Transporters’ strike on, Bengalureans’ milk supply hit
Mounting woes for Bengalureans, milk supply was disrupted in the city as transporters continued their strike in front of Karnataka Milk Federation offices across the city on Sunday. The strike, headed by the Federation of Karnataka State Lorry Owners and Agents’ Association, was launched over growing demand by transporters to revise costs and a new…
Shah’s ‘KMF-Amul cooperation’ remark triggers social media row
Union home minister Amit Shah’s statement in Karnataka’s Mandya on Friday calling for “cooperation” between the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) and the Anand Milk Union Limited (Amul) in Gujarat has drawn flak in the southern state, with many starting a campaign on social media to save “brand Nandini milk”. Shah inaugurated a mega dairy built…
Karnataka: Nandini ghee price up Rs 180 per litre in 2-and-half months
Unable to get the government’s approval to hike milk prices in the past few months, the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) is pushing up the price of Nandini ghee and it has gone up by over Rs 180 per litre in two-and-a half months. A litre of Nandini ghee which was sold at Rs 450 on August 22 is now…
Pay more money for Nandini milk as price may go up by Rs 3 in Karnataka
A litre of Nandini toned milk (blue sachet) currently costs Rs 37. The cost may go up to Rs 40. Simultaneously, the prices of other varieties and curds will also increase. “For the past two-and-a-half years, milk prices have not increased even as the procurement and supply cost saw a 30-40 per cent jump owing…
Mymul to set up vigilance squad to tackle fake products
A day after a fake Nandini ghee racket was unearthed in Mysuru, the Mysuru District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Societies’ Union Limited (MYMUL) has decided to set up a vigilance squad to counter the distribution of fake dairy products misusing the Nandini brand name. MYMUL President P.M. Prasanna told reporters in Mysuru on Friday their vigilance…
KMF to invest Rs 1000 crore for inorganic growth in Maharashtra and Goa
KMF’s Managing Director BC Sateesh said that the co-operative is planning to buy two plants; in Mumbai and one each in Goa and Pune. “The tenders for the acquisition in Mumbai have been issued. We have drawn a Rs 1000 crore expansion plan by acquiring the dairy processing units,” he said. On the spree of…
KMF Milk launched in Vidarbha and plans are to scale from 10K-30K LPD
Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) will sell 10,000 lpd of fresh milk in six districts of Vidarbha from August 1. The target is to increase this figure to over 30,000 litres covering the entire region by the end of 2021. Situated in eastern Maharashtra, Vidarbha region has 11 districts;Amravati, Akola, Bhandara, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Nagpur,…
Milk prices in Karnataka to be reduced by Rs 1.50 per litre from June 1
Milk unions in Karnataka will be reducing the purchase price of milk from farmers by Rs 1.5/litre from June 1. They are doing it due to the decline in dairy consumption amid the pandemic-induced lockdown. The bad news is that this low demand has occurred during a glut in production because of decent rains. The…
DAIRY NEWS KMF milk sales down by 27% as time frame for milk sale shrinks
One of the largest milk farmers’ bodies in the country, the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) is facing a herculean task of sustaining during the curfew. A very short window of four hours between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. for milk business to operate daily has brought down sales by over 27%. KMF has seen an…
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…