From two goats bought for Tk 3,600 to a 120-cattle farm; milk turned into yogurt and sweets earns over Tk 82 lakh a year
A former bank employee in Kashiani, Gopalganj, started with two goats in 2017 and in seven years built a 120-cattle dairy farm and a sweets-and-yogurt factory from its milk. The farm yields Tk 1.0897 crore profit a year.
A young man from Kashiani, Gopalganj, finished a master's in marketing and joined a private bank, but left in 2015 and returned to the village. In 2017 he bought two goats with Tk 1,600 from his mother and Tk 2,000 of his own, Tk 3,600 in all. Realising goats would not take him far, on 18 April 2018 he used some goat-sale money and a loan to buy four improved-breed cows. His farm now holds 120 cattle: 65 cows, 32 heifers and 23 bull calves. Forty-five cows give 600-620 litres a day over two milkings. The morning 300-310 litres go to four sweet shops at Tk 65 a litre, about Tk 20,000 a day, which pays staff, feed and treatment. The afternoon 300-320 litres feed his sweets factory, which makes kheer katari, para sandesh, cakes and two kinds of yogurt. Three shops and an online page bring in about Tk 45,000 a day; yearly income is Tk 1.62 crore, costs Tk 79.2 lakh, leaving Tk 82.8 lakh. Calf sales add about Tk 25 lakh a year. Grass grows on 12 acres and 11 staff work full time.
Lessons
- 1.You can switch animals after a small start: seeing goats would not scale, he moved to cows.
- 2.Splitting milk, morning to sweet shops and afternoon to your own factory, earns from both raw sales and processing.
- 3.Calves are a separate income line; he keeps 10 a year and sells the rest, growing the herd too.
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