Amul launch Janmaya vegetable oil to support oilseed farmers from Gujarat
GCMMF launched “Janmay”range of edible oils in Gujarat today. This initiative from Amul is to provide remunerative price to edible oilseeds growers of Gujarat. Amul’s has been eyeing vegetable oil market since a long time. In 2010 it went in talks with Anand regional oilseeds growers Union Ltd (ARCOGUL). ARCOGUL survived even those times when most of…
DAIRY NEWS Dairy Supply chains adapting to changing consumer behaviour during Covid-19 : A Report from US
COVID-19 is dramatically affecting consumer habits and dairy supply chains as food service demand plummets and grocery sales surge. Consumers struggling with job losses and economic uncertainty quickly returned to buying basic dairy products like fluid milk, commodity cheese and butter. A new report from CoBank’s Knowledge exchange indicates that consumer behaviour will be different for the…
DAIRY NEWS 240 crores mega dairy in Telangana state : Talasani Srinivas Yadav, animal husbandry minister
Telangana State government has announced to set up a mega dairy at a cost of Rs 240 Crore at Rajendranagar. A team of experts will conduct a study of dairies in other parts of the country before procuring the latest machinery for the mega dairy. Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav on Monday for a…
Safe milk drive in Rajasthan
Milk is the first food of life. It is one of the most complete food available on earth. It is highly perishable and thus vulnerable to chemical adulteration to extend its shelf life by the aggregators. Milk purity and safety is more critical during summer due to lack of cold chain also. Pure for sure…
Mother dairy launches Rocket : An ice cream chocolate
This time lockdown has eaten most of the ice cream season from March till May . The demand for ice cream begun to pick up after unlock 1.0. All major ice cream players are trying to woo consumers by offering delectable flavors in ice creams. Mother Dairy Delhi came out with an innovative category of…
FAO and Rabobank join hands for sustainability and inclusion in Indian dairy sector
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed a new partnership agreement with Rabobank. The purpose of this agreement is to help targeted rural communities benefit from more inclusive and sustainable food systems. It also envisages jointly exploring the use of innovative financial instruments to bridge financing gaps in emerging markets…
India could become dairy basket of the region
India is the largest producer of milk in the world. Indian government has recently taken a few initiative to strengthen dairy infrastructure in the country. These initiatives include Animal husbandry infrastructure fund for Rs 15000 Crores. PM Modi always insist on pushing exports and limiting imports under the make in India scheme. Currently India is…
US express concern over mandatory BIS feed regulation in India
India is the largest producer of milk in the world. Organised sector dairies process around 35-40 % of available surplus milk . FSSAI, the food regulator in India conducted a nationwide milk adulteration survey in 2018. The survey findings showed presence of 5.7% aflatoxin M1 in milk with higher share by the organised sector. Antibiotics…
Dairy News 7×7, 5 July 2020, Export subsidy in SMP
In a recently held auction at global dairy trade, the price index jumped up by 8.3%. The quantities of dairy products traded also increased by nearly 20% as compared to the last auction. North Asia remained as the key buyer with almost 50% of the total traded quantities. A total of 25688 MT of dairy…
Dairy farm bombed to the east of Gaza strip by Israel
Israeli aircrafts last night bombed several agricultural sites to the east of the besieged Gaza Strip. Helicopters and F-16 fighter jets attacked with at least five rockets across the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood. This locality is towards the east of Gaza City. WAFA reported that the Israeli artillery fired two shells at another plot of agricultural land to the northeast…