Chobani explores child hunger, humanity :Hamdi Ulukaya,CEO Chobani

Greek yogurt maker Chobani is bringing social issues to the forefront through a virtual Child Hunger Summit and the “Moving Humanity Forward” documentary on refugees. The Child Hunger Summit will take place Feb. 23, bringing together leaders from the non-profit, private and public sectors who are pushing for stronger public policies and creating meaningful private…

Chobani explores child hunger, humanity :Hamdi Ulukaya,CEO Chobani

Greek yogurt maker Chobani is bringing social issues to the forefront through a virtual Child Hunger Summit and the “Moving Humanity Forward” documentary on refugees. The Child Hunger Summit will take place Feb. 23, bringing together leaders from the non-profit, private and public sectors who are pushing for stronger public policies and creating meaningful private…

Heritage launches Mozzarella Cheese, Cream and Cool cafe

Heritage Foods has expanded its product portfolio by adding four products. Covid times saw an upsurge in consumption of protein rich foods like cheese as well as cream and butter. The demand of these products in retail consumer segment is showing a higher growth rate. Heritage foods launched Mozzarella and processed cheese in the protein…

HC reserves order on assets of Vijaya dairy at Hyderabad case

Telangana High Court has reserved orders in a writ petition filed by Andhra Pradesh State government challenging the decision of its counterpart in Telangana taking over assets of Andhra Pradesh Dairy Development Co-operative Federation. In 2016, Telangana government brought out a GO taking over the main assets of Secunderabad’s Lallaguda-based APDDCF office. The AP government…

Milk prices in Hyderabad are soaring as fuel prices are moving up

Rising fuel prices are having a cascading effect, with milk prices set to rise in the city. Nearly 20 lakh litres of milk are supplied every day through 10 major and 70 mini dairies, including government-owned Vijaya Dairy. Managements of dairies are facing financial stress as transportation costs are escalating. Now, Vijaya is selling toned…

Milk prices moving up in Maharashtra as summer time is approaching

As the government started easing up the lockdown, demand made a slow but steady return and procurement prices started picking up across the state For dairy farmers, the pandemic induced slowdown is not only over but dairies have now started their farmers paying more than the pre-Covid milk procurement rates. With dairies now paying their…

Karimnagar Dairy opens three more stores in Telangana

To facilitate expansion of the marketing network and increase sales of milk and milk products of Karimnagar Milk Producer Company Limited, the authorities opened three departmental dairy parlours in different areas of the district. Besides Velgatoor mandal in the erstwhile Karimnagar district, parlours were opened in Mancherial and Bellampalli towns of erstwhile Adilabad district on…

DAIRY NEWS MCA orders inquiry into books of Mother Dairy F&V Pvt Ltd

The government has ordered an inquiry into the books of Mother Dairy Fruit and Vegetable Private Ltd (MDFVL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board. Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur said, “An inquiry under Section 206 of the Companies Act,…

Paras dairy launches mooPay a digital direct payment for dairy farmers

VRS Foods’s Paras Dairy brand, in collaboration with tech startup and World Economic Forum’s technology pioneer Stellapps, has launched a  first of its kind fully automated user friendly digital direct farmers payment application “mooPay”. “Paras for years has been trying to achieve a direct relationship with farmers. We have invested a lot of capital in…

PM Modi lauds contribution of dairy farming in the Farmer’s Income

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made some pertinent points on the much-needed farm reforms and did well by mentioning the contribution of dairy farming. In his Rajya Sabha address on Monday, he said: “The contribution of dairy farming is over 28 per cent in the agricultural market in India. Its trade is worth Rs 8-lakh crore….