Cyclone Michaung: Shortages of drinking water, milk, and diesel
The devastating impact of Cyclone Michaung, which made landfall in Andhra Pradesh on December 5, has left parts of Chennai in a state of severe distress. Characterised by its super-cyclonic intensity,...Read More
Japan to Use Fuel from Cow Dung to Power Its Rockets!
In 2017, a Kolkata-based company launched extremely cheap and environment-friendly biogas-fuelled buses on the Indian streets. Five years later, such biogas-run buses were being deployed in Indore as...Read More
Andhra Pradesh registers 26% inc in milk production in 6 years
Andhra Pradesh recorded nearly 26% increase in milk production in the last six years — from 1.21 crore tonnes in 2016-17 to 1.54 crore tonnes in 2022-23 — as per the basic animal husbandry statistics...Read More
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...Read More
Neobank Digivriddhi Bags $6 Mn Funding in Series A funding
Digivriddhi will deploy the fresh proceeds to expand its footprint across Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra The Bengaluru-based firm offers dairy farmers and microe...Read More
Don’t take coercive action on Jaipur dairy officials: HC to cops
A single bench of Rajasthan High Court on Saturday directed the police not to take coercive action against the dairy officials in the FIR registered against them at Chaksu police station in a case rel...Read More
Milk prices are falling because of adulteration in Maharashtra?
Distantmers who have been affected by climate change are now facing plummeting prices of agricultural produce. In addition, the main milk business for the farmers is also betrayed and the price of mil...Read More
Higher production, sustainable development must for dairy
The department of dairy science and food technology, of the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, along with the Indian Dairy Association (Eastern UP chapter), organised a nati...Read More
Katraj Dairy slashes milk price by Rs 2/ litre for consumers
The Pune District Cooperative Milk Producers Union – the owner of brand Katraj- has decided to reduce the price of its toned milk sold in pouches by Rs 2/ litre. A statement issued Thursday said that...Read More
Natural livestock farming to reduce antibiotic use in dairy sector
In the world-wide quest for dairy modernisation, the focus on crossbreeding and productivity increase of dairy cattle has — besides enhanced milk production — also resulted in high use of agro-chemica...Read More
Country faces fodder crisis , milk prices may rise
New Delhi: India is facing a major shortage of dry fodder, according to two scientists at the Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute (IGFRI), pointing to a supply gap that could further inflat...Read More
Increased turnover for DIMUL despite slump in milk collection
The Dimapur District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd (DIMUL)in Nagaland state affected a 33 percent increase in sales registering a turnover of Rs 23.5 crore for the year 2022-23. The most well...Read More