No govt support, Chamba’s Gujjars struggle to sell milk
Thanks to a lack of government support, the Gujjars living in Chamba district are struggling to sell milk produced by their cattle. They are left with no choice but to sell milk at throwaway prices or its byproducts, like khoa, in the local market. Uppinder Kumar, Assistant Director in the Department of Animal Husbandry in […]
Pune dairies to conduct tests to rule out oxytocin traces in milk
Following the Tuesday arrest of six dairy farmers in Pune and the adjoining areas for injecting buffaloes with oxytocin to increase their milk-producing capacity, milk federations such as Katraj and Sonai have decided to conduct the necessary tests to rule out any traces of oxytocin in the milk produced by them Following the Tuesday arrest […]