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…
Milk procurement prices again getting slashed in Karnataka : Unions seeking more price subsidy
Karnataka Milk Federation has created history in procuring more than 90 lakh litres of milk per day. During Covid-19 , the federation has seen a sharp decline in demand of its milk and milk products. KMF interestingly is a amongst the few federations who have been giving price subsidy to dairy farmers since a long…
The toil behind smiles of dairy farmers in Karnataka-KMF story during Covid
Nandini is a second largest dairy brand in the country and third most popular brand under food and beverage category. The brand has a turnover of RS 14000 Crores and it represent over 9 lakh dairy farmers in Karnataka. KMF has 14 milk unions which collects milk from 254000 villages and caters to 10 million…
Dairy is an IT business now, transacting in milk
This title may sound weird , but it is a fact in today’s environment. The government announced lockdown in last week of March 2020 which induced tremors in dairy industry. Most of the dairy companies were not riding the wave of IT led supply chain over online platforms. Amul has been investing Rs 600-800 crores annually…