Curcumin compound protects cattle from diseases: study
In a major breakthrough in creating immunity in cattle against infectious diseases, including mastitis, researchers of the Transdisciplinary University of Health Sciences & Technology (TDU), Bengaluru, have successfully validated the immunomodulation ability of a natural phytochemical compound with curcumin as the active ingredient. The study was carried out in Thrissur district in Kerala as part…
A new target found to combat AMR Salmonella affecting humans and cattle
Recent studies have found the emergence of multi-drug resistant Salmonella tphimurium DT104 that causes infections in humans and cattle. The rapid and unselective use of traditional antibiotics gives rise to the emergence of drug resistant phenotype in typhoidal and non-typhoidal Salmonella serovars, which has increased the difficulties in curing Salmonella-induced food-borne illnesses (majorly typhoid…
Haryana dairy cooperative Vita sees all-time high profit
Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation Ltd Chairman Randhir Singh Golan on Friday said the federation has earned a profit of Rs 49.57 crore in the last two and a half years owing to improving the quality of products. The total combined turnover of the federation rose from Rs 1,159 crore in 2019-20 to Rs 1,505…
Farmers demand hike in milk price from Collector in Tamil Nadu
Dairy farmers demanded hike in procurement prices of cow and buffalo milk during the monthly farmers’ grievances redressal meet chaired by Collector S. Visakan in Dindigul on Friday. Stating that the last time the procurement prices were increased was in 2019, N. Perumal, district president, All India Kisan Sabha charged that in the current economy,…
Amul Congratulates UK PM Rishi Sunak In A Creative Way
Amul’s doodle instantly grabbed attention on the internet with people applauding the creativity. Rishi Sunak became Britain’s third Prime Minister this year and scripted history by becoming the first Indian-origin person to hold the top job. Wishes for Mr Sunak have been pouring in from all around the world. In one such congratulatory message, dairy…
Milk union increases procurement price
Shivamogga, Davangere and Chitradurga Districts’ Cooperative Milk Producers’ Societies Union has increased the milk procurement price with effect from November 1. The union has increased the price by ₹2 per kg as a gift on the occasion of Kannada Rajyotsava. This decision was taken at the executive council meeting held on October 25. This helps…
India GST: The ‘cheesy’ row over pizza toppings tax in India
It can be a challenge to get the right mix of toppings that makes a pizza delicious. An overload of toppings could make the dough soggy and a wrong mix can affect the flavour. But in August, an Indian firm making pizza toppings mounted a different challenge in a court. It was not about the…
Amul’s digital platform opens a window to cattle trade
Move over cattle fairs. Dairy farmers are taking to online marketplaces to buy and sell bovines. Take Ghomtiben Patel, a dairy farmer in Gujarat’s Kheda district, who has put her 4-year-old buffalo on sale for ₹1.10 lakh on Pashudhan, an eBay like marketplace for cattle introduced by Amul recently. All Ghomtiben had to do was upload three photographs of the…
Akshayakalpa Organic to add 1,800 farms in 2022-23 fiscal
Akshayakalpa Organic, a Bengaluru-based organic dairy products manufacturer, will add 1,800 new farms to its production cluster in order to strengthen its position in the existing markets, says Shashi Kumar, co-founder and CEO of Akshayakalpa Organic. Cluster farms are basically made up of several individual farms that are close to one another, and currently, the…
Udupi Dairy farmers to launch postcard campaign seeking hike in milk price
Dairy farmers attached to Sahakara Bharathi, a NGO of cooperatives, will launch a postcard campaign by holding a convention of farmers in Udupi on October 27 to urge the State government to hike the milk procurement price by ₹5 a litre. According to the convener (dairy farmers’ cell) of Sahakara Bharathi Sanoor Narasimha Kamath, the…