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…
968 bulk milk cooling centres to be set up in East Godavari district
District Collector D Muralidhar Reddy said that the government would initially set up 968 bulk milk cooling centres in the district. Accompanied by Joint Collectors Dr G Lakshmisha and Keerthi Chekuri, he held a videoconference with officials at the Collectorate here on Monday. He said that the government is conducting ambitious inspections from Tuesday on…
Dabur 100% Pure Cow Ghee launched exclusively on Grofers
The product is prepared from milk sourced from indigenous cows bred in Rajasthan Dabur India has decided to foray into the cow ghee category. In recent times the company has been fast-tracking the launch of new products in the hygiene and health segment and has also entered new categories, in a bid to meet the…
Aadvik Foods the first Camel milk brand in India launch Camel milk Ghee
Expanding its product portfolio, India’s first brand in the camel milk industry, Aadvik Foods has recently launched camel milk ghee. With this launch, Aadvik Foods further adds to its unique line of offerings that consist of 40 SKUs including raw camel milk powder, freeze-dried camel milk powder, frozen camel milk, camel milk chocolates, and camel…
Mother dairy launches Mathura Peda and Laddoo on Uttarayan day
Giving a joyous start to 2021, Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), today announced that it will launch 5 new packaged products under its Mother Dairy and Safal brands, in the month of January 2021. The new packaged products are being introduced with the objective…
NCLT passes order to liquidate dairy firm Kwality Dairies
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has directed to liquidate debt-ridden dairy firm Kwality Ltd after the company failed to finalise any bidder within the specified time-frame. The NCLT had directed to initiate insolvency proceedings against Kwality Ltd on December 11, 2018 over the plea filed by the financial creditors Punjab National Bank and KKR…
How has the Pandemic Changed the Dynamics of the Dairy Industry?
The COVID-19 outbreak early this year wrecked almost every industry worldwide. India’s dairy industry is no exception. Its business operations were hit hard as the industry had to navigate the negative effects of the pandemic on logistics, an abrupt change in demand consequently impacting the supply. Due to the nationwide lockdown, consumption from non-essential commercial establishments…
Milk powder and ghee to be part of Free kits for Ration shops in Kerala
The Kerala Milk cooperative ( MILMA) has recommended the Kerala government to include 200gm milk-powder and 100gm ghee in the free kit being distributed through the state’s ration shops amid the COVID-19 pandemic. For distributing 200gm Skimmed Milk Powder and 100gm ghee through every kit, Milma propose to use the excess procurement of milk. Milma…