After serving the nation's troops for 132 years, the Indian Ar | Military Choice

After serving the nation's troops for 132 years, the Indian Army announced the closure of military farms on Wednesday. @militarychoiceblog

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Military Farms were set up with the sole requirement of supplying hygienic cow's milk to troops billeted in various garrisons across British India.

First Military farm was raised on 01 Feb 1889 at Allahabad. Military Farms were even established in Leh and Kargil in the late 1990s.

Military Farms are credited with pioneering the technique of Artificial Insemination of cattle and introduction of organised Dairying in India.

In collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, they established "Project Freiswal", credited to be the world's largest cattle cross-breeding program.

They also teamed up with DRDO in development of Biofuel.