<span style="color: #222222;">Indian Army today formally closed down military farms. The military farms were set up with the sole requirement of supplying hygienic cow's milk to troops billeted in various garrisons across British India. The first military farm was raised on 1st February 1889 at Allahabad. After 132 years of service to the nation, curtains were drawn on this organisation. All the officers and workers have been redeployed within the ministry to continue providing service to the organisation.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">After independence military farms flourished with 30 thousand heads of cattle in 130 military farms all over India in varied Agro-climatic conditions. Another major task was management of large tracts of defence land, production and supply of Baled Hay to animal holding units.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">For more than a century, military farms with their dedication and commitment supplied 3.5 crore litres of milk and 25 thousand metric tons of hay yearly. It is credited with pioneering the technique of Artificial Insemination of cattle and introduction of organised dairying in India, providing yeoman service during 1971 war, supplying milk at the Western and Eastern war fronts as well as during Kargil operations to the Northern Command. 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 Bio-Fuel.</span><br />''