DAIRY NEWSDAIRY POLICY Fodder challenges offer much food for thought
THE interim Budget has made an allocation of Rs 1.27 lakh crore (about 2.6 per cent of the total) for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare. The Budget has outlined the government’s intent to implement measures to increase the productivity of high-yield crops. The government has announced a comprehensive programme aimed at supporting the…
Fodder challenges offer much food for thought Bydairynews7x7@gmail.com
THE interim Budget has made an allocation of Rs 1.27 lakh crore (about 2.6 per cent of the total) for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare. The Budget has outlined the government’s intent to implement measures to increase the productivity of high-yield crops. The government has announced a comprehensive programme aimed at supporting the…
NDDB to provide consultancy to set up 225 crore plant in Himachal Bydairynews7x7@gmail.com
Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said here today that the State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to provide consultancy services for the establishment of a state-of-the-art automated milk processing plant in Dhagwar, Kangra. He said that the Dhagwar plant, with an initial capacity of…
Milk Production in Europe Continues to Fall: Two Big Reasons Why
The ongoing implementation of environmental regulations, called the European Green Deal, and low agricultural commodity prices have sparked numerous farmer protests across Europe. Dairy has not been immune as new regulations weigh on milk production. November EU milk collections fell to levels not seen in years, according to Betty Berning, analyst with the Daily Dairy…
A cow produces about 220 pounds of methane each year.
I was alarmed recently when I read that world leaders were gathering to discuss global warming. I don’t have the credentials to discuss the merits of the global warming argument … but I can certainly question what’s going on. Cows produce methane gas as part of their natural digestive process. According to a UC Davis study, a cow…
In Arunachal Pradesh, growing market for yak milk products
The yak-rearing brokpas of the Eastern Himalayas are banking on an additional source of income with climate change threatening livelihoods. The marketplaces in Arunachal Pradesh are brimming with an array of local delights, including seasonal kiwis, persimmons, nuts, etc. What’s most captivating to the waves of tourists flocking into the state as winter unfolds are…
Bihar’s Sudha milk company to increase milk prices?
The Bihar State Milk Cooperative Federation Limited, which sells milk and dairy products under the Sudha brand, attributed the increase to higher producer prices. The price of Sudha Shakti milk has been raised by Rs. 1. Earlier, Sudha Shakti milk was priced at Rs. 54 per litre but now it is priced at Rs. 55…
Consumers deplore hike in price of milk in Manapparai
A cooperative milk society in Manapparai, attached to Tiruchi Aavin, has increased the price of milk by ₹5 per litre to its regulars in the town. According to sources, the R. 985 Manapparai Milk Producers Cooperative Society procures about 22,000 litres per day from 65 centres in and around Manapparai. Of this, it supplies about…
No milk payment, Jind co-op society operators on strike
Operators of co-operative societies on Thursday went on an indefinite strike seeking release of payment of milk supplied to a milk plant, sitting on a dharna outside the main gate of Vita plant here. Nearly 2.5 lakh litre of milk is supplied to the plant from villages of Jind, Hisar and Fatehabad on a daily basis, according to officials. Cooperative societies chairman…
Dodla Dairy Limited Just Missed EPS By 15%: What next ?
Dodla Dairy Limited (NSE:DODLA) just released its latest third-quarter report and things are not looking great. Dodla Dairy missed earnings this time around, with ₹7.5b revenue coming in 3.1% below what the analysts had modelled. Statutory earnings per share (EPS) of ₹6.88 also fell short of expectations by 15%. Earnings are an important time for investors,…