Improving Horeca ignites hopes for dairy sector to be in black in 2021
SMP prices seen stable at ₹250/kg on matching demand and supply Amidst easing supplies and improving demand from the bulk consuming HoReCa segment, the dairy sector expects its business to be back in black this year. The ongoing flush milk season (when milk output is at the peak) will cap any further spike in the skimmed…
Is dairy farming cruel to the cows ? Story from US dairy Farms
The 1,500 Jersey cows that Nathan Chittenden and his family raise in upstate New York seem to lead carefree lives. They spend their days lolling around inside well-ventilated barns and eating their fill from troughs. Three times a day, they file into the milking parlor, where computer-calibrated vacuums drain several gallons of warm milk from…
Is dairy farming cruel to the cows ? Story from US dairy Farms
The 1,500 Jersey cows that Nathan Chittenden and his family raise in upstate New York seem to lead carefree lives. They spend their days lolling around inside well-ventilated barns and eating their fill from troughs. Three times a day, they file into the milking parlor, where computer-calibrated vacuums drain several gallons of warm milk from…
Dairies hike milk prices in Maharashtra due to milk shortage
Increased demand and a shortage in milk has seen dairies increasing their farmers’ milk procurement prices. Milk farmers in most parts of the state are now commanding prices between Rs 25-26 per litre for their milk with 8.5 per cent solid-not-fat (SNF) and 3.5 per cent fat, which dairies say is expected to continue for…
Vijaya dairy increases Farmers milk prices in Andhra Pradesh
Milk consumers in the district can heave a sigh of relief with Vijaya Dairy is enhancing milk purchasing price from Friday. Milk of 10 per cent fat is going to be paid at Rs 63.40 per litre against the present price of Rs 56.40. Milk with 6 per cent fat would hereafter be paid additionally…
FAPCCI to organise 5-day online programme on dairy industry
Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FAPCCI) is conducting a five-day online entrepreneurship development programme on dairy industry with the support of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). In a statement here on Wednesday, SK Sahabuddin, programme coordinator, said that the demand for milk and milk products in the country…
2020 was my best teacher: A blog by Kuldeep Sharma
So finally 2020 is over and we are in 2021. Everyone just got almost fed up and started to wait eagerly for 2021 to arrive soon. However time takes its own time to accomplish its journey. Einstein’s theory of relativity could not have been learnt better than during this period. Which was full of dismay, anguish…
With 14-15% growth Amul finds it easy to reach 100000 crores by 2025
After more than Rs 50,000 crore turnover last fiscal, the current fiscal is shadowed by the pandemic. How has been the performance of Amul so far? Pandemic has not impacted food consumption. As far as food is concerned, whether you were eating out or at home, consumption is same. If you look at dairy, it is very…
Amul spreads 1200 crore fresh investment from Gujarat to Kolkata
Milk processing facility to be set up in Rajkot in Gujarat, Kolkata to meet increase in demand Dairy major Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF), which markets Amul brand of food products, has lined up fresh investments to ramp up capacities in major markets including Kolkata and Andhra Pradesh besides its strong-hold Gujarat. The Federation is…
Campina completely produced using green electricity generated by farmers
More and more FrieslandCampina member dairy farmers are energy suppliers as well. They generate sustainable energy by means of solar panels, windmills or manure mono-fermentation. Even to such amounts, that the energy used for the production of all Dutch Campina products will be generated by the own cooperative as from 1 January 2021. A fine step in…