The current study reports about the status of dairy industry in selected districts of Punjab, Pakistan. The data was recorded by visiting farms individually and processed to calculate percentages for suitable representation. The results showed that farmers with high level of education and training have more productivity. Sixty two percent of farmers had higher secondary and above while most of the farmers had more than five years of experience in the field. Forty seven percent of the farm animals were belonging to buffalo breed Nili Ravi followed by a cow breed Sahiwal (29 %) and crossbreed cows (20 %), while Australian cow breed was only 3 % of the total animals on the farms under study. Overall the study mainly describes about the farm production and management on the selected farm. The output of the study will help for further planning to improvement in the dairy sector.
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