Mother Dairy launches pure buffalo milk variant
It is being initially launched in the Delhi-NCR region and its distribution will be further expanded to Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana Leading milk and milk products company, Mother Dairy on Tuesday announced the launch of its Pure Buffalo Milk variant for consumers. It is being initially launched in the Delhi-NCR region and its distribution will be […]
KMF to sell buffalo milk from December 21, 22
To cater to the rising demand from consumers, the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) is all set to sell buffalo milk. The sales will start from December 21 and 22 in markets across the state and will be priced around Rs 70-75. The final price is yet to be decided, a senior KMF official said. KMF […]
Farmers association urges govt to hike Milk procurement price
The Tamizhaga Vivasayigal Sangam has urged the State government to hike the procurement price of milk to protect the interests of milk producers supplying to the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation (Aavin). The association urged the government to hike the price of milk procured through the milk producers’ cooperative societies to ₹41.75 per litre […]
A big fat problem in milk: What’s driving up prices?
The current price inflation in milk is mainly due to a shortage of fat. It has led dairies to hike full-cream milk prices or to cut fat content through rebranding of existing products. Also, milk does not attract GST, while fat and powder used in reconstitution does, an anomalous situation for which the consumer ultimately […]
Buffalo milk standards revised to 5% fat and 9% SNF by FSSAI
In the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011 (1) in regulation 2.1, relating to ‗Standard for Milk the standards for buffalo milk have been revised to 5% fat and 9 % SNF. Earlier these standards were having 6% fat and 9 % SNF. Normally raw milk in India is […]
Set up committee to determine milk procurement price in TN
The Tamil Nadu Milk Producers’ Welfare Association submitted a petition to the Chief Minister requesting the State government to constitute an expert committee to determine the procurement price of milk and to revise the maximum retail price accordingly. In the petition, the association demanded the Chief Minister to increase the procurement price as the cost […]
Buffalo milk and meat could both help double dairy farmers income
India is the world’s second-largest producer of farm products and blessed with 140 million hectares of sown farmland, nearly 1,200 mm of average annual rainfall and as many as 15 agro-climatic zones. However, despite this treasure of resources, India’s agricultural exports are hardly $ 40 billion a year. With the world expected to add another […]
Dairy industry witness an innovation galore during Covid times
Dairy farming is a crucial component of rural economy, which has the highest potential of generating income and employment through augmenting productivity of milch animals. It is an effective instrument of social and economic change. India is the largest milk producer in the world. In the last three decades, world milk production has increased by […]
