₹4.5-crore incentive for dairy farmers, milk cooperatives
The Ernakulam Regional Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (ERCMPU) will disburse around ₹4.5 crore as incentive for milk production during the period between February 1 and March 31. The money translates into ₹7 extra per litre of milk, of which ₹5 will go to the dairy farmer and ₹2 to the primary milk cooperative. ERCMPU chairman…
ERCMPU to pay ₹7 extra to societies; farmers to get ₹5 more a litre
Milma’s Ernakulam Regional Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (ERCMPU) will pay an extra ₹7 a litre to milk societies under it, with ₹5 a litre going to the farmers. The decision was taken at a meeting of the ERCMPU in Kochi on January 25. This is the biggest incentive by far in the dairy sector in…
Cooperative in Kerala targets record sales during Onam festival
Despite the setbacks suffered by dairy farmers owing to the first and second waves of COVID-19 during the past two years, the Ernakulam Regional Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (ERCMPU) targets selling a record 13 lakh litres of milk, 80,000 kg of curd and 172 tonnes of clarified butter during the Onam season. ERCMPU chairman John…
Dairy Cooperative hikes Rs 3 per litre to dairy farmers in Kerala state
Ernakulam Region Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (ERCMPU) has decided to pay farmers an additional ₹3 a litre for milk being collected by the union from March 1, 2021. The cooperative has been paying an additional ₹1.50 per litre to its farmers since February 1 this year. Chairman of the Ernakulam region John Theruvath said that…