Kanchipuram: In rural areas, the purchase price of milk has been hiked to Rs 3 per liter for cow milk and Rs 5 per liter for buffalo milk. This has caused happiness among the rural cattle breeders.
In Kanchipuram district, next to paddy cultivation, goat and cattle rearing is the main livestock industry. Out of this, the number of people rearing dairy cows is more than goat rearers.
Sheep and goat farmers receive income based on the number of lambs sold at the end of the year. For dairy cows, this is not the case. For dairy farmers, daily income comes from milk.
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In particular, dairy cows can earn substantial income by milking and selling milk daily. Due to this, most of the cattle breeders are getting more interested in rearing buffaloes and dairy cows.
Dairy cow milk, for example, sells for up to Rs 22 per litre. If a cow milks 5 liters of milk both in the morning and in the evening, the daily income of 110 rupees is easily available.
Those who own ten cows can earn up to one thousand rupees daily. In rural areas, milk traders are purchasing milk from dairy farmers at low prices.
A few are able to earn substantial income by selling milk directly to private factories and cooperative societies.
Most of the dairy farmers in rural areas rely on private milk traders for dairying. Some people are milking cows and selling them with the investment money given by the milk dealer.
Thus, the price fixed by the milk traders is available to the milking and blowing milk cow farmers. Accordingly, per liter of cow’s milk, 22 rupees. For one liter of buffalo milk, the milk dealers were paying up to 25 rupees to the cow farmers.
Recently, milk dealers in rural areas have hiked the purchase price of milk by up to three rupees. Accordingly, from the current January, 25 rupees per liter of cow’s milk. 30 rupees for buffalo milk. This has caused happiness among cattle breeders.
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Milk dealer N. Sudhakar said: When milk production is high during the rainy season, procurement from private milk factories is reduced. A lot of milk is required during summer. At such times, milk production decreases.
However, we have fixed an average price of Rs.22 to the dairy farmers. From this year, we are going to provide 25 rupees per liter of milk. We are going to pay Rs 30 for buffalo milk.
This is what he said.
In this regard, Mohan, a dairy cow breeder, said: The price of milk has not increased for four years. It is pleasing to see that the price of milk has been increased up to five rupees per liter this year.
As the Government Milk Procurement Stations procure in urban areas, procurement in rural areas will also bring added happiness.
This is what he said.
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