Milk in short supply, Karnataka comes up with a solution
EVEN AS worries over cereal inflation are receding — with temperatures not rising as much to damage the standing wheat crop — it is milk that’s increasingly becoming a cause for concern. he Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation (KMF) has recently hiked the price of full-cream milk, sold under its ‘Nandini’ brand, in a rather…
Aavin milk supply to be disrupted next week due to farmer’s strike
Currently, Farmers get Rs 35 per litre for cow milk and Rs 44 for Buffalo milk Over 4.20 lakh farmers across Tamil Nadu were supplying milk to Aavin TN govt hiked procurement prices last year Aavin milk supply is likely to be hit across Tamil Nadu next week as talks between dairy producers and the…
Dairy farmers not milking money in Karnataka
Pointing towards the milk crates, dressed in a t-shirt with Nandini dairy’s logo on it, Manohar said, “I get 30 percent less crates of milk now and they have even stopped the six litre milk packets which I sold to the hotels and companies”. Dairy farmers under dairy co-operatives are in crisis due to lower…
Milk prices may continue to rise until Diwali says RS Sodhi
On the day Amul hiked milk prices, RS Sodhi, the former managing director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) which owns the Amul brand and president of the Indian Dairy Association, told CNBC-TV18 that he believes costs will continue to rise until Diwali this year. He said he expects milk production to start increasing again by winter….
White Revolution of India—Myths and Reality
India is widely mentioned as the top milk producer in world and this achievement is frequently stated to have been achieved on the basis of its ‘white revolution’ which in turn is claimed to have been achieved on the basis of improved livelihoods of small dairy farmers. How real are these claims? This is not…
White Revolution of India—Myths and Reality
India is widely mentioned as the top milk producer in world and this achievement is frequently stated to have been achieved on the basis of its ‘white revolution’ which in turn is claimed to have been achieved on the basis of improved livelihoods of small dairy farmers. How real are these claims? This is not…
Is this what dairy industry was expecting from Budget 2023 ?
Everyone was eagerly waiting for the budget 2023-24 and finally it came. The last budget speech was of 38 pages and had no mention of terms like dairy or animal husbandry. This time our expectations were high as the budget speech was of 58 pages and had the word dairy mentioned 3 times and animal…
A farmers’ dilemma has the govt worried in Uganda
Mr Stanley Ntungire is the last of a dying breed. Born and raised in a cattle-keeping orthodoxy that is the age-old tradition of the Hima people of Ankole, he saw his forbearers rear the animals as a principal economic activity. They were a treasured source of prestige in society in a way few things compare….
How Hatsun Agro is growing byte-by-byte
Hatsun Agro Product Ltd has an asset that you can never find in its balance sheet, nor does it find a mention in any of its annual reports. The company has just begun to use it. “Data is Hatsun’s hidden asset,” says R G Chandramogan, Chairman of the ₹6,500-crore dairy products company, the biggest in…
Dairy farmers demand hike in milk procurement price in UDUPI district
Udupi District Dairy Farmers’ Union will stage a demonstration in front of the new milk dairy of Dakshina Kannada Co-operative Milk Producers Union Ltd (DKMUL) at Uppoor in Udupi district on Saturday, January 21, to urge the government to increase the procurement price of milk. Addressing press persons in Udupi on Thursday, a former Director…