A purposive study was conducted on 300 Nili Ravi buffalo farmers selected from four agroclimatic zones of Punjab. The data was collected by personal interview cum questionnaire schedule consisting the feeding practices followed by the farmers. Data revealed that Majority (86.33%) of the farmers were doing group feeding and only (13.67%) of the farmers were doing individual feeding. Majority (63.67 %) of farmers were feeding extra diet to pregnant animals & maximum (73.33%) were from ACZ I(Asr). Majority (53.33 %) of farmers was feeding mineral mixture to the animals and maximum proportion (98.67%) of the Nili Ravi farmers was feeding concentrate to the buffaloes. Majority of the farmers (78%) were feeding common salt. Only 29.67% of the farmers were feeding silage and 12.33% of the farmers were feeding urea molasses block to the animals.

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