State decides to control cattle feed prices in Kerala
Focusing on steps to enhance the income of dairy farmers, the Dairy Development department has decided to control the prices of cattle feed to rein in the spiralling production costs of milk. A meeting chaired by Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Minister J. Chinchurani here on Tuesday decided against hiking the price of milk and […]
25% increase in turnover for dairy major Milma Kerala State dairy cooperative
The Milma has recorded a 25% increase in its turnover in 2021-22. It increased its turnover (provisional) to Rs 4,300 crore from Rs 3,388 crore the previous year. In 2019-20, Milma’s turnover stood at Rs 3,210 crore. “The last two years have been really tough with the Covid-19 pandemic triggering an all-round crisis. But Milma […]
MILMA against Centre’s move to induct private nominee in NDDB
The Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (KCMMF), which owns the popular dairy brand Milma, has come out strongly against the Centre’s move to bring in private sector representation in the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), terming it as an ‘attempt to infringe’ on the autonomy of the body. The proposal to induct representatives from private […]
DAIRY NEWS Milma announces Rs 2 per liter incentive to dairy farmers of Kerala Bydairynews7x7@gmail.com
The Trivandrum regional co-operative milk producers union (TRCMPU) of Milma has announced an incentive of Rs 2 on each litre of milk procured from dairy farmers in four southern districts from February 1, in view of the rise in input cost and difficulties caused by the third wave of the Covid pandemic. The decision was announced […]
Milma has declared a flood relief aid of nearly ₹1 crore to dairy farmers
Milma’s Thiruvananthapuram Regional Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd (TRCMPU), which operates in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha and Pathanamthitta, has declared a flood relief aid of nearly ₹1 crore to assist dairy farmers in the flood-ravaged areas. The union which convened an emergency meeting here on Monday announced relief measures including a solatium of ₹25,000 to the […]
Milma opposes Centre’s move to impose tax on milk cooperative societies
Centre has decided to bring dairy cooperatives earning over ₹50 lakh under IT purview The Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, popularly known as Milma, has strongly opposed the Centre’s move to impose income tax on the Anand-model primary milk cooperative societies Milma will organise a mass protest at the Palayam Martyrs Column on Tuesday to […]
Cooperative in Kerala targets record sales during Onam festival
Despite the setbacks suffered by dairy farmers owing to the first and second waves of COVID-19 during the past two years, the Ernakulam Regional Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (ERCMPU) targets selling a record 13 lakh litres of milk, 80,000 kg of curd and 172 tonnes of clarified butter during the Onam season. ERCMPU chairman John […]
Kerala dairy farmers gets highest milk price per litre: Minister
Dairy farmers in Kerala gets Rs 36 for a litre milk, which is the best procurement price in the country, state Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, and Milk Co-operatives Minister J. Chinchurani said on Friday. In his address at the launch function of Kerala State Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation’s (Milma) homogenised toned milk sachet (525 ml/Rs […]
Evening milk collection by Milma stopped in Malabar region
Covid wave 2 and its restrictions are making lives of dairy farmers in Malabar region of Kerala state miserable. Keralas state milk cooperative federation Milma has stopped collecting evening milk from the farmers in six districts of Malabar region. The collection has been stopped from Tuesday May 18 2021. The Federation is facing problem with […]
Kerala triple lockdown: Milma seeks exemption to collect and distribute milk
The Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma) has sought total exemption from ‘triple lockdown’ restrictions clamped on four districts of Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Thrissur and Malappuram, holding that the curbs will severely hamper its procurement and distribution operations. In a letter to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Chief Secretary V P Joy, Milma chairman P A […]