April 18, 2013

Banas Dairy's cattle feed mill in India is Asia's largest

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Banas Dairy's cattle feed plant, with a capacity of 1,000 tonnes of cattle feed per day, making it the largest in Asia, at a cost of INR140 crore (INR 1.4 billion) or USD$30 million.

The feed mill located in Katrva village, Deesa taluka, Banaskantha district is owned by Banas dairy, and was built with the view to become self-sufficient in the feeding of Banas' dairy cattle also supply feed to other companies in the area.

The construction of the feed plant comes as Banas Dairy has continued to grow strongly. In 2001, the company produced 3.5 lakh (350,000) litres of milk, today they are set to produce 35 lakh (3,500,000) litres.

The minister at the inauguration said that the district of Gujarat had witnessed a 68% rise in milk production.

The feed plant is expected to give new lease to cattle and cattle owners to raise milking capacity of their cattle.