Aavin signed agreement with 6 firms to export dairy products
Milk producers’ federation expects to earn ₹6 crore a year Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday handed over copies of agreements for sale of Aavin products in overseas markets and other States to vendors with whom the contracts were signed. Under the agreements signed with six firms, milk and milk-based products manufactured by the Tamil…
Cooperative in Kerala targets record sales during Onam festival
Despite the setbacks suffered by dairy farmers owing to the first and second waves of COVID-19 during the past two years, the Ernakulam Regional Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (ERCMPU) targets selling a record 13 lakh litres of milk, 80,000 kg of curd and 172 tonnes of clarified butter during the Onam season. ERCMPU chairman John…
Tin Cans availability for dairy products will be affected due to BIS Order
The Bureau of Indian Standards’ (BIS) quality control order on tin plates issued in April will affect India’s metal packaging industry of around Rs 5,000 crore. The Draft Steel Quality Control order includes ‘Cold Reduced Electrolytic Tinplate’, an import component used in packing baby food, milk power, mango pulp, coffee among other edible and non…
Private sector innovations to improve productivity in Indian cattle
Over the last decade, India’s milk production has grown at an average annual rate of 5.5%. India has emerged as the largest milk-producing country globally, with an estimated production of 208 million tonnes in 2020-21. What is more interesting is that the organized private players are increasing their portfolio in milk procurement. The projections made…
TN milk producers to stage state-wide protest on August 31
The Tamil Nadu Milk Producers’ Association has decided to stage a State-wide protest on August 31 to draw the government’s attention to their demands, which include an increase in the milk-procurement price by Rs 10 per litre. They alleged the dairy development minister falsely stated that the milk procurement price was recently increased. The price…
India’s first cattle genomic chip launched in Telangana
These low density SNP chips will also play an important role in trait detection, like high milk yield or heat tolerance. To conserve indigenous breeds of cattle like Gir, Kankrej, Sahiwal and Ongole, the National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB) has developed India’s first cattle genomic chip, IndiGau. The chip was officially inaugurated by Union Minister…
Dairy products at lowest levels of 0.5% of FOB value under RoDTEP
The government is betting on the scheme, a long time in the coming to make India’s exports more competitive in the global arena. The tax refund rates revealed by the Commerce Department show that exporters will be given tax refunds in the range of 0.5-4.3 percent. All the products from dairy sector have been kept…
Telangana state dairy federation offers new schemes for dairy farmers
The Telangana State Dairy Development Cooperative Society Federation (TSDDCSF) chairman Loka Bhuma Reddy on Thursday urged farmers to adopt innovative and modern agriculture techniques that would fetch them high returns. Speaking after unveiling posters and a video of various schemes introduced by the federation for the welfare of farmers here, Bhuma Reddy said a slew…
The Fat queen Bhadawari Buffaloes are steadily on decline
Before Independence, the princely state of Bhadawar, which covered parts of present-day Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, was well known for a breed of buffalo that still exists and is known as Bhadawari. This breed is said to produce milk that has the highest content of fat anywhere in the world. The soil, water and…
Dairy farmers in Maharashtra are demanding fair prices for their milk
The agitations were held in 14 largest milk-producing districts of northern, western and Marathwada regions of the state with hundreds of farmers taking to the streets, shouting slogans for their demands. Thousands of dairy farmers in Maharashtra launched a 3-day long agitation demanding fair remunerative prices as per law for their milk products and to…