Relevance of Kurien’s Amul Model for contract farming
An article by Mr Alok Sinha Former Chairman & MD, Food Corporation of India In Amul’s case, middlemen were effectively replaced by dairy producers through farmers’ cooperatives. These cooperatives we...Read More
FSSAI reveals plan to make fortification in Oil and milk mandatory soon
FSSAI has revealed plans to make fortification as a mandatory initiative for edible oil and milk coming next few months, in addition to intensifying its focus on local staples such as rice, wheat and...Read More
Dairy Consumption in USA reaches all time high
Americans are turning to dairy products at a rate never seen before, according to the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS). New ERS data on annualized per capita consumption of dairy point to cheese,...Read More
Telangana State to offer insurance to dairy farmer’s and shepherds’ livestock
Dairy farmers and shepherds in the State can now get their dead livestock replaced in case of their death due to road mishaps, lightning and other disasters. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao gave h...Read More
NDRI Developed Buffalo Calf ‘Tejas’ For High Milk Yield using Clone Technology
The National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal has developed a high yield breed buffalo calf “Tejas” which will help in increasing milk production and farmers’ income across the country. “The National...Read More
Telangana State to offer insurance to dairy farmer’s and shepherds’ livestock
Dairy farmers and shepherds in the State can now get their dead livestock replaced in case of their death due to road mishaps, lightning and other disasters. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao gave h...Read More
NDDB to launch National Dairy Plan-2 soon
The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is gearing up to launch second phase of the National Dairy Plan (NDP) – the ambitious project to double milk production of India – which is already world’s...Read More
UP Govt plans setting up a dairy in every district : CM Yogi
To boost the state’s rural economy, the UP government will be opening one dairy in every division in phase-I. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Thursday on the day of PM Modi ji’s birthday. Duri...Read More
Transgenders in Thoothukudi get their Dairy cooperative in Tamil Nadu
The year was 1949. Dr. V Kurien took the helm of a nondescript milk cooperative society into his hands. The rest, as they say, is history. Cut to 2020, 70 years after the White Revolution that elevate...Read More
Mega Dairy farm worth Rs 445 Crores to be set up in Telangana state
Animal Husbandry Minister T Srinivas Yadav on Sep 15 said that the state government would establish a mega-dairy farm . It will be established at the outskirts of the city in Maheshwaram, of worth Rs...Read More
Lactalis group to acquire Kraft Heinz natural Cheese division
Lactalis Group (“Lactalis”), the world’s leading dairy group, today has entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition by its U.S. affiliate of Kraft Heinz’s Natural, Grated, Cultured and Spe...Read More
DAIRY NEWS Global dairy price index jumped up by 3.6% first time after July 7th
Global dairy price index jumped up by 3.6% for the first time after July 7th. Last time it got surged by 8.3%. This price increased happened yesterday at the 268th fortnightly auction event at Global...Read More