THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A rise in temperature this summer is not necessarily going to be a major worry for dairy farmers as Milma has facilitated an insurance scheme against a potential drop in milk production during hot weather. Even farmers in Punalur and Palakkad, experiencing some of the country’s highest temperatures currently, are covered under the ‘Saral Krishi Bima’ -- a heat …
The Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, known as Milma, has threatened to source milk directly from farmers in Karnataka in a development that is likely to escalate a simmering row between the milk unions of the two neighboring states. Milma has opposed the sale of Karnataka milk federation’s Nandini dairy products in Kerala. Milma’s Ernakulam regional union chairman MT Jayan …
Hundreds of dairy farmers under the Ernakulam Regional Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union have been hit by heavy winds and rains in recent days. ERCMPU chairman John Theruvath said the Paniyeli milk primary cooperative was one of the hardest hit, with its building having been extensively damaged in rains at the end of March. The regional cooperative distributed around ₹8 lakh …
