DAIRY NEWS Dairy Industry seek 20% subsidy to export Skimmed Milk Powder for the sake of farmers
Dairy cooperatives in the country have sought a 20% export incentive for milk products, as there are ample stocks amid drop in demand from bulk consumers. This will ensure better returns for dairy farmers, they said. At current global rates of SMP this subsidy will amount to Rs 400 Crores for 100000 MT of SMP…
No concessions in dairy sector to the US under any trade treaty: R S Sodhi
Sh R S Sodhi said that India should not give any concessions to the US under any trade treaty. As subsidised imported milk and other dairy products would kill livelihoods in India . Especially when the sector is expected to create 11 million jobs in rural households. “There should be no concessions on dairy because…
Higher farm gate milk price and higher consumer milk prices : Can they coexist? A blog
Let us deep dive down into our memories and look at the situation just around 8 months back . The whole of north India is shivering under the cold wave right now but the dairy industry is facing the heat of consumer’s wrath over hike in milk prices in most part of the country at…
Amul liberates dairy farmers from shackles of reproductive failures on this independence day
Amul Dairy has decided to digitise the artificial insemination service in its operational area. It was initiated on an experimental basis in the year 2019 in 25 village milk producer societies . This was monitored and studied for one year. Digitisation of artificial insemination provides instant service to the milk producers. The information of milch cattle…
500 crores export subsidy for SMP could bring 270 million USD and 120 million smiles
Maharashtra government finally ended their scheme of collecting 1 million LPD of milk at Rs 25 per litre on tuesday. The scheme was extended twice since April 2020. Farmers associated with state cooperatives were the major beneficiaries. The total collection of milk under this scheme could reach to maximum of 5.5 lakh litres per day….
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…