Global dairy price Index down by 4.6% in second consecutive session
International milk prices and volumes fell in this month’s second Global Dairy Trade auction held by GDT Events on Oct 18th 2022 The GDT Price Index dropped 4.6%, with an average selling price of $3,723 per tonne. The index lost 3.5% at the previous sale, according to GDT Events. A total of 29,402 tonnes were…
Teens are dumping milk on store floors to protest the ‘destructive’ dairy industry
The latest environmentalist trend is here: pouring out milk in grocery stores. All across the United Kingdom, teenagers concerned about the environment are doing “milk pours.” The new trend involves going into grocery stores, picking up cartons of cow-produced milk, and pouring out their contents, according to the animal rights group Animal Rebellion. Videos that have popped…
Planet Doomed:No Decrease In Record GHGs & Fuel,Cow,Cement & Steel
The 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference committed to ideally less than a plus 1.5 degree Centigrade (+1.5C) temperature rise, and to no more than a catastrophic +2C. The 2021 Glasgow Climate Change Conference committed to “net zero emissions by 2050”. However there is no decrease in our record greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution, gas, oil, and…
0.5 Trillion ml of milk for under 5 years child is the key to 5 Trillion Economy
The Diwali festival this year is back in full swing. Diwali will see a 27 Billion USD worth of sales this year despite high inflation rates. The dairy industry has also increased the milk prices for the fourth time in this year ( three times for milk and once for fresh dairy products). Global Hunger Index is out and it…
AAF-Heifer Netherland cut GHG emissions-climate-smart dairying in Nepal
AGCO Agriculture Foundation (AAF), an AGCO Corporation foundation with the vision to prevent and relieve hunger through sustainable agricultural development, Thursday announced a USD 250,000 grant to Heifer Netherlands (Stichting Heifer Nederland) to improve the sustainability, productivity and resilience of smallholder dairying families through the development of a productive and climate-smart dairy farming model in Nepal. The…
25.3 lakh tonnes of milk produced in Kerala last year-Self sufficiency
Public Works Minister P A Mohamed Riyas on Sunday said Kerala will soon achieve the goal of self-sufficiency in the dairy sector. He was inaugurating the dairy farmers meeting jointly organised by the dairy development department, Kozhikode corporation, and block panchayat at the Naduvattam Crown Auditorium. Last year, the annual milk production in the state was…
New milk development policy in UP :5000 crore investment in dairy sector
The Yogi government has given green signal to the Uttar Pradesh Dairy Development and Milk Product Promotion Policy-2022 in the cabinet meeting on Thursday. Under the new policy, subsidy of up to 5 crore will be given for setting up milk processing units in UP. Apart from this, an interest subsidy of Rs 10 crore…
Do not ignore the role of the woman livestock farmer
The livestock sector is one of the most rapidly growing components of the rural economy of India, accounting for 5% of national income and 28% of agricultural GDP in 2018-19. In the last six years, the livestock sector grew at 7.9% (at constant prices) while crop farming grew by 2%. Our field studies show that…
Amul to start work on 20 LLPD milk processing unit in Saurashtra
Amul marketer Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF) will soon start work on a new 20 lakh litres per day (LLPD) milk processing plant near Rajkot, creating additional processing capacity in the region. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to virtually perform the ground-breaking for the ₹500-crore plant next week. Supply issues The plant, considered…
Amul hikes milk prices by Rs 2 per litre, except in poll-bound Gujarat
Amid the festive season, The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd, which markets its products under the Amul brand, hiked the rates of milk by Rs 2 per litre. The price of full cream milk has increased from Rs 61 per litre to Rs 63 per litre, which is expected to impact household budgets. Amul has also…