Research for Development
The Central Research Station (CRS) at Urulikanchan, near Pune, is engaged in problem-oriented research, development of appropriate rural technologies, training and production of critical inputs for promotion of sustainable development in rural India. The campus spread over 200 ha, houses the following activities :

Livestock Development
Bull Mother Farm and Bull Station : The farm was established in 1970 to produce bulls and bull mothers of exotic and native breeds with suitable characters for Indian conditions by importing genetically superior heifers of Jersey and Holstein Friesian (HF) breeds from Denmark and Canada. Frozen semen of high genetic value from Denmark, Canada, Great Britain, USA, France and New Zealand is used for improving the nucleus stock. The farm houses around 500 animals with more than 300 bulls of Jersey, HF and their crosses, Gir, Sahiwal, Khillar, Amritmahal, Hallikar, Tharparkar, Dangi, Ongole breeds of cattle, Surti, Murrah, Banni, Bhadavari and Jafrabadi buffaloes.

Semen Freezing Laboratory : This ISO 9001 laboratory established in 1975, produces over 7 million doses of frozen semen annually for supplying to BAIF's livestock development programme and to other organisations in India and abroad.

Progeny Testing of Sires : 15 young bulls under semen collection are selected every 18 months to evaluate their genetic potential and to identify sires to improve the milk yield and other performance traits of the progenies. Presently, 10 proven sires are under semen collection and semen of over 45 proven sires is in stock.