Milk turns sour as sales tank in season of glut
This year should have been a bright one. Good rains during winter made for cheaper fodder, the key input for cattle.
Milk consumption drops 30% amid lockdown; here’s how dairy players will cope up with the loss
As hotels, restaurants, sweet marts and the unorganised tea stalls remained shut across the nation, the milk consumption fell by 25-30% during April and May 2020.
Is Gujarat ready to lead India by moving beyond Operation Flood?
Selection of calves born to mothers with above average milk yield and using them as replacement stock will help boost milk production. State level public institutions will have to play a big role in monitoring, documenting, storing and sharing data on milk yield
Indian dairy company locked out of Twitter after posting image about avoiding Chinese products, Dairy Security
The company has been on Twitter for 9 years and was only temporarily locked out of their account after posting the image.
How India can push its dairy cart ahead
The future of dairy in India hinges on modernising infrastructure, and giving the sector a technological face-lift.
Dairy infrastructure fund to add 5 crore litre more milk, 30 lakh jobs
India’s iconic brand, Amul has been instrumental in ensuring uninterrupted supply of milk and milk products.
Animal husbandry infra development fund to add 50% more dairy capacity
Utilisation of the fund will lead to employment generation for over three million people in the rural economy, says GCMMF chief.
Covid fear: Banas Dairy fails to procure milk
Banas Dairy in North Gujarat is not able to collect nearly 1,00,000 litres of milk daily from villages affected by covid-19 in Banaskantha district, reports Indian Express.
Dairy farmers reap benefits of native cow’s milk
Inspite of the lockdown, dairy farmers in some areas of Maharashtra and the neighbouring Karnataka are managing to get ₹60-80 per litre procurement rates for milk from indigenous cows such as Gir, Sahiwal and Kankrej. Milk from Jersey and Holstein cows fetches upto ₹29 a litre.
Covid-19: Milk consumption down 25% in one month as eateries remain shut
Dairy farmers’ realisation plunges Rs 5-7 a litre; Household consumption of milk products rises.
