SBI provides YONO Krishi Safal Dairy Loan for the dairy farmers

YONO Krishi Dairy Loan Scheme The State Bank of India (SBI) provides a financial armoury for the dairy farmers. The SBI aims to fulfill the farmers’ wish with the YONO Krishi Safal Dairy Loan. The interested farmers can apply for the loan through SBI YONO. For further details on the Krishi loans, one can login…

Eating locally grown foods seasonally is more environment friendly

The climate crisis is well and truly here, as we all know, and it’s only natural to wonder how we are all contributing to it. What we eat has far-reaching effects on the environment and the journeys our foods undertake to get to our plates can tell us a lot about climate change. From the…

Chief Secy request boost sales of Aavin sweets during diwali

As on November 2, sales of Aavin’s Diwali sweets increased by 44 per cent to 389 tonnes as against last year’s sales of 272 tonnes It has been bumper Diwali for Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd (Aavin) with an all-time record in sales of sweets. A circular by Chief Secretary V Irai Anbu…

Canadian Dairy Commission recommends large increase in milk prices

Milk and dairy prices are expected to jump next year after the Canadian Dairy Commission recommended an 8.4 per cent increase in farm gate milk prices. The higher price, which works out to an extra six cents a litre, is intended to help offset rising production costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including soaring feed, energy and fertilizer costs,…

Heritage foods planning to enter into non dairy Food products market

Heritage Foods Ltd., one of the leading private dairy players in India, announced that its Board of Directors in a meeting held today has approved the Company’s proposed expansion into the Non-Dairy Food Products in the Premium Nutrition Segment. Mr. Srideep Kesavan, Chief Executive Officer, Heritage Foods Limited, said, “Heritage Foods has been providing ‘Nutrition to Nation’ through its…

Canadian Dairy Commission recommends large increase in milk prices

Milk and dairy prices are expected to jump next year after the Canadian Dairy Commission recommended an 8.4 per cent increase in farm gate milk prices. The higher price, which works out to an extra six cents a litre, is intended to help offset rising production costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including soaring feed, energy and fertilizer costs,…

NDDB to manage Varanasi Milk Union for five years

The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has signed an agreement with the government of Uttar Pradesh to manage the Varanasi Milk Union for five years. This will promote dairy sector in the northern State, while providing the dairy farmers required economic resilience. Farm income Lakshmi Narayan Chaudhari, Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries,…

Dairy Sahakar a 5Kcr scheme launched for encouraging dairy cooperatives

With an aim to realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘from cooperation to prosperity’, Union Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah and Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala have jointly launched ‘Dairy Sahakar,’ a scheme envisaging investment of Rs 5,000 crore having focus on encouraging cooperative dairy businesses in the country….

Here’s how Iron Man Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel led India to milk revolution

India, the biggest milk producer country in the world, had made a small start towards the milk revolution 75 years ago when Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Limited (KDCMPUL) collected 250 litres of milk from two villages in modern-day Anand. Eventually, the KDCMPUL, which was lacking in scale, has become not just a business,…