Milk Mantra appoints Sandipan Ghosh as Chief Operating Officer
Milk Mantra has appointed accomplished food & dairy industry leader Sandipan Ghosh as Chief Operating Officer (COO). He will lead full company operations and drive scale and innovation at Milk Mantra optimising the entire process of tech enabled growth from farmer sourcing to production, supply chain, sales & marketing and the D2C subscription app. With…
Good Export potential for dairy products from India
A latest surge within the prices of dairy merchandise within the worldwide market has brightened export prospects for India particularly for skimmed milk powder (SMP), fats and butter. The prices have surged to a year-high ranges on the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions – primarily pushed by the consumption push put up Covid-19 unlock measures…
Jharkhand Govt likely to roll out farm loan waivers scheme on Jan 26
Jharkhand government is likely to roll out its promised farm loan waivers for farmers by January-end, sources in the department of agriculture, animal husbandry and dairy development indicated. Sources said that the reluctance of banks to share farmers’ loan database is delaying the actual roll-out. “As on date, we have identified nearly 48,000 farmers who…
No GST on Butter ,Ghee and Paneer amongst Dairy sector’s wish list for Budget 21-22
Treat livestock farmers on par with land-owner agriculture farmers, says Amul’s Sodhi To complement the government’s efforts to secure the country’s nutrition security, the dairy sector has sought zero tax on nutritional products butter, ghee (butter oil) and paneer (cottage cheese) from the current 12 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST). The Indian Dairy…
Mini dairy scheme gets underway for Dalits in Warangal, Telangana
The mini dairy pilot project could well be a huge opportunity for the scheduled castes in empowering themselves, Minister for Panchayat Raj Errabelli Dayakar Rao said. He along with local MLA Peddi Sudarshan Reddy distributed 435 buffaloes worth around Rs 17.40 crore to Dalit beneficiaries. Welfare Minister Koppula Eshwar, Tribal Welfare Minister Satyavathi Rathod and…
Rationale behind the launch of Cow ghee by Dabur
The Ayurveda major is riding its health credentials while also relying on the health aspect of ghee to differentiate in the highly fragmented market. What does Dabur have to do with dairy? Very little, apart from the fact that the top Ayurveda player has just launched ghee. It is the second most consumed dairy product…
90% of milk in India is A2 , Charging Premium is a gimmick : R S Sodhi
More Indians now prefer buffalo milk over cow milk with many farmers opting to engage in buffalo milk production, and nearly all of this milk comprises the A2 protein, dairy cooperative Amul managing director Rupinder Singh Sodhi said. Sodhi dismissed worries that Indian milk comprises the less healthy A1 protein. “A2 milk marketing gimmick came from New…
Milk prices defy seasonal trend as supply pressures build
On Tuesday, skim milk powder (SMP) prices at Global Dairy Trade (GDT), the fortnightly auction platform of New Zealand’s Fonterra Cooperative, averaged $3,243 per tonne, the highest since the $3,264 of August 5, 2014. Vegetable prices have cooled with the usual winter-time increase in supplies of carrots, cauliflower, cabbage, radish, capsicum and peas. Even onions…
IFFCO and Amul are top two largest cooperatives in the world
Besides IFFCO, World Cooperative Monitor report 2018 published by ICA has GCMMF popularly known by the brand name Amul also figuring in the top rank. The accompanying photograph shows GCMMF standing at 2nd position, just below IFFCO. Nonghyup, Zen-Noh and Copersucar which stand at third, fourth and fifth positions respectively, as is clear from the accompanying pic. These…
Karimnagar Dairy to encourage reproduction of only female calves
With the farming community saying “no” to male calves as they have turned burdensome and no use in the farm sector following the mechanisation of the farm activities, the Karimnagar Milk Producer Company aka Karimnagar Dairy has embarked upon a novel scheme of encouraging reproduction of only female calves through artificial insemination by using the…