Covid-19 Fall in milk prices put pressure on dairy farmers in Maharashtra
Milk was sold at Rs 30 to 35 before the corona outbreak in Maharashtra state. After the lock down the demand of all milk and milk products plummeted and milk prices came down to Rs 20-22 per liter. A large number of cottage milk processors are also engaged in making Khoa, curd, paneer etc ….
Dairy Sector needs modernization of infrastructure to grow : Dr Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
As per Dr Bhanwala , chairperson NABARD, covid -19 may create opportunities for infrastructural reforms in dairy and agriculture sector. Current infrastructure in dairy is either not sufficient or not efficient enough to handle the increasing milk production and processing requirements. In cooperative sector there is an immediate need for modernizing of 75 lakh lpd…
Dairy farmers in Udaipur village near Guwahati are in bad shape due to Corona
A small cluster of dairy farmers around 13 kms from the district center are in very bad shape due to COVID-19. Their main target segment are from HORECA segment i.e Tea, sweets shop, hotels and restaurants. They are unable to serve to them and they do not have enough of cold storage to convert excess…
Punjab Dairy industry in crisis amid lockdown
There are 40 milk plants in the state with 30 of them run by private sector and 10 by the government under the aegis of Milkfed ( Punjab state milk federation). Nearly 80% of these [plants comes under MSMEs with an installed capacity of 35 lakhs lpd. Smaller plants got closed in initial phase of…
Indian railways have developed large capacity Rail milk tankers
Newly developed range of Rail milk tankers will be of 44600 Liters each with an increase of around 12% from the existing largest capacity rail tankers. This will make the rail transportation more cost effective and efficient. #Indian railways #milk tankers #milk transportation #largest milk tanker #44600
Covid-19 corollaries on the dairy sector by CRISIL
As per findings of CRISIL, closure of hotels, restaurants, canteens, catering etc has impacted the demand of milk and milk products. Products like ice creams , curd, buttermilk, lassi and flavored milk, etc usually peaks their demand in the period of April and May in which the country remained under lockdown. It was from late…
DK Milk Union earmarked Rs 6 crore for cattle insurance scheme.
Dakshin Kannada Union (DK Union) will launch cattle insurance drive for its members from June 1( world milk day) . The union has earmarked Rs 6 Crores for the same. The Union will contribute 75% for the premium and the farmers will have to mobilize 25% only. The scheme will protect the farmers against the…
Nandini is slapping milk holidays on Poor dairy farmers in Karnataka
In a village near Hoskote, named Chikka karoti, villagers dumped 4000 Liters of milk due to irrational behavior of Karnataka Milk Federation. The incident took place on Sunday May 24. State federation refused to collect the milk from the village because one of the member producer and her family was found COVID positive. The villages…
Mother Dairy booths could be used as complaint counter for domestic abuse
In a recent development the Delhi state legal services authority has asked women to report any domestic abuse at nearest mother dairy booth or a chemist shop. These two outlets have been in continuous operation even during the lockdown. There has been an upsurge in domestic abuse cases during the lockdown and their number crossed…
ICT may change footprint of Indian dairy sector : Atul Chaturvedi Secy Animal Husbandry
Pashu Aadhar card for 537 million livestock may be a reality in next 2-3 years. The government is inducting latest technologies like block chain to create a high level traceability amongst genomics and animal products like milk and meat. Dairy sector has shown an exemplary growth of over 8% in last few years which is…