Abstract:One of the most crucial components is feeding the animals, which accounts for 60 to 70 percent of the entire cost of dairy farming. An important additive in animal feed to meet the animal's need for minerals is mineral mixture. The minerals are essential for many metabolic processes that impact growth, feed conversion efficiency, immunity, and reproduction.
A study related to the socio-economic profile of dairy farmers practicing feeding of mineral mixture was conducted on 200 dairy farmers in Hisar district of Haryana. The data was collected personally through structured interview schedule. Results of the study revealed that majority of the respondents were middle aged, had medium annual income, low formal education, belonged to joint family system, raising medium herd size, medium level of milk production and low experience in dairy farming. Majority exhibited low social participation, medium level of extension contact, least participation in training, low mass media exposure, medium level of economic motivation, change proneness andscientism.