With a view to boost dairy farming in Punjab, the state government has decided to start 20 mobile veterinary dispensary vans to provide on the spot treatment facilities to animals.

Sri Lankan government is committed to provide support facilities to dairy farmers in the country to improve their trade with the goal of achieving self-sufficiency, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said.

AJAY MODI / New Delhi November 17, 2009, 0:24 IST

Hariyali Kisaan Bazaar (HKB), the rural retail arm of DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd (DSCL), has entered the milk procurement business in Uttar Pradesh and is looking to expand to Rajasthan next month. The milk is being supplied to dairy units and is being mainly used to produce milk powder.

Ludhiana:

Commercial dairy farming is a rapidly growing profession and needs proper planning, better skill and scientific know-how. By adopting scientific methods, production has touched new heights and negative economic impact of unorganised dairy farming has gone down.

Amidst reports of synthetic milk being supplied in the open market, the state government has asked various cooperative milk federations to pull up their socks or get ready to face action.

There is a shortfall of around 60,000 litre milk everyday. Kanpur is bearing the brunt with a daily shortfall of 20,000 litres.

Governor K. Sankaranarayanan today laid the foundation stone of a one lakh litre milk processing and packaging plant near Khelgaon in Hotwar, a few yards from the venue of the 34th National Games.

The project, for which the state had earlier signed an MoU with the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), is aimed at gaining self-sufficiency in milk production.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The expert committee appointed to look into ways and means to streamline livestock and dairy farming envisages an investment of Rs 3,240 crore within three years in these sectors.

A dairy that produces one lakh litre of milk a day will be like drop in the ocean for Jharkhand that faces a daily shortage of eight lakh litres. But, it is a good beginning to tackle the state