May 19, 2026

 

Karnataka, India milk union saw 930,000 litres of daily milk procurement in April

 

 

Mysuru Milk Union Limited (MyMUL) in Mysuru, Karnataka, India, recorded 9.3 lakh litres (930,000 litres) of daily milk procurement in April.

 

About 1.7 lakh litres (170,000 litres) of excess milk was procured when compared to previous years.

 

Despite the district being affected by a heatwave, the milk union has registered record milk production. Experts attributed it to prevention of diseases in cattle, livestock fodder supply, and an increase in dairy farming activities.

 

If this trend continues, daily milk procurement is likely to touch 12-13 lakh litres (1.2-1.3 million litres) a day after June onwards once the monsoon picks up with green fodder available to milk producers.

 

Usually, MyMUL registers surplus milk production during the kharif and winter seasons due to the cooler environment, and decreases when temperatures start to rise. However, this year, the milk union has maintained a steady increase in milk procurement during summer and continued to receive 9.3 lakh litres of milk procurement daily.

 

MyMUL procures milk from nearly one lakh (100,000) active milk producers among 2.1 lakh (210,000) milk union-registered shareholders from 1,090 primary milk cooperative societies spread across various villages and towns in the nine taluks of Mysuru district.

 

Deputy Director of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences Dr C Nagaraj said the increase in dairy farming activities in the district and promotional measures initiated by the government are responsible for the increase in milk production in the union.

 

The department has also been strengthened with 10 mobile clinics to take care of cattle health. This is coupled with the distribution of mineral kits to deworm milking cows and increase milk production, timely vaccination to prevent lumpy skin disease, foot-and-mouth disease and other viral diseases in milking cows, distribution of fodder kits, increasing the population of high-yielding milking cows through artificial insemination programmes, and free distribution of fodder seed kits. All these measures are contributing to higher milk production as well as enhancing farmers' income.

 

The department is also distributing rubber mats and providing tips on maintaining milking cows with shaded arrangements during summer. All this is increasing milk procurement during the summer season.

 

Managing director of MyMUL KN Suresh Naik said the milk union procured an excess of 1.7 lakh litres (170,000 litres) of milk a day in April this year when compared to last year. The milk union recorded improvement not only in milk procurement but also in sales and marketing of its hundreds of milk products under the Nandini brand.

 

Timely disbursement of incentives provided by the government, prompt payment of milk procurement bills to milk producers, and the supply of nutritious fodder kits have all contributed to the increase in milk production, he added.

 

- The Times of India