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A small compaction unit blending sugarcane molasses, urea, mineral premixes, and binding cement into dense, weather-resistant nutrient lick blocks for ruminants.
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Keywords: mineral mixture block making business, urea molasses block manufacturing, cattle feed lick block unit
Dairy cows and grazing goats fed primarily on low-grade wheat straw and dry grass suffer from severe protein, trace mineral, and microbial deficits in their rumen. Pashu Poshan Lick Blocks mixes dark sugarcane molasses, controlled feed-grade urea, dicalcium phosphate, salt, and binding clay in a heavy paddle mixer, compacting the stiff paste into solid rectangular blocks under hydraulic pressure. When tied inside cattle sheds, cows and buffaloes lick the firm block gradually, supplying rumen microbes with a slow, continuous trickle of non-protein nitrogen and minerals.
The steady nutrient trickle dramatically enhances the animal's ability to digest fibrous crop straw, raising butterfat percentages and improving conception rates. Dairy owners prefer lick blocks over powdered mineral mixes because dominant animals cannot monopolize the ration, and zero feed is trampled in dust. Establishing a mineral mixture block making business supplies an economical, shelf-stable nutritional supplement that boosts dairy productivity.
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Dry crop straw provides bulk fiber but lacks essential protein and trace minerals necessary for optimal dairy digestion. Loose powder supplements are often blown away or wasted in manger troughs. Weather-resistant lick blocks provide safe, controlled continuous micronutrition.
Dairy keepers who feed mostly straw and dry stalks in the lean months and watch milk fall. Most give loose mineral powder that is spilled or skipped, or nothing at all. In a dry season trial in rain fed Andhra Pradesh, published in Livestock Research for Rural Development, cows given urea molasses mineral blocks produced 30 percent more milk than cows without them. A block that hangs in the manger and lasts days is easier for them than mixing powder every morning.
Sell blocks by the piece to dairy keepers, milk collection centres and feed shops, with a standing order through the dry months. The Andhra trial costed each 3 kg block at Rs 37.43 at the time, and The Cattle Site, drawing on NDDB authors in 2011, noted a cost benefit ratio of 1:3 on milk alone. Price above your ingredient and packing cost while keeping the farmer's milk gain obvious.
Urea must be measured exactly; a badly mixed block can harm animals, and one bad case ends your reputation. Weigh every batch, label each block with its date and daily limit, and teach farmers to give free access for 10 to 12 hours rather than letting animals gorge. Supply steadily through summer, when demand peaks.
Suited for a dairy technician, veterinary assistant, or livestock enthusiast with basic mechanical mixing facilities. Skip this if you cannot guarantee precise, safe chemical measurement of feed-grade ingredients.
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You need a mixer, a block press or moulds, a covered curing area, and stock of molasses, urea, bran, minerals and binders. The Cattle Site describes a cold process using a pressing device to make 3 kg blocks. We found no sourced total for a small block unit; price the press and first month of raw material locally.
The Andhra trial found milk rose from 4.61 to 5.98 litres a day, a net profit to the farmer of Rs 10.62 per animal per day and a benefit cost ratio of 6.44. The Cattle Site put annual use in India at about 300,000 blocks in 2011, a small number next to the national herd, which leaves room to grow. We found no published income figure for a small block maker.
Figures are quoted from the sources listed under Useful resources on this page. Check them against current local prices before you rely on them.
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Learn the formula and cold process method from a dairy cooperative or animal nutrition trainer.
Source molasses from a sugar mill and weigh out urea and minerals precisely.
Buy a mixer and press or moulds, and set up a covered curing area.
Test hardness and consumption on a few animals under a vet's eye.
Label every block with date, weight and feeding instructions.
Offer trial blocks through milk collection centres before summer.
After you have tested batches for hardness and curing, milk collection centres can place a trial order within a few weeks. Start before the dry season, when farmers look hardest for cheap supplements.
A dry season trial in Andhra Pradesh found milk up from 4.61 to 5.98 litres a day, about 30 percent.
Cows in that trial ate about 326 grams a day, ranging from 275 to 375 grams.
Only in the right amount and form. Follow a tested formula and give free access for 10 to 12 hours, as The Cattle Site advises.
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