Shankar Chaudhary announced Rs 1144 crores hike in payment by Banas dairy to member farmers
Shankar Bhai Chaudhary chairman Banas dairy Palanpur announced 16.66% hike in payment to farmers amounting Rs 1144 crores . He was addressing the 52nd Annual general meeting of Banas milk producers Union. This difference will be distributed amongst existing 3.5 lakh milk producers of the Union. Currently they are pouring around 73 lakh litres per…
FSSAI’s standards of Paneer creates opportunity for differentiation
Covid times has taught us a lot about healthy and nutritious food. Consumers became more aware on their food selection and intake. The consumption of animal meat products reduced to very low level . It was because of the fact that Corona has emanated out of an animal. Social media has promoted the immunity boosting…
FICCI organised a webinar on Development of Indian Dairy Sector
FICCI organised a webinar on ‘Development of Indian Dairy Sector’to capture the insights from dairy experts. Mr Atul Chaturvedi , Secy said that the dairy sector was facing a crisis before the onset of the pandemic. However, the industry was able to turn the COVID crisis into an opportunity. There was an improvement in supply of milk substantially…
Rampant adulteration of ghee in Dudhsagar dairy shows the dark shades of ghee business
FDCA teams from Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar have started collecting and testing ghee samples from Dudhsagar dairy , Mehsana. A letter from R S Sodhi , MD GCMMF to the board of dairy informed about this rampant adulteration in ghee. This letter asked to stop dispatch of 600 MT of ghee worth Rs 40 Crore ….
Amul launch Janmaya vegetable oil to support oilseed farmers from Gujarat
GCMMF launched “Janmay”range of edible oils in Gujarat today. This initiative from Amul is to provide remunerative price to edible oilseeds growers of Gujarat. Amul’s has been eyeing vegetable oil market since a long time. In 2010 it went in talks with Anand regional oilseeds growers Union Ltd (ARCOGUL). ARCOGUL survived even those times when most of…
India could become dairy basket of the region
India is the largest producer of milk in the world. Indian government has recently taken a few initiative to strengthen dairy infrastructure in the country. These initiatives include Animal husbandry infrastructure fund for Rs 15000 Crores. PM Modi always insist on pushing exports and limiting imports under the make in India scheme. Currently India is…
“Time is an illusion, Timing is an art “
Unlock 1.0 is over and by the time you will receive this newsletter, unlock 2.0 would have started. I have never seen dairy industry in such a self contradictory condition as it is today. Let us look at a few of the paradoxes in our sector as follows : Company’s are launching innovative products with benefits of…
Amul approached government to get 160 Crore export subsidy for clearing SMP stocks
All dairies supported dairy farmers during the lockdown period even with lower demand of milk and milk products in the market. The excess milk was converted into SMP and butter. This created huge surplus of SMP and butter with most of the dairies in the country. Amul is the largest milk handling organization in the country….
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…
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…