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KMF downs cost of cattle feed by Rs 300 to solve dairy farmers’ problems
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Wednesday, 28 December, 2011, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Nandita Vijay, Bangalore
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The board of directors of Karnataka Co-operative Milk Federation Ltd (KMF) has decided to decrease the cost of Nandini Cattle Feed by Rs 300.
The decision comes after taking into consideration the increase in cost of milk production to the farmers. The price reduction comes in only for a period of three months between January 1, 2012, and March 31, 2012.
There are two types of cattle feed developed by the KMF. One is the Cattle Feed Type 1 which is priced at Rs 10,300 per tonne and the second is the Nandini Bypass Cattle Feed costing Rs 11,700.
Being typically a small farmer-led with small holdings and few animals with low productivity, the KMF has come forward to support the dairy farming community in the state.
Now for both the products, the KMF has reduced Rs 300 per ton price of the cattle feed. The reduction in cost has taken place only to provide the benefit to the farmers who are already reeling under crisis of rising prices of feed among other inputs, according to D Srinath, director, marketing, KMF.
Further, KMF is also toying with the plan to increase the cost of milk which is currently at Rs 21 per litre for its Nandini brand toned milk. The price increase has been envisaged with the Union government’s efforts to hike the petrol costs by Re 1 from January 1. Since transportation costs constitute a major chunk of the pricing mechanism, the KMF, might have to resort to increase rate per litre of milk, he stated.
KMF has 13 milk unions spread across 30 districts of Karnataka and is the second-largest dairy federation in the country after Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets Amul products, but is ranked first in south India as for its milk industry enterprise.
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