Step by Step On How To Start A Dairy Farm In Nigeria

Dairy products such as milk are consumed everyday by almost everybody and all families here in Nigeria. Many people rear cows just for meat alone ,forgetting that they can also make a lot of money from selling the milks from these cows.

To make  maximum money from your cows you have to breed them for both meat,milk,skin and even their hair ,everything on the body of a cow is very useful,but on these post we will talk about using cows for milk products.


There is a large market for your milk because every citizen in the country consumes milk and many companies ,
firms and businesses that use milk as a raw material are always looking for milk from diary farmers to buy. This business can make you rich if you do it well.

These are the steps in starting a diary farm:

• Land and pasture area: These should be the first set of things to prepare before getting the cows,because when you get the cows they will need much space and pasture so as not to starve them or make them destroy peoples farmlands and it will also make taking care of the cows more efficient when they are brought.
• Good breeds of cows: You can start with any amount of cows as your capital can get but the cows must be of good breeds because it is not all cows that are good in producing milk. Here are examples of top milk producing cows:  

Holstein

Norwegian red
Kostroma cattle breed
Brown swiss
Swedish red cattle
Ayrshire cattle
milking shorthorn
Kerry cattle etc

To read more about top cow producing milks click here

• Get information: Get information from other diary farmers that have been in the business ,because it will really be necessary so that you can learn from their mistakes and also from their progress in the business.
• Write a business plan: This is very crucial so that you will know your goal and how to plan everything to avoid collapse and mis-plan. Your business plan should include everything you want to do in the business including your profit plan and strategies. Don't make mistakes in your business plan because the form the foundation of the business.
• Connect with other diary farmers: This is very important because when you create connection with other diary farmers that have been in the business for long,they will be like your mentor and you will learn faster and also know the things the actually do to succeed in the business and when you follow them you will actually succeed in the business.

When starting a diary farm,as a beginner,you keep the cost of things so that if anything thing happens you wont have great loss in the business and as the business grows bigger and bigger then you pump in more money where necessary. Also there are many challenges you might face when starting diary farming here in Nigeria and these are :

• It requires huge capital
• It needs proper health care in which the availability is rare
• It requires a a large land
• Management intensive
• Climatic conditions
• Constant production of milk
• Transportation of the milk
• High cost of cows

There are also major reasons you should go into diary farming today,because milk production in Nigeria is pretty low,so if started you will be tap a lot of profits from these large market. So get everything started and kickoff. Start the business ,the market is ready.