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Sodhi resignation — Milk industry jolted, writes RN Bhaskar

Sodhi resignation — Milk industry jolted, writes RN Bhaskar - Dairy News 7X7

Last week delivered a shock to many in the milk industry.  R.S. Sodhi, the senior-most executive of the largest milk cooperative in India accounting for a turnover of Rs. Rs 46,481 crore in 2021-22, stepped from the helm of affairs.  He resigned from the post of managing director of the Gujarat cooperative Milk Marketing Federation […]

Sodhi resignation — Milk industry jolted, writes RN Bhaskar

Sodhi resignation — Milk industry jolted, writes RN Bhaskar - Dairy News 7X7

Last week delivered a shock to many in the milk industry.  R.S. Sodhi, the senior-most executive of the largest milk cooperative in India accounting for a turnover of Rs. Rs 46,481 crore in 2021-22, stepped from the helm of affairs.  He resigned from the post of managing director of the Gujarat cooperative Milk Marketing Federation […]

Selective cattle slaughter could be introduced in UP to keep dairy viable

Selective cattle slaughter could be introduced in UP to keep dairy viable - Dairy News 7X7

Stray cattle may not have decisively impacted the outcome of the recent Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. But it’s a problem that will not go away, as Prime Minister Modi  has himself acknowledged. UP has an estimated 19 million-plus cattle (i.e. the cow and its progeny) population. Farmers rarely keep cows beyond 5-6 calvings, by which time […]

The Cow Was Not Domesticated With the Idea That There Is Divinity in It

The Cow Was Not Domesticated With the Idea That There Is Divinity in It - Dairy News 7X7

Kharwas, a pudding made from the colostrum of cows, is, or should be, a nation-defining artefact. It’s a sort of steam-cooked, coagulated, first milk dhokla: an amuse-bouche that’s very slightly, lactically sweet, dressed in a negligee of saffron, that starts off smelling of the insides of the udder and the saliva of the new-born calf, […]

The Cow Was Not Domesticated With the Idea That There Is Divinity in It

The Cow Was Not Domesticated With the Idea That There Is Divinity in It - Dairy News 7X7

Kharwas, a pudding made from the colostrum of cows, is, or should be, a nation-defining artefact. It’s a sort of steam-cooked, coagulated, first milk dhokla: an amuse-bouche that’s very slightly, lactically sweet, dressed in a negligee of saffron, that starts off smelling of the insides of the udder and the saliva of the new-born calf, […]