Grassland, fodder issues merit global attention
India will occupy the G20 Presidency from December 1, 2022, to November 30, 2023, and host the 18th G20 Summit next year. The G20 Chair undertakes a wide range of activities to help members discuss and coordinate policies on matters of common interest. The shift in focus in recent years to the Global South is…
Parched Bundelkhand sends 50,000 litres milk per day milk to Bihar
Bundelkhand, which faces acute water shortage, sends 50,000 litres of pasteurised milk (fat 6.5% and SNF 9.1%) to Bihar everyday, Bundelkhand Co-operative Milk Federation officials said. Hemraj Singh Patel, chief executive officer of Bundelkhand Co-operative Federation, Sagar, said, “About 1.25 lakh litres of milk is collected daily from the milk producers of Sagar, Damoh, Chhatarpur,…
Lumpy skin disease: 1 lakh cattle deaths, toll almost double in 3 weeks
THE CUMULATIVE number of cattle deaths caused by lumpy skin disease has gone up to 97,435 as on September 23 – almost double from the 49,682 deaths recorded about three weeks ago, according to official data. The data available with the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying shows that the lumpy skin disease has spread across 251 districts…
‘I’d rather eat a real burger’:Why plant-based meat’s sizzle fizzled in the US
McDonald’s has shelved its meat-free burger trial and stock in one of the major manufacturers has dipped nearly 70% At the start of the year, McDonald’s launched a plant-based burger “sizzled on a flat-iron grill, then topped with slivered onions, tangy pickles, crisp shredded lettuce, Roma tomato slices, ketchup, mustard, mayo and a slice of…
Right-wing stirs row over halal certification again,TN co-op Aavin targeted
Interestingly, this is not the first time that Aavin’s halal certification has come under attack. There was a similar social media campaign against the state-run co-in 2020 when the AIADMK was in power. Right-wing social media handles have in the past spread misinformation several times about food products carrying a halal certification. The latest attempt…
Brokerage firm flags further increase in milk price soon
Dairy companies may need to again raise prices of milk in the second half of the current financial year, analysts at ICICI Securities said in a report on Wednesday. Dairy companies have raised milk prices by 8-10% in the past eight months due to a sustained rise in procurement prices. Wholesale milk prices have increased…
The evolution of lumpy skin disease virus
Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) is a viral disease that predominantly affects cattle. First identified in an outbreak in Zambia in 1929, the disease is caused by the LSD virus (LSDV), a poxvirus of the genus capripoxvirus. Until the 1980s. multiple outbreaks of LSD were confined to the African continent. The first reports of infections outside…
Nestle gung-ho about India, to invest 5000 Crores by 2025
Buoyed by the heralding of an “Indian age” in its business, Nestle has charted a ₹5,000-crore accelerated investment plan till 2025 to grow its India business. Speaking at a select media roundtable on Friday, Mark Schneider, CEO, Nestle SA, said: “We’re not only talking about an Indian decade here … but about the Indian age…
Prices up across the board in latest Global Dairy Trade auction
The gamble to drop 1000MT of whole milk powder (WMP) out of last night’s Global Dairy Trade auction has paid off for dairy giant Fonterra. Prices across the board rose 2.0 per cent, led by a 3.7 per cent gain in WMP, which averaged US$3733/MT. However, despite the lift, the product is sitting more than…
Low milk yield in India: Dairy news on 22nd sep 1972
A survey on the economies of milk production in five selected areas of Mysore, Kerala and Tamil Nadu has revealed that about 70% of the cow and buffalo population in these areas is now descript with a low milk yield of about 300 kg per lactation. Adopting the suggestion of the National Commission on Agriculture,…