The procurement price of milk with 3.5 per cent fat and 8.5 per cent SNF (solid not fat) in Maharashtra has crashed from Rs 35/litre to the present Rs 28-29/litre. Barring cooperative dairies, private players have begun correcting prices which has led to unrest among dairy farmers.
Wednesday, 28 July, 2021, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
Nandita Vijay, Bengaluru Indian dairy sector is on a growth trajectory. Technology adoption has seen emergence of robotic milking machines, sensors to detect whether the cow is ready for milking or not, advanced processes to detect once milking starts to identify impurities, colour and quality of milk are in vogue. Then there is cattle monitoring drones, blockchain for product traceability which is used by Nestle and Kerala government, farm management technology and RFID (radio frequency identification technology) to spot cow activity.
Yet another transformation on the dairy landscape which became ubiquitous is the use of apps for door delivery of milk. From Karnataka Milk Federation to Happy Milk to Organic Mandya, Country Delight and Milk Lane to name a few jumped on the bandwagon to ensure no disruption of milk supply to consumers during Covid-19 lockdown, while also safeguardin