Mini dairy scheme gets underway for Dalits in Warangal, Telangana
The mini dairy pilot project could well be a huge opportunity for the scheduled castes in empowering themselves, Minister for Panchayat Raj Errabelli Dayakar Rao said. He along with local MLA Peddi Sudarshan Reddy distributed 435 buffaloes worth around Rs 17.40 crore to Dalit beneficiaries. Welfare Minister Koppula Eshwar, Tribal Welfare Minister Satyavathi Rathod and…
90% of milk in India is A2 , Charging Premium is a gimmick : R S Sodhi
More Indians now prefer buffalo milk over cow milk with many farmers opting to engage in buffalo milk production, and nearly all of this milk comprises the A2 protein, dairy cooperative Amul managing director Rupinder Singh Sodhi said. Sodhi dismissed worries that Indian milk comprises the less healthy A1 protein. “A2 milk marketing gimmick came from New…
Milk prices defy seasonal trend as supply pressures build
On Tuesday, skim milk powder (SMP) prices at Global Dairy Trade (GDT), the fortnightly auction platform of New Zealand’s Fonterra Cooperative, averaged $3,243 per tonne, the highest since the $3,264 of August 5, 2014. Vegetable prices have cooled with the usual winter-time increase in supplies of carrots, cauliflower, cabbage, radish, capsicum and peas. Even onions…
IFFCO and Amul are top two largest cooperatives in the world
Besides IFFCO, World Cooperative Monitor report 2018 published by ICA has GCMMF popularly known by the brand name Amul also figuring in the top rank. The accompanying photograph shows GCMMF standing at 2nd position, just below IFFCO. Nonghyup, Zen-Noh and Copersucar which stand at third, fourth and fifth positions respectively, as is clear from the accompanying pic. These…
Government of Canada is compensating $469 Million to dairy farmers
The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced today that Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has mailed letters to all dairy producers that gives them directions on how to access the second payment under the Dairy Direct Payment Program. Dairy farmers will receive, on the basis of their milk quota, cash payments of $468 million in…
Faerch launched new mono pot pet range for high temp dairy packaging
Faerch is introducing its Eco HotPro product family, a new mono-PET pot range for hot fill food applications, developed to allow high-temperature sterilisation (HTS). High-temperature sterilisation is an important feature in many dairy categories and requires packaging to withstand temperatures of up to 120C. The new Eco HotPro Pot range is based on Faerch’s CPET…
Government of Canada is compensating $469 Million to dairy farmers
The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced today that Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has mailed letters to all dairy producers that gives them directions on how to access the second payment under the Dairy Direct Payment Program. Dairy farmers will receive, on the basis of their milk quota, cash payments of $468 million in…
Faerch launched new mono pot pet range for high temp dairy packaging
Faerch is introducing its Eco HotPro product family, a new mono-PET pot range for hot fill food applications, developed to allow high-temperature sterilisation (HTS). High-temperature sterilisation is an important feature in many dairy categories and requires packaging to withstand temperatures of up to 120C. The new Eco HotPro Pot range is based on Faerch’s CPET…
Karimnagar Dairy to encourage reproduction of only female calves
With the farming community saying “no” to male calves as they have turned burdensome and no use in the farm sector following the mechanisation of the farm activities, the Karimnagar Milk Producer Company aka Karimnagar Dairy has embarked upon a novel scheme of encouraging reproduction of only female calves through artificial insemination by using the…
Dabur 100% Pure Cow Ghee launched exclusively on Grofers
The product is prepared from milk sourced from indigenous cows bred in Rajasthan Dabur India has decided to foray into the cow ghee category. In recent times the company has been fast-tracking the launch of new products in the hygiene and health segment and has also entered new categories, in a bid to meet the…