Amul Congratulates UK PM Rishi Sunak In A Creative Way
Amul’s doodle instantly grabbed attention on the internet with people applauding the creativity. Rishi Sunak became Britain’s third Prime Minister this year and scripted history by becoming the first Indian-origin person to hold the top job. Wishes for Mr Sunak have been pouring in from all around the world. In one such congratulatory message, dairy…
Milk union increases procurement price
Shivamogga, Davangere and Chitradurga Districts’ Cooperative Milk Producers’ Societies Union has increased the milk procurement price with effect from November 1. The union has increased the price by ₹2 per kg as a gift on the occasion of Kannada Rajyotsava. This decision was taken at the executive council meeting held on October 25. This helps…
Growth opportunities in the dairy sector
Consumers may be tightening their belts, but there are still plenty of opportunities for dairy suppliers to increase sales. The cost-of-living crisis in the UK is having a significant impact on how consumers are choosing to spend their money. During 20‑31 July 2022, 89 percent of British adults said expenses had increased, with 94 percent…
India GST: The ‘cheesy’ row over pizza toppings tax in India
It can be a challenge to get the right mix of toppings that makes a pizza delicious. An overload of toppings could make the dough soggy and a wrong mix can affect the flavour. But in August, an Indian firm making pizza toppings mounted a different challenge in a court. It was not about the…
Local dairies lauded for greenhouse gas reductions
Several Westside dairies were awarded sizeable grants from the California Department of Food and Agriculture for their work in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The California Department of Food and Agriculture announced recently that it has awarded $37.65 million in grant funding to 41 methane reduction projects across the state. These projects, part of the Alternative…
China’s Appetite for Consumer Dairy Products Grows
China’s economic growth has slowed dramatically from pre-pandemic gains as the country continues to implement Covid restrictions. China’s appetite for some dairy products, however, has grown as consumers look to value-added products and the country’s pork industry recovers following devastating outbreaks of African swine fever that began in 2018. According to Sarina Sharp, analyst with…
Amul’s digital platform opens a window to cattle trade
Move over cattle fairs. Dairy farmers are taking to online marketplaces to buy and sell bovines. Take Ghomtiben Patel, a dairy farmer in Gujarat’s Kheda district, who has put her 4-year-old buffalo on sale for ₹1.10 lakh on Pashudhan, an eBay like marketplace for cattle introduced by Amul recently. All Ghomtiben had to do was upload three photographs of the…
Akshayakalpa Organic to add 1,800 farms in 2022-23 fiscal
Akshayakalpa Organic, a Bengaluru-based organic dairy products manufacturer, will add 1,800 new farms to its production cluster in order to strengthen its position in the existing markets, says Shashi Kumar, co-founder and CEO of Akshayakalpa Organic. Cluster farms are basically made up of several individual farms that are close to one another, and currently, the…
Udupi Dairy farmers to launch postcard campaign seeking hike in milk price
Dairy farmers attached to Sahakara Bharathi, a NGO of cooperatives, will launch a postcard campaign by holding a convention of farmers in Udupi on October 27 to urge the State government to hike the milk procurement price by ₹5 a litre. According to the convener (dairy farmers’ cell) of Sahakara Bharathi Sanoor Narasimha Kamath, the…
Supreme Court quashes conviction for excess moisture in paneer
The conviction a person for food adulteration on the ground that moisture content in the paneer sold by him exceeded the prescribed limit of 70 percent, was quashed by the Supreme Court last week [Bhattacharjee Mahasya and anr vs State of West Bengal and anr]. A bench of Justices S Abdul Nazeer and V Ramasubramanian said that the expert evidence…