Dairy business reach agreement to not hike milk price: MoALD Nepal
The dairy businesspersons, who recently hiked the price of milk citing rise in production cost of milk, have withdrawn their decision to increase the price. In a meeting held recently at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD), all the stakeholders concerned reached the decision for the same. Executive Director of the National Dairy…
Dairy farmers threaten protest against pasteurisation law
Dairy farmers threaten to take to the streets along with their livestock as the Punjab Food Authority revives its plan to start implementing the minimum pasteurisation law. “If the Food Authority tried to enforce the black law by force, we along with our cattle would protest on roads throughout the province,” threatened Shahbaz Rasool Warraich,…
Packaged milk price set for Rs 2-3/litre hike in West Bengal
Major dairy players in west Bengal have decided to increase their milk prices by Rs 2-3 per liter in this week. This will be the third hike in last 1 year. TOI Jan 3 2023 Amul has a 60% market share in a 1.6 mill LPD of Kolkata market. It sells 9 lakh lpd of milk…
In 2023 Focus on weekly shifts than annual forecast
The new year 2023 has arrived. It did not take our permission to roll in. Same is true with our life. It just happens. Each moment , life is happening to us. Still we try to plan for it. We miss every moment in life while planning for some good moments in future. We are…
Doubling of farmers’ income remained a pipe dream in 2022
After the tumult of a year-long farmers’ agitation against the three reforms-oriented farm laws came an almost protest-free 2022 on the agriculture front. This was the year when farmers’ income was to have doubled, but this has not happened. The aim was to raise farmers’ household incomes from an average Rs 8,050/- per month in…
Shah’s ‘KMF-Amul cooperation’ remark triggers social media row
Union home minister Amit Shah’s statement in Karnataka’s Mandya on Friday calling for “cooperation” between the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) and the Anand Milk Union Limited (Amul) in Gujarat has drawn flak in the southern state, with many starting a campaign on social media to save “brand Nandini milk”. Shah inaugurated a mega dairy built…
Wageningen University: A Sustainable Perspective For Dairy Goat Farms
Dairy goat farming is a young and relatively small sector that is striving to produce dairy products in a sustainable and responsible manner. Wageningen University & Research was commissioned by Platform Melkgeitenhouderij, an organization of Dutch dairy goat farmers and the dairy goat industry, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Quality to investigate…
No hike in price of Aavin milk in Tamil Nadu
Aavin on Saturday clarified that there was no increase in the maximum retail price (MRP) of any variant of milk. This follows an erroneous printing of price on milk packets at its dairy in Madhavaram. The milk was sent out as part of the evening sale batch. “A very small quantity of milk was sold at…
India gets its first IVF mobile unit for animals in Gujarat’s Amreli
India on Sunday got its first In vitro fertilization (IVF) mobile unit for animals in Gujarat’s Amreli. The mobile IVF lab was inaugurated by union minister Purushottam Rupala. According to the minister, the IVF mobile van was “dedicated in a joint venture of the Government of India and Amar Dairy.” This is India’s first IVF…
MoU Signed to Commercialise -Developed ‘Lumpi-ProVac’ Vaccine
Lumpy skin disease is a viral infection that primarily affects cattle. It is spread by blood-feeding insects such as flies and mosquitoes, as well as ticks. It causes fever, nodules on the skin, and death, particularly in animals that have never been exposed to the virus. Rupala lauded ICAR’s efforts in developing the indigenous Lumpi-ProVac vaccine against…