Maharashtra plans to gift over 12L bovines to farmers in 5 years
Nagpur: Bullish on dairy industry , the state’s animal husbandry department has drawn up plans for a big cattle drive in Vidarbha and Marathwada regions. A proposal to make available 12.5 lakh cattle for farmers of the two regions in five years may soon be put up before the state cabinet. It means that in […]
Maharashtra: Diwali distress for dairy farmers
The procurement price of milk with 3.5 per cent fat and 8.5 per cent SNF (solid not fat) in Maharashtra has crashed from Rs 35/litre to the present Rs 28-29/litre. Barring cooperative dairies, private players have begun correcting prices which has led to unrest among dairy farmers. Constant correction in milk procurement prices by dairies […]
Dairy farmers oppose govt’s new rate card on milk price
Dairy farmers in Maharashtra are protesting against the new rate card issued after discussions between the state government and dairies about milk procurement price. The new rate card, farmers said, would lower their earnings as deductions as per the card is both steep and unreasonable. Milk procurement prices in Maharashtra had gone into a free […]
Arguing against free markets is actually disbelieving freedom itself
I have been hearing the seminal quote by Mahatma Gandhi in Indian context that “Mass Production is production by masses” since I started my career in the dairy industry. It’s almost four decades and even today I find most of the policies are oriented towards protecting the farmers. I am unable to decipher at times […]
Dairy farmers protest drop in milk procurement price
DAIRY FARMERS in Maharashtra are up in arms over the decision of dairies to reduce the procurement prices of milk. Sachin Patil, leader of the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana, from Pandharpur taluka of Solapur district, said dairies in their area have decided to pay farmers Rs 35 per litre for milk with 3.5 per cent fat […]
Dairy farmers protest drop in milk procurement price
DAIRY FARMERS in Maharashtra are up in arms over the decision of dairies to reduce the procurement prices of milk. Sachin Patil, leader of the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana, from Pandharpur taluka of Solapur district, said dairies in their area have decided to pay farmers Rs 35 per litre for milk with 3.5 per cent fat […]
Milk in short supply, Karnataka comes up with a solution
EVEN AS worries over cereal inflation are receding — with temperatures not rising as much to damage the standing wheat crop — it is milk that’s increasingly becoming a cause for concern. he Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation (KMF) has recently hiked the price of full-cream milk, sold under its ‘Nandini’ brand, in a rather […]
Denmark to set up centre of excellence in dairy production in Maharashtra
Denmark will set up a centre of excellence in dairy production in Maharashtra, announced Danish Ambassador to India, Freddy Svane, Tuesday, on his visit to meet Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. He said he had discussed the matter with Animal Husbandry and Dairy minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil. Soren Kannik-Marquardsen, minister counsellor, […]
Heat stress impacts milk production in Maharashtra’s dairy cattle
Milk producers in Maharashtra are reporting reduced milk output due to heat stress in dairy cattle. They are forced to use resource-intensive methods, which are expensive, to prevent heat stress in cattle and treat affected individuals. Installation of water systems, cooling systems in cattle sheds and planting trees, are some of the solutions recommended to […]
Lumpy Skin Disease: Are we staring at a milk drought in Maharashtra?
With farmers struggling to contain the fast-spreading infectious Lumpy Skin Disease that has affected an estimated 19,000 cattle in the state, dairy unions fear that milk shortage could disrupt market and hit consumers like you hard Dairy farmer Dnyaneshwar Patil is in a tizzy when we meet him on a weekday afternoon at his cow […]