market

Professional Marketing

Western farms utilize the services of Marketing professionals for getting more and more sales.But in India,as this sector is not developed,farms can't utilize such services

Treatment of birds

As the research and development wing of Indian farming sector is not contributing to Turkey farmers,there is no specialized treatment of Turkey birds in India.They often get the same type of treatments which are usually given to chickens.

Above are some of the challenges faced by a common Indian Turkey farmer.Majority of the issues are contributed by the less popularity of these birds.As this sector grow,they will be solved easily....

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Saturday, March 2, 2013

How to setup a small scale turkey farm business

Turkey farming is not popular in India. But in US, nearly 25 crores of Turkeys are consumed annually . Studies reveals that Indian cooking style is well adapted with Chicken than Turkeys. But as a part of globalization,Turkey products are being introduced to India and more people are attracted to new tastes.The increasing demand for turkey meat in Restaurants and Hotels is the sure sign of the new trend in Indian food industry.To tap these new possibilities,the new generation farmers should be quite aware of Turkey farming.

To develop a small scale turkey farming,we should concentrate on few basic things.Below basic factors will help us to have a basic idea about them.

As the Turkeys are new to us and we don't have an experience on them,it is always advised to start with minimum investment along with our current job or farm.

The main things we need to concentrate are

Selection of Breeds

While starting a Turkey farm,the poult (baby turkey) should selected very carefully.It should be free from diseases and need to be from a good Turkey breed.The selection of breed depends up on the purpose of the farming.If we plan for Meat farm,we need to select the breed which will give more meat.If the plan is for breeding or egg sale,we should choose accordingly.

Infrastructure

The Infrastructure mainly depends up on mode of our farming.We can either go for intensive farming or free range farming.As a starter,it is better to choose free range farming.For free range farming,the infrastructure requirement is minimum.A normal wooden shelter is enough for this type of farming.The area around the farm should be protected well from predators and intruders.

Feeding

Some breeds of turkeys are selective in taking food.You should examine it carefully and feed them accordingly.Normally Turkeys eat all types of grains and food wastes.There should be plenty of pure water available all day.While doing free range farming,we don't have to worry much about feeding.

Disease prevention and farm maintenance

Chicken and Turkey have almost same type of disease resistance.So the prevention measures and treatments for them are almost same.some common diseases which affect Turkeys most are arizonosis,blackhead disease,chronic respiratory disease etc.Farm should be maintained very neatly to avoid majority of these diseases.

Marketing

Marketing is the main headache for a Turkey farmer.As the industry is not well developed,the orders will be very less in the initial stage.Try to make contracts with main restaurants and hotels in city area.As our farm starts popularize,we will get more sales...

These are some brief descriptions only.A Turkey farmer may face more challenges while doing the business.To prevent unexpected loss,we should start at minimum investment and go for mixed farming....

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Turkey farming

Turkey farming is one of the emerging farming business in India.Even though Turkey is a North American bird,Now it is seen in almost all parts of the world.Turkey is mainly used for meat purpose.In India,people give more importance to chicken meat than any other poultry item.So this industry is not well developed in India.But as the people search for new food items and taste,Turkey business got lots of potential to grow as a successful business.

The rising demand from the Hotel and Restaurant industry for the Turkey meat is a sure sign of the upcoming possibilities.As the availability of these birds in India are very less now,Most of the birds are used for breeding purpose.Eggs and chicks are sold at decent prices.As the popularity increase,initial farmers can get more benefit from it.

The main challenge that the farmers now face is the Marketing of these birds.The popularity of these birds till not reached at the rural parts of India.High demand exists in some part of the rural areas,but farmers can't find that market exactly.In some parts,availability is high,but demand is low and in some parts availability low and demand high.So to market Turkey meat,farmers need to take extra efforts.So it is advised that we need to ensure our market before we Invest on Turkey farm.

To develop a Turkey farm,we need to know more about Turkey birds and how to care them.Also we need to know the infrastructure required.We will discuss about that in coming posts...