How Jai and Anuj Agarwal built Gyan Dairy into a milk behemoth
2003, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The engineer started with a bang. Born and brought up in Kaimganj, some 230 km from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh (UP), Jai Agarwal went to The Scindia School in Gwalior, completed his graduation from the DY Patil College of Engineering and joined the four-decade-old family business of tobacco in 2001. His…
Plant-based dairy alternatives are not as nutritious as milk product
As more people are consuming plant-based dairy alternatives for health and nutrition reasons, Safefood says these products often contain less protein and, in some cases, less calcium than their dairy-based counterparts. A further survey of Irish consumers reveals that these findings conflict with their perception of the nutritional value of plant-based products. These findings run…
Low Chinese demand, more products factor into global dairy prices tumble
Global dairy prices have resumed their losing streak in the global dairy auction overnight. The average price at the fortnightly sale fell 3.5 percent to US$3911 ($NZ6830) a tonne, after rising 2 percent in the previous auction. Prices have generally been falling since hitting a record high in March. “A significant lack of demand arriving…
Govt saw fodder crisis coming over two years ago
AWARE OF the upcoming disaster, the Union authorities had developed a blueprint a minimum of two years in the past for assembly fodder deficit that’s adversely affecting agricultural households now. This concerned organising about 100 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) for fodder by the Nationwide Dairy Growth Board (NDDB), however not a single such FPO has…
Stellapps gets patent for farm management system
Dairy technology start-up, Stellapps Technologies Pvt Ltd, on Monday, said it has been granted a 20-year patent for its invention – farm and herd management system, which helps dairy stake holders to remotely monitor and manage their farms through mobile devices. “We have been granted a patent for an invention in the automated, IoT-based, artificial…
Healthy Heights® KidzProtein Range To Hit Walmart’s Shelves
Nutritional Growth Solutions, Ltd., (NGS), (ASX:NGS) a leading provider of clinically backed nutritional products designed for children, has deepened its collaboration with Walmart, Inc. as it rolls out its high in demand Healthy Heights® KidzProtein range to an initial 403 select brick and mortar stores across the United States. KidzProtein nutritional shakes contain whey protein…
All-women milk business gives better living standard for rural families in UP
Women in the parched landscape of the Bundelkhand region are steering towards self-sufficiency through milk production run by a well-structured women self-help group that has expanded to over 40,000 female members. These women are partners in Balinee Milk Producer Company Limited and have taken big strides since the inception of the company in 2019. The…
Kwality Wall’s hits Rs 1000 crore mark
Kwality Wall’s, the frozen dessert brand of Hindustan Unilever, has reached a business of Rs 1,000 crore backed by product innovation and growing distribution channels, including quick commerce even as there is pressure of rising raw material prices. “Despite two years lost due to Covid, the category is coming back to momentum and of course,…
Lumpy Skin Disease:A livelihood crisis for India’s small dairy farmers
It was on a July day that Lakshmi Devi noticed swelling on her cow Laalri’s legs. The next day, the animal’s body was covered with lumps. Devi called the local veterinarian to find out that a viral illness by the name of lumpy skin disease (LSD) has been spreading in her district of Bikaner in…
Haryana to raise purchase price of milk
Cooperation Minister Dr Banwari Lal today said the Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation had decided to increase the purchase price of milk from Rs 770 to Rs 800 per kg fat from October 1. The decision will directly benefit the milk producers. The minister said this would help the milk unions to reduce the cost…