(Baonghean.vn) - From 4-6 pm in Hamlet 3, Nghia Hop (Tan Ky), where many families raise dairy cows, is the busiest time of the day when the cows, after being fed, are bathed, milked, and their milk is imported.
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| Hamlet 3, Nghia Hop, Tan Ky currently has nearly 100 dairy cows. After the morning milking session, around 4-6 pm is the time when families are busy again for the second milking session of the day. The cows are fed, rested and then cleaned to prepare for milking. Mr. Nguyen Hung Son's family currently has 10 dairy cows, on average the family milks about 200-220 kg of milk a day. |
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| To increase milk, families make silage for cows from grass, probiotics and molasses. |
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| The udder of a dairy cow is the cleanest part. Each cow gives 22 kg of milk per day, and gives milk for 260 days a year. At the price of 14,000 VND per kg, the farmer will earn 308,000 VND per day per cow for milk. |
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| With 10 milk cows, Mr. Son's family earns 3 million VND/day. Raising dairy cows with high profits has helped Mr. Son's family earn nearly 500 million VND/year. |
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| The milk is then filtered through thick cloth to reduce impurities and then the bottle cap is immediately closed to ensure hygiene. |
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| Mr. Loan's family in hamlet 3 has 4 dairy cows. After milking, he takes them to the collection point to be imported to the Vinamilk milk factory. A carton of milk like this weighs 40 kg. In this hamlet, cow-raising households have gradually become proficient in caring for and raising cows. |
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| In response to the need to solve problems regarding product output, veterinary care and milk transportation, dairy farmers in Nghia Hop established the Nghia Hop Dairy Cooperative with 12 members. The Cooperative elects a member with a truck to go twice a day to import milk to the milk factory in Nghia Dan. |
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| For households that live far away and cannot bring milk to the collection point, this truck continues to go to each house to collect milk for import. After collecting in Nghia Hop, the truck goes to Nghia Dong to collect milk for the cooperative members here. It is known that the cooperative members who specialize in importing milk are paid 6 million VND/month after deducting fuel and oil costs. |
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| Meanwhile, in the fields, a group was assigned to cut elephant grass to process for the cows to eat at night, in time for milking early the next morning. The work involved working all day with the dairy cows, but in return, the income was high, so everyone was excited. Currently, the total dairy cow herd of Nghia Hop Cooperative has 150 cows. |
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