By Sheetal Kumari | November 06, 2025
Cows are the centre of farms, providing milk, cheese, and butter. Known for their calm natures, they help sustain millions worldwide.
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Pigs are intelligent, social animals raised for food and farming support. They adapt easily and play a key role in rural livelihoods.
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Sheep provide wool, milk, and meat. Their soft fleece keeps clothing industries going, while farms benefit from their gentle grazing habits.
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Chickens are the highest egg-producing birds in farms. Easy to raise and highly productive, they are available almost everywhere that farming exists.
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Horses support transport, farm work, and companionship. Their strength and speed have shaped agriculture and human history for centuries.
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They give milk, meat, and fiber, and usually thrive in tough terrains. Highly adaptable, goats are considered a farmer’s good companions around the world.
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Farm dogs are used to guard livestock, herd animals, and protect property. Loyal, smart, and hard-working, they are critical to farm safety.
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Ducks help to control farm pests and supply eggs and meat. Most of these also enrich wetland farms by maintaining insect populations in balance.
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Honeybees pollinate crops and make honey. They enhance farm productivity and support ecosystems on which global food security depends.
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Rabbits breed quickly, give fresh meat and manure, and are easy to raise. They are popular on small farms since they require very little care.
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