[2] The 39 military farms are spread across India in cities such as Ambala, Kolkata, Srinagar, Agra, Pathankot, Lucknow, Meerut, Allahabad and Guwahati.

[3] But recently, after recommendations by the Shekatkar Committee,[4][5][6] all military farms were shut in 2017,[7][8] to cut costs and better utilise thousands of acres of prime defence land.

With the formation of Eastern Command and Northern Command additional Military Farm Units were established initially on adhoc basis and then regularised by the Indian government in 1993 as permanent Military Farm units.

[10] The personnel of the military farms will be progressively transferred to other wings and departments.

[12] 25,000 heads of cattle, which includes thousands of high-yielding Frieswal cows were given to Indian Council of Agricultural Research and different state governments for rearing.