Centre asks NDDB to estimate India's milk demand

The country does not know how much milk is needed despite its growth having exceeded targets

India's cow crisis: The full coverage

All that you need to know about what's wrong with India's cow laws and the problems they are leading to in a five-part series

A revolution in white

A church-inspired people's dairy project in Kerala turns out to be a trailblazer

Mr. Milkman is here

A new breed of dairy farmers is milking the growing demand for healthy, safe food

GATT goes sour

JAMAICA

Why Union Budget 2022-23 will help India’s dairy and livestock farmers

Reduced alternate minimum tax and surcharge reduction for cooperative societies, increased allocation several schemes as well as livestock health …

Food security for livestock

Focus must shift from supercows to cattlefeed  

Cooperative in spirit

Verghese Kurien, the man who made cooperatives an empowering business model

Changes in livestock breeding needed to boost A2 milk: study

The frequency of A2 casein is high in indigenous breeds of India as compared to that of exotic, indicating an opportunity for Indian dairy …

Cutting antimicrobial use, promoting good farming practices can enhance farm productivity

A six-year study conducted by UK researchers showed that these steps can help increase milk yield and fertility parameters and drop clinical …

Dolly's dark cousin

Scientists in India claim that they will soon clone the buffalo

Carving oases in drought-prone Kutch

The Shree Vivekananda Research and Training Institute has made a name for itself, helping villagers in Kutch district. Among its innumerable …

A silent white revolution

Women living in a non-descript village in Gujarat revive a defunct dairy, earlier run by men. Today, not only do they churn out 100 per cent …

Natural-born killers

A naturally occuring bacterium in milk can save the losses incurred by mal1scale dairy farmers who do not own refrigeration facilities

Lactalis to milk more in India. Why that may worry some

French dairy giant has been in the news for allegedly cheating farmers back home, for its secretive business model and for the quality of its products

Skimmed milk

Cattle pollute San Joaquin air

Dairies in the US town will need air-operating permits

New diet regime for calves

Importing cattle growth hormone hits snags

A growth hormone that the National Dairy Development Board seeks to import because it can increase milk yield by as much as 30 per cent, has run …

RELOCATION OF DAIRIES

New milky way

Private players are entering the Indian dairy market in a big way. Dairy cooperatives, which ushered in the White Revolution, need to expand and …

Beggar-thy-neighbour

‘There is not enough milk’

Amrita Patel was part of the White Revolution that made India self-sufficient in milk. She joined Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’…

How now virtual cow?