Vipul Patel elected as chairman of Amul Dairy
The BJP’s Anand district unit president Vipul Patel was elected Tuesday as the new chairman of the Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Limited—the oldest milk cooperative of Gujarat popularly known as Amul Dairy. Patel’s election brings to an end the reign of Ramsinh Parmar, an OBC, who held the post of the cooperative’s chairman for almost…
Milk price reaches Rs210 a litre in uncertain economic conditions
In uncertain economic conditions, consumers continue to receive severe price shocks following an unchecked hike in the prices of daily use items, including loose milk, which has been increased to Rs210 from Rs190 per litre by some shopkeepers and live broiler chicken which has seen an increase of Rs30-40 per kg in the last two…
Saputo prioritises value over volume to keep dairy “affordable”
Saputo has flipped its focus to value over volume after a challenging couple of years characterised by supply chain and inflationary pressures. As input costs “remain high” across the supply chain and wages, president and CEO Lino Saputo, Jr., said the Canadian dairy major is “focused on executing cost savings in addition to pricing initiatives…
Israeli development to change how we consume dairy products
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are one of the greatest health risks facing humanity because they keep multiplying, and antibiotics lose their effectiveness as their use increases. The Israeli biopharmaceutical company Mileutis based in Ness Ziona is currently considered one of the global pioneers in this field. The company developed a biological preparation designed to treat the most serious…
Solid performance and sustainability action in volatile year by ARLA
Arla Foods navigated the inflationary environment of 2022 effectively, delivering a strong performance that enabled it to deliver a significant increase in its prepaid milk price and an above target supplementary payment to its farmer owners of 2.2 EUR-cent per kg milk for the full year. The European dairy cooperative also took significant steps on…
Milk prices increased due to rise in fodder cost: Sanjeev Balyan
Milk prices in the country have risen due to increase in the feed and fodder cost, Union Minister Sanjeev Kumar Balyan said in Rajya Sabha on Friday. Balyan, who is Minister of State of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, said dairy companies pass on 75 per cent of the retail price to farmers. There is…
Dairy start-up MoooFarm to launch online milk sales as expansion
Dairy sector start-up MoooFarm plans to provide full-stack service for cattle growers by soon launching services to sell milk online, besides expanding its operations. “We are planning to help dairy farmers sell their milk through our online platform. We launched a pilot project in Punjab’s Nabha district a month ago and plan to continue it…
Himachal to have chilling points at cluster level for milk collection
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday said that the dairy sector in the state will be strengthened under National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD), in a big way. The Himachal Pradesh CM on Friday held a meeting with the Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairy, Parshottam Rupala in the national…
Four of Congress’s Amul Dairy directors join BJP in Gujarat
In a setback to the Congress, four directors of Amul Dairy—formerly Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers Union—belonging to the party joined the BJP in presence of state president C R Paatil in Gandhinagar on Saturday, bringing down the party tally to three. The four Amul directors are from Anand and Kheda districts— Gautam Chauhan (Mehmedabad), Sita Chandu…
Lord Krishna’s message on cows is still relevant’-Rupala at GIS UP
Inviting people to invest in UP’s dairy sector, Union minister for fisheries, animal husbandry and dairy minister Parshottam Rupala said that Lord Krishna’s message to the world that if you take care of cows then cows will take care of you, was relevant even today. Promising to give 500 mobile veterinary units to UP in…