Use of casein micelles with Pea proteins -a high protein functional food
The dairy industry struggles to maintain consumer attention in the midst of declining fluid milk sales. Current trends create an opportunity to incorporate plantbased proteins with milk to produce a high-protein, multisourced, functional food product. Plant-based proteins, such as those in peas, can be challenging to use in food systems because of their low solubility…
Dairy farmers approach government for retail milk price increase by KMF
Milk producers in the State have yet again approached the Government to allow the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) to increase the retail price of milk, which has not been increased in the last two-and-a-half years. “The issue has been discussed in the Cabinet. A decision on the petition will be taken after the approval of…
India is producing 10 times more milk than it did in the mid-1970s
IT SURPRISED MANY WHEN – Verghese Kurien settled in a small village in Gujarat after his post-graduation from Michigan State University in 1949. He hailed from a reputed family in Kerala. His uncle John Matthai was India’s first railway minister and subsequent finance minister. Kurien but envisioned that the village can be the birthplace of India’s…
IBM-Airtel Business hybrid cloud solution for the benefit of dairy farmers
Airtel Business and IBM have collaborated to deploy a hybrid cloud solution for a group of Milk Producer Companies (MPCs) created by NDDB Dairy Services. The hybrid cloud solution that leverages Airtel Cloud and IBM Power servers, will host the ERP and other key applications to accelerate the digital transformation of the MPCs. These five…
Dairy sector is the top priority and cow is a sacred animal : PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that strengthening India’s dairy sector is one of the top priorities of the government and lauded the people of Uttar Pradesh for making it the largest milk-producing state in the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of ‘Banas Dairy Sankul’ at the Uttar Pradesh State…
Game-changing’ technology increases shelf life of raw milk to 23 days
World-first technology to extend the life of raw milk to export it straight from the cow to South-East Asia is being pitched as an exciting opportunity for Australian dairy farmers. Key points: AgriGate says its new technology has extended the shelf life of raw milk to 23 days The milk will be shipped to Asia in…
Game-changing’ technology increases shelf life of raw milk to 23 days
World-first technology to extend the life of raw milk to export it straight from the cow to South-East Asia is being pitched as an exciting opportunity for Australian dairy farmers. Key points: AgriGate says its new technology has extended the shelf life of raw milk to 23 days The milk will be shipped to Asia in…
PM Modi to launch a dedicated Dairy logo as mark of quality
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi on Thursday and launch multiple development initiatives, including inaugurating and laying the foundation stones of 22 projects worth over Rs 870 crore, his office said on Tuesday. It has been the constant endeavour of the prime minister to work for the development and economic progress of his Lok…
How Multistate cooperatives function and why govt plans to amend the law
On Sunday, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah announced that the Centre has decided to amend the Multi State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) Act, 2002 to “plug the loopholes in the Act”. He was speaking at the convocation of the Vaikunth Metha National Institute of Cooperative Management, Pune. What is the Act, and what are…
Organic farming may grow under new Cooperative Policy : Amit Shah
Union home minister Amit Shah, who is also minister of cooperation, on Sunday, announced that the Centre will soon unveil a new comprehensive cooperative policy to widen the reach of cooperatives at the grassroot level and strengthen the cooperative sector. He also said that the government has decided to amend the Multi State Cooperative Societies…