Kolkata Metro opens dairy kiosk of Red cow Dairy
In a bid to facilitate commuters with standout and innovative amenities, Kolkata Metro has opened a dairy kiosk at its station premises. “As a part of that continuous endeavour, a cow milk kiosk has been installed at Baranagar Metro station on August 3, 2022. Principal Chief Operations Manager, Satyaki Nath, inaugurated this kiosk and dedicated…
VKCoE, IRMA, organised Training program on Reducing Carbon Footprint
Verghese Kurien Centre of Excellence (VKCoE) organized a management development programme (MDP) on “Reducing Carbon Footprint in Dairy Plants to Increase Operating Profits” between 2 and 5 August 2022 in IRMA. Seventeen dairy professionals from different milk unions from India participated in the programme. The objective of this training programme was to help dairy professionals…
A solution to fodder shortage in dairy sector
High on nutrition and resistant to drought, bajra-napier hybrid grass is ideal for livestock. It can help farmers in semi-arid areas India’s post-Independence achievement in transforming itself from a milk deficit country to the world’s largest milk producer has been exemplary . That said, India has the world’s largest dairy herd but milk yield of…
OmeB (milk-fat modulator) Commercialized by ICAR
The ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru commercialized the ‘OmeB’ product to M/s Gou Agritech (P) Limited on a non-exclusive basis through AgrInnovate India here today. The product OmeB is developed by the NIANP through comprehensive research and validated for the milk fat modulation through field studies in dairy animals. OmeB leads to…
Why Amul, India’s favourite Dairy brand is pivoting to regional language
Ahead of Independence Day, Campaign India speaks with Indian brands that set up operations in the country pre-independence and continue to dominate their space to understand how they have evolved. Read on to understand how these brands aim to stay relevant for the next 75 years… Here’s an excerpt of our chat with RS Sodhi,…
Lumpy skin disease vaccine released by DAHD ministry
In a major breakthrough, the indigenous Lumpy skin disease (LSD) vaccine is today released by Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Union Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Parshottam Rupala at an event held in New Delhi. ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines (ICAR-NRCE), Hisar (Haryana), in collaboration with ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar,…
U.S. slice of cheese export market growing strong
Global economic uncertainty apparently isn’t diminishing foreign demand for U.S. cheese, according to a monthly market update from the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC). Multiple factors, especially adequate cheese supplies at competitive prices, put the U.S. in a position to continue export growth in the near term and increase its presence in the international market….
Bring empty milk pouches and water bottles and get discount on fuel
Nearly 700 milk pouches have been collected this month. Get a discount of Re 1 on a litre of petrol and 50 paise off on a litre of diesel. In return, dispose empty milk pouches and plastic water bottles at a petrol pump in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara. This is how Ashok Kumar Mundra, owner of Chhaganlal…
Dairy records 67.15% increase in exports in Q1 of FY23 as against last year same quarter
Continuing with the trend from the previous year, the exports of agricultural and processed food products rose by 31 per cent in the first three months of the current Financial Year 2022-23 (April-June) as compared to the corresponding period of FY 2021-22. According to the provisional data released by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and…
Rebuild agriculture to make it future-ready
GIVEN the spectacular role Indian farmers have played in pulling the country out of the ‘ship-to-mouth’ existence and turning it into a food-surplus nation, agriculture has emerged as the brightest star of the Indian economy. Whether we would like to publicly acknowledge it or not, a vibrant agriculture had laid out a strong foundation for…