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.
Rearing cows in the heart of Kochi
When dairy farmer Joseph PJ of Kadavanthra in Kochi heard of a Murrah buffalo on sale in Kalamassery he wanted to see it.
World Milk Day: Punjab’s dairy farmers in doldrums
They rue that first the lockdown, then the migrant exodus, broke the back of the dairy industry.
Punjab dairy industry in crisis amid lockdown
High inventory of skimmed milk powder, ghee worrisome.
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.
Demand for camel milk continues to increase in Punjab
Even as Covid-19 continues to disrupt the demand and supply of various items, it appears the provincial capital still has a market for camel milk.
Dairy farmers can’t supply milk, feed their livestock
Supplying milk and getting supplies of animal feed for the livestock is turning out to be a big issue for the dairy farmers in Punjab after the curfew. Both big and small dairy farmers are facing the heat.
Coronavirus curfew in Punjab: Govt revises guidelines, allows door-to-door delivery of groceries, milk
CM Amrinder Singh said DCs had been asked to ensure door-to-door delivery of essential commodities, such as groceries, milk, fruits and vegetables, through pre-identified hawkers/distributors, wherever possible.
Punjab truly land of milk, tops the chart
Highest per capita availability in country at 1,181 gm per day.
India: After gloom, Gujarat is milking its cows again
AHMEDABAD — For two consecutive years, the dairy co-operatives of Gujarat had witnessed an unprecedented glut of milk. It was for the first time in the history of Gujarat, the cradle of India’s White Revolution, that procurement price paid to farmers had plummeted by 10-15% in 2017-18 and 2018-19. This was happening in a state which prides itself for paying the highest procurement price to dairy farmers.
