Jharkhand dairy revolution: How a 90% female calf rate could change farming

Jharkhand is accelerating dairy development through advanced livestock technology. The Animal Husbandry Department has successfully implemented sex-sorted semen technology at the government livestock farm in Gauria Karma, Hazaribagh district. The initiative offers up to a 90 per cent chance of female calf births, helping improve dairy output and strengthen livestock farming.

Officials said the technology has reduced the impact of inbreeding and improved milk productivity through artificial insemination. Introduced in 2021, the breeding programme is now developing its third generation of Red Sindhi cattle, with a target milk-producing capacity of around 10 kilograms per cow.