December 24, 2013

Indian milk association to halt milk supply to cooperative societies

Due to the government's failure to respond to various demands, including tackling the rising price of cattle feed and foot and mouth disease (FMD), India's Tamil Nadu Milk Producers Union (TNMPU) said it would stop supply to cooperative societies in the state, starting from January 1, 2014.

TNMPU president, Senkottuvel, and general secretary, Rajendran, said that feed costs rose 52% while cattle which survived FMD were yielding less milk.

They alleged that the deaths of about 30,000 heads of cattle from FMD were not recorded by the Village Administrative Officers.