India facing deficit of green, dry fodder: Rupala
The country is facing deficit of 23.4 per cent in dry fodder, according to the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. In a reply in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Parshottam Rupala said the ICAR — Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute (IGFRI), Jhansi, has estimated that there is deficit of 11.24 per…
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin inaugurates Aavin ice-cream plant in Salem
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin inaugurated the state owned Aavin ice-cream factory established at a cost of Rs 12.26 crore in Salem on Tuesday. The state-of-the-art facility, virtually inaugurated by the Chief Minister from the secretariat here, can produce 6,000 pieces of ice-creams in the form of cone and cup in various flavours…
Parle Agro’s quest for ₹10 price point in scaling dairy milk beverages
In 2021, home-grown beverage manufacturer, Parle Agro (maker of Frooti and Appy Fizz) entered the dairy-based beverage business with the launch of Smoodh, its flavoured milk brand. Not only has the company extended Smoodh to yogurt-based beverages, joint managing director Nadia Chauhan is confident that her portfolio of dairy beverages would contribute 50% of the…
Badri cow breed of Uttarakhand to get a genetic boost
To increase the productivity of its indigenous Badri cow, which grazes on herbs that grow in the Himalayas, Uttarakhand is now planning for its genetic enhancement. At the recent chintan shivir (brainstorming session) that Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami had with senior officials of the State, the Animal Husbandry Department proposed to use sex-sorted semen…
Should you skip dairy? Experts weigh in
The debate whether dairy should be a part of one’s diet has been going on for a while. A lot of people talk about how cutting off dairy completely can cause significant improvement in health. But, is this a myth or a reality? Nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar weighed in on whether this is a wise thing to do….
RS: Shah gives details of co-op societies in agri, dairy & fisheries
There are nearly 95,000 Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS); 1,99,182 primary dairy cooperative societies and 25,297 primary fishery cooperative societies as against 2,55,643 Panchayats and 6,62,750 villages in the country. As per the Allocation of Business Rules, 1961, one of the mandates of the Ministry is “Strengthening of cooperative movement in the country and deepening…
Sids Farm: Trailblazing on Milky Path from Hyderabad to Bengaluru
Sids Farm, a premium D2C dairy brand based in Telangana, has announced its launch in Bengaluru and availability of its products on leading e-commerce sites such as Milk Basket, Big Basket, Zepto, SuprDaily and Fresh to Home. Bengaluru with a population of 8Mill+ which is third highest in India (25% urban, > 50% migrated) and…
BJP’s milkmen prove their ‘doodh shakti’
The 2022 assembly election was a litmus test for at least a dozen-odd ‘dudhwalas’ from Gujarat’s dairy co-operatives who were fighting to get a footing in the state’s governance. As results were declared on Thursday, milkmen linked with BJP emerged as clear winners while those linked with Congress or were contesting as independents tasted defeat. Interestingly, the…
Livestock Board to launch distribution of sex-sorted semen in Kerala
As part of the efforts aimed at increasing milk production, the Kerala Livestock Development Board (KLDB) is launching a scheme to promote the use of sex-sorted semen for producing female calves under an accelerated breed improvement programme. Minister for Animal Husbandry J. Chinchurani will formally launch the scheme in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. The advent of…
Milk producers’ union to focus on diversification strategies
The Ernakulam Regional Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (ERCMPU), as part of its diversification plans, will set up a bakery, spices powder unit, and a chocolate paste-making facility, besides manufacturing bottles for its own brand of clarified butter. ERCMPU is spread over Thrissur, Ernakulam, Kottayam and Idukki districts and has a dairy farmer base of around…