Dairy is an IT business now, transacting in milk
This title may sound weird , but it is a fact in today’s environment. The government announced lockdown in last week of March 2020 which induced tremors in dairy industry. Most of the dairy companies were not riding the wave of IT led supply chain over online platforms. Amul has been investing Rs 600-800 crores annually…
Milk basket may break even in July-Sep quarter
Covid-19 has created a huge upsurge in adoption of online purchases through E-commerce during the lockdown. Milk Basket has already achieved operational profitability in April this year. Now they are aiming at overall profitability in second quarter. Milk Basket is present in Gurugram, Noida, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. The company had already achieved profitability in three…
Gujarat Government announces Rs10800 per desi cow for adopting natural farming
Gujarat government has announced a financial support scheme for supporting farmers who are rearing Desi Cows. The purpose of this scheme is to promote natural farming practices with desi cows. Natural farming practices include use of manure, gaumutra, etc for farming purposes. Desi cow based farming techniques cow dung as manure and cow urine as…
GHG emission from Top dairies equals 6.9 M passengers cars on road for an year
Institute for agriculture and Trade policies released their document Milking the planet 2020. This study reveals the contribution of various sectors on global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Top 13 dairies in the world contributed to GHG more than fuel and fossil gas based industry in 2017. The combined emissions of the top dairies rose by…
Nandini plans to double their sales in Mumbai market
Nandini a brand owned by Karnataka Milk Federation was selling 2.5 lakh litres per day of milk in Mumbai market. Nandini is amongst the top three brands in food and beverage category in India. KMF is planning to double its sales with a new facility in Mumbai in near future. As per Mr. BC Sateesh…
Creamline dairies launched Protein Plus milk
Creamline dairy products LTD (CDPL is a subsidiary of Godrej Agrovet Ltd. The company’ owned Jersey brand is available in the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh,Tamilnadu, Kerala, Karnataka and parts of Maharashtra. CDPL has ten plants with a total turnover of Rs 1160 Crores. The company has around 30% market share in value added products…
Organised sector share in dairy targeted at 50% in next 5 years- Atul Chaturvedi
As per PTI the government is envisioning ”Atmanirbhar Agriculture”by transforming farmers into entrepreneurs. This will be done by providing investment opportunities and making India the food basket for the world. Animal Husbandry Secretary Atul Chaturvedi said no product is as fast moving as milk for a retailer. However, our per capita consumption of milk is…
Andhra Pradesh signing MOU with Amul for dairy development
Andhra Pradesh government is concerned about the farm gate prices for milk and sugarcane. Chief minister Sh Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy headed a review meeting to discuss about dairy development and sugar factories in the state. Mr Reddy asked the officials to sign an MOU with AMUL for the development of dairy sector by July 15th….
1 crore liters of milk delivered by Doodh Durronto to Delhi from Chittoor during the lockdown
South Central Railway (SCR) launched their Doodh Duronto train service on March 26 from Renigunta to Delhi. This train had provision of 6-8 Rail Milk tankers of 40000 Liters each. The total capacity of this train was 240000 to 320000 Litres per trip. This train made around 42 trips and transported 1.04 crore litres of…
Police not allowing milk distribution in Chennai
Milk comes under essential products and services category during Covid -19 period. All dairy personnels from farmers to salesmen are doing a great job like corona warriors. The government instructed all the authorities to not to hamper milk supplies in any part of the country during the lockdown. The major private sector players supplying milk…