Kerala dairy farmers gets highest milk price per litre: Minister
Dairy farmers in Kerala gets Rs 36 for a litre milk, which is the best procurement price in the country, state Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, and Milk Co-operatives Minister J. Chinchurani said on Friday. In his address at the launch function of Kerala State Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation’s (Milma) homogenised toned milk sachet (525 ml/Rs…
Evening milk collection by Milma stopped in Malabar region
Covid wave 2 and its restrictions are making lives of dairy farmers in Malabar region of Kerala state miserable. Keralas state milk cooperative federation Milma has stopped collecting evening milk from the farmers in six districts of Malabar region. The collection has been stopped from Tuesday May 18 2021. The Federation is facing problem with…
Kerala triple lockdown: Milma seeks exemption to collect and distribute milk
The Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma) has sought total exemption from ‘triple lockdown’ restrictions clamped on four districts of Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Thrissur and Malappuram, holding that the curbs will severely hamper its procurement and distribution operations. In a letter to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Chief Secretary V P Joy, Milma chairman P A…
Kerala achieves self-sufficiency in milk production
NRI returnees enter dairy sector, add heft Kerala Minister for Dairy Development K Raju has declared that the State has achieved self-sufficiency in milk production. This has been achieved in the face of adverse circumstances including inclement weather and the Covid-19 pandemic, he told newspersons here. “During 2019-20, Kerala State Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma)…
Milk powder and ghee to be part of Free kits for Ration shops in Kerala
The Kerala Milk cooperative ( MILMA) has recommended the Kerala government to include 200gm milk-powder and 100gm ghee in the free kit being distributed through the state’s ration shops amid the COVID-19 pandemic. For distributing 200gm Skimmed Milk Powder and 100gm ghee through every kit, Milma propose to use the excess procurement of milk. Milma…
MILMA seeks Bharat Ratna for Dr Verghese Kurien
Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (KCMMF), one of India”s biggest dairy co-operatives popularly known as Milma, has demanded that Dr Verghese Kurien, the father of India”s White Revolution, be posthumously bestowed with the nation”s highest honour Bharat Ratna. Milma also planned year-long programmes across the state to celebrate the birth centenary of Kurien, starting from…
Amul plans to sell up to 4 mn litres of milk across the Southern region
Reported by Nidheesh MK and Sharan Poovanna For decades, legacy dairy cooperatives have dominated the southern states and made a tidy profit selling milk. Now, India’s largest dairy brand, Amul, is making a push to expand in the south, which could shake up the milk industry in the five states of the region. Amul, the force…