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A farm requires a large one-time expenditure to get started.
Whether you plan to buy or start it all yourself, make sure you’ll have the following basic facilities:
- Cow shed protected from weather and temperature changes,
- Feed storage area
- Store for farm equipment and drugs
- Separate cubicles for calves
- Equipment (forage chopper)
- Fodder chopping area
- Water source
- Resting area
- Feed and water troughs
- Milking place
- Calf housing
- Manure pit and
- A holding crush
