Madhya Pradesh is on the road to White Revolution. The quantum of daily milk collection has gone up by 80 per cent in just two years. One-and-a half lakh litres of milk is being sent from the State to Delhi, Mumbai and Nagpur. Four lakh litres of milk powder is being produced everyday. The rate of annual constitution of cooperative milk societies has gone up by two and a half times as compared to previous years. All the Dairy Federations of the State are running in profit.

A group of 25 veterinary doctors and animal husbandry officers from Sri Lanka have begun a tour of Kerala to study the State's initiatives in dairy farming.

The delegation, led by Hiteki Saito, Chief Adviser, Feeding and Dairy Management, Department of Animal Production and Health, is scheduled to visit the high-tech farm established by the Kerala Livestock Development Board (KLDB) at Kulathupuzha.

New Delhi: If you love an utterly butterly toast in the morning, chances are, you would have been missing the market leader in butter lately. For the past two months, Amul products like butter and cheese have been in short supply because the cooperative has decided to prioritize the supply of packaged milk.

An ambitious plan to set up a one lakh litre milk processing plant in Hotwar, Ranchi, has remained a non-starter for two years in a state that has a history of stillborn projects.

The government had identified around an acre for the proposed Rs 19-crore plant, proudly labelled the Jharkhand Dairy Project. Today, only a robust foundation stone — laid by former Governor K. Sankaranarayanan — tells the sorry tale of a failed mission amidst swathes covered in weeds.

Milked, the leading supplier of fresh milk in the organised sector in Punjab, is facing problems in meeting the increased demand of milk in the state. This has also resulted in a corresponding fall in the supply of Milkfed’s desi ghee in the market.

This summer, there was an increase of approximately 53,000 litres daily in the demand for Verka milk across Punjab. While the demand stood at an average of 7.87 lakh litres daily last year, it rose to 8.30 lakh litres daily this year.

Former Tamil Nadu Governor and Union Agriculture Minister, Surjeet Singh Barnala today called upon 10 dairy scientists to ensure that the research in the dairy sector was transferred to farmers, which could help them increase the milk production and yield.

Inaugurating a two-day workshop of leading dairy scientists at the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) here, he said India was the largest producer
of milk, yet an adequate quantity of milk was not available to all.

The United Commercial Bank (UCO Bank) Barpeta recently organised a mega agriculture credit disbursement camp at the Tarun Ram Phookan Smriti Sadan, where loan amount of Rs 2 crore were distributed among 300 beneficiaries. The proposals for loan included Kishan Credit Card, dairy development, fishery and other agriculture-related activities.

Borholla (Jorhat): With peace and normalcy gradually returning to Assam, small-scale ventures like dairy farming are increasingly gaining popularity in the region.

As many as 78 dairy societies have been formed in Tikamgarh district under Bundelkhand special package. The societies have been constituted by Gwalior Dairy Federation, affiliated to MP State Cooperative Dairy Federation. These societies are collecting 4,300 litres of milk daily at present. Milk chilling plants have also been established in Tikamgarh and Jatara with a view to give a fillip to dairy activities.