Aavin signed agreement with 6 firms to export dairy products
Milk producers’ federation expects to earn ₹6 crore a year Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday handed over copies of agreements for sale of Aavin products in overseas markets and other States to vendors with whom the contracts were signed. Under the agreements signed with six firms, milk and milk-based products manufactured by the Tamil…
Cooperative in Kerala targets record sales during Onam festival
Despite the setbacks suffered by dairy farmers owing to the first and second waves of COVID-19 during the past two years, the Ernakulam Regional Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (ERCMPU) targets selling a record 13 lakh litres of milk, 80,000 kg of curd and 172 tonnes of clarified butter during the Onam season. ERCMPU chairman John…
Tin Cans availability for dairy products will be affected due to BIS Order
The Bureau of Indian Standards’ (BIS) quality control order on tin plates issued in April will affect India’s metal packaging industry of around Rs 5,000 crore. The Draft Steel Quality Control order includes ‘Cold Reduced Electrolytic Tinplate’, an import component used in packing baby food, milk power, mango pulp, coffee among other edible and non…
Private sector innovations to improve productivity in Indian cattle
Over the last decade, India’s milk production has grown at an average annual rate of 5.5%. India has emerged as the largest milk-producing country globally, with an estimated production of 208 million tonnes in 2020-21. What is more interesting is that the organized private players are increasing their portfolio in milk procurement. The projections made…
TN milk producers to stage state-wide protest on August 31
The Tamil Nadu Milk Producers’ Association has decided to stage a State-wide protest on August 31 to draw the government’s attention to their demands, which include an increase in the milk-procurement price by Rs 10 per litre. They alleged the dairy development minister falsely stated that the milk procurement price was recently increased. The price…
A startup is making ‘real’ milk, cheese, and ice-cream without cows
Perfect Day, based in California, advocates for dairy-free products, free from animal exploitation. They aim to ethically produce milk using a cow’s milk gene and reproducing it using a fungus. The firm is already selling ice cream and cheese. At the end of 2021 it plans to sell cream cheese. What if there was an…
A startup is making ‘real’ milk, cheese, and ice-cream without cows
Perfect Day, based in California, advocates for dairy-free products, free from animal exploitation. They aim to ethically produce milk using a cow’s milk gene and reproducing it using a fungus. The firm is already selling ice cream and cheese. At the end of 2021 it plans to sell cream cheese. What if there was an…
India’s first cattle genomic chip launched in Telangana
These low density SNP chips will also play an important role in trait detection, like high milk yield or heat tolerance. To conserve indigenous breeds of cattle like Gir, Kankrej, Sahiwal and Ongole, the National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB) has developed India’s first cattle genomic chip, IndiGau. The chip was officially inaugurated by Union Minister…
Telangana state dairy federation offers new schemes for dairy farmers
The Telangana State Dairy Development Cooperative Society Federation (TSDDCSF) chairman Loka Bhuma Reddy on Thursday urged farmers to adopt innovative and modern agriculture techniques that would fetch them high returns. Speaking after unveiling posters and a video of various schemes introduced by the federation for the welfare of farmers here, Bhuma Reddy said a slew…
The National Cooperative Policy can boost growth in a big way
Cooperatives 2.0 We have 33 supermarkets at the moment. The target is 1,500 in five years.” S.B. Jayaraj, who is gung-ho about his organisation’s plans for Kerala, is not just another retailer. He is the general secretary of the Kerala chapter of Sahakar Bharati — a pan-India body that aims at strengthening the cooperative movement…