Dairy farmers have encouraged the government to implement a new system to calculate the quantum of fat and solids not -fat (SNF) in milk obtained by Aavin.
Tamil Nadu Milk Producers Welelfare Association -Secretary MG Rajendran said that the current system, the modified Richmond formula, always led to that milk had by 0.2%with less SNF, which caused a loss of 56 Paise per liter.
The ISI formula shows SNF of 8% and higher per liter. With the Richmond formula SNF for many farmers, around 7.8% stays per liter. The standard for cow’s milk is 4.3% fat and 8.2% SNF. When one of these values changes, the price given to them also changes, he explained.
The government cannot increase the purchase price because it promised lower prices to the consumer. However, by implementing the ISI formula, which is implemented in other states, dairy farmers will automatically get an increase in payments, which will be a welcome move, he said.
This has been a long-term request from the more than 20 LAKH members of cooperative societies that form the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk producers Federation, whose popular brand Aavin is.
There are more than 9,000 cooperative societies that buy around 30 Lakh liters of milk from 4 Lakh milking parties every day.
Published – 06 April 2025 12:49 am is
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