A self-employed man with a Masters degree hopes to make good profit selling fattened cattle ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

He expects that he will get profit of around Tk 40 lakh by selling 30 cattle ahead of the Eid festival. No fattening tablet has been given to his cattle, he said. They have been fed oil cake, bran, grass, wheat, maize and molasses, and will weigh around 15 maunds each.

The man, Tanvir Hossain Prince, 47, son of Amjad Hossain of Mollikpur under Kaliganj upazila, got Masters degree in history from Rajshahi University in 1995.

Earlier, Tanvir worked at a private bank in Kushtia for two years but gave up the job as it did not meet his needs. He tried poultry farming and fish farming before he got the idea of fattening cattle. He started a cattle farm on 32 bighas of land near Mollikpur bazar under the upazila in 2013.

In 2015, he got profit of Tk 13 lakh by selling 32 cattle. This year, he bought 30 cattle at Tk 28 lakh. Total cost, including labour and fodder, will come to Tk 31 lakh. He is hopeful that he will sell 30 cattle for Tk 70 lakh if Indian cattle are not available.

Tanvir told this correspondent that he bought the cattle from Satmile bazar under Benapole Police Station of Jessore paying VAT on May, 2016. They are of Nepali and Harian species. Each cattle cost Tk 1.20 lakh and weighed 7/8 maund. It weighs around 14/15 maunds now. 

Bablu Mia of Mollikpur village said, being inspired by Prince's cattle fattening he bought three cattle for Tk 90 thousand in May. He hopes to sell them for Tk 1.50 lakh. He added that cattle fattening is now more profitable than other businesses.

Jhenidah district livestock officer Hafizur Rahman said around 45,338 cattle, 168 buffaloes, 7,986 goats and 1,139 sheep have been fattened in Jhenidah ahead of Eid. The owners of the cattle farms will be able to provide the cattle to other districts after fulfilling the demand of the people of Jhenidah.