Parishioners earn hundreds of millions of dong from raising dairy cows

(Baonghean.vn) - Dong Tam parish currently has 35 households raising dairy cows with high income. With the bold conversion of crops and livestock, many families earn from 300 - 400 million VND.

Ms. Hien's family's 15 dairy cows earn more than 1 million VND per day after deducting expenses. Photo: Minh Thai

The family of Ms. Tran Thi Hien, a parishioner in Hamlet 10B, Nghia An Commune, has more than 1 hectare of red soil. In previous years, the entire area was only used to grow sugarcane, with little income.

After Nghia An commune had a policy of converting crops and livestock and witnessing many households raising dairy cows in the area with high income, Ms. Hien's family stood up to borrow 150 million VND from the bank and converted the entire sugarcane growing area to grass growing to raise dairy cows. At first, the family raised 3 cows, now the number of cows has increased to 15, of which 6 are in the milking period, on average, each day after deducting expenses, 6 cows bring in over 1 million VND in income.

In addition to elephant grass and milkweed, Ms. Tran Thi Hien also regularly feeds her cows with additional foods such as rice bran and whole corn. Thanks to that, the cows are healthy and produce milk consistently. Photo: Minh Thai

Ms. Tran Thi Hien said: “Previously, my family only did agriculture, mainly growing crops but the economic efficiency was low, so my family boldly converted crops and livestock and chose dairy cows to develop the economy. In fact, there are many models of dairy cow farming with high income in the area.”

Like Ms. Hien, Mr. Pham Van Luyen's family in Hamlet 10B was also in a difficult situation because of his many children. Determined not to fall into poverty, after many nights of thinking, Mr. Luyen boldly stood up to take out a bank loan of more than 200 million VND and converted nearly 1 hectare of sugarcane land to grass and took care of and raised 10 dairy cows.

Mr. Pham Van Luyen, a parishioner in Hamlet 10B, Nghia An Commune, is currently raising 10 dairy cows, of which 5 are in the milking period. Photo: Minh Thai

Currently, there are 5 cows in the barn giving milk, on average he milks more than 80 liters of milk per day, at 12,000 VND/liter, after deducting expenses, Mr. Luyen's family earns nearly 1 million VND in profit. With a stable income, Mr. Luyen has built a spacious house, his children are able to study properly and for many years, his family has been recognized as "Outstanding Cultural Family".

According to Mr. Luyen, raising dairy cows is less susceptible to disease, but farmers need to ensure food sources. Regarding care and disease prevention, it is necessary to regularly clean the barn, kill mosquitoes and flies, apply proper technical procedures, and vaccinate cows periodically to avoid diseases such as cholera, foot and mouth disease, and septicemia. To ensure input costs and milk quality, in addition to fresh grass, he also feeds cows with mixed feed such as corn stalks and corn, rice bran, and other by-products. On average, a dairy cow eats 10kg of mixed feed and 20kg of fresh grass per day.

Mr. Pham Van Luyen said that investing in a milking machine will save time, labor costs, produce clean milk products, and sell for a high price. Photo: Minh Thai

Not only is he a good farmer who develops economic production in the locality, but Mr. Pham Van Luyen is also a good member of the Dong Tam Parish Executive Committee. He has made many contributions to the development of the Dong Tam Parish movements. He regularly propagates and mobilizes relatives in his family and residential areas to live and act according to the constitution and law, to strictly implement the village's conventions and local regulations, to live a good life, to respect God and love the country, to be a pioneer in building solidarity between religions and non-religious people, and to call on everyone to join hands in building a new countryside.

Many people came to visit the dairy farming model of farmers in Dong Tam parish. Photo: Minh Thai

Currently, in Dong Tam parish, in addition to Ms. Hien's family and Mr. Luyen's family, there are other farming households such as Mr. Thoai's family, Mr. Danh's family... with a scale of raising 15-20 dairy cows. According to the dairy farmers here, while in the past, raising pigs and chickens encountered many difficulties, raising dairy cows is a direction that brings high income. Because the output of dairy products is quite stable, the purchasing points are arranged reasonably, so farmers are very confident in investing in raising livestock. With their economic life improving day by day, the people of Dong Tam parish have also actively contributed money to serve the economic and social development in the locality, contributing to building their homeland more and more prosperous.

Ms. Vo Thi Huyen - Chairwoman of the Fatherland Front Committee of Nghia An commune said: "Currently, in hamlets 10A and 10B of Dong Tam parish, there are 35 households raising dairy cows with high income. Households here have boldly converted crops and livestock to bring a great source of income for their families. In the coming time, we will continue to propagate and replicate the model so that everyone can learn and follow."

Minh Thai