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1. Kerala, Maharashtra to get milk from Karnataka federationKarnataka federation to supply milk to Kerala,
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Kerala, Maharashtra to get milk from Karnataka federationKarnataka federation to supply milk to
Kerala, MaharashtraThe Karnataka milk cooperative is increasing its processing capacity, setting up
new unit
Author: Babu, Venkatesha
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Abstract: The cooperative, which has 4,900 employees, also wants to gradually reduce their numbers. Since we
are expanding some facilities and adding newer ones, we will redeploy manpower as required.
Full text: Jun. 8--Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Ltd (KMF) will supply around 100,000 litres
of milk to Kerala and 50,000 litres to Maharashtra every day to help them tide over a paucity of fresh milk.
The supply is likely to start in around a week after the logistics are finalized.
"In the summer months, scarcity of milk goes up as cattle feed becomes scarcer and costlier. However, we are
procuring about 40 lakh litres of milk every day from about two million farmers," said A.S. Premanath, managing
director of KMF. "Our priority, of course, is to meet the state's needs first."
Karnataka consumes around 3 million litres of milk and curd daily. "While we usually deploy the excess milk to
create value-added products like ghee, flavoured milk and specialty items like milk-based sweets, as these
provide us higher margins, we also want to help our neighbouring states and, thus, the sale," Premanath added.
KMF has another order to supply around 7.5 million litres of milk to the Indian Army over the next year.
To meet these additional demands, the milk cooperative is increasing the processing capacity at its Kolar plant
and setting up a procurement and processing unit at Chennarayapatna, investing around Rs50 crore.
KMF, started in 1975, represents 11,542 dairy farmer cooperatives in Karnataka and sells its products under the
Nandini brand. It is the second largest dairy cooperative in the country after the Gujarat Cooperative Milk
Marketing Federation, which markets under the Amul brand. Premanath said that KMF will begin selling cream
and cheese as well in the next few months.
In 2009-10, KMF had a revenue of Rs3,135 crore and a net profit of Rs16 crore. With the new contracts in
place, Premanath says KMF is expected to achieve a turnover of Rs4,000 crore this fiscal.
The cooperative, which has 4,900 employees, also wants to gradually reduce their numbers. "Since we are
expanding some facilities and adding newer ones, we will redeploy manpower as required. However, we will not
be hiring to replace a clutch of workers retiring," said Premanath.
Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Ltd (KMF) will supply around 100,000 litres of milk to Kerala
and 50,000 litres to Maharashtra every day to help them tide over a paucity of fresh milk.
The supply is likely to start in around a week after the logistics are finalized.
"In the summer months, scarcity of milk goes up as cattle feed becomes scarcer and costlier. However, we are
procuring about 40 lakh (four million) litres of milk every day from about two million farmers," said A.S.
Premanath, managing director of KMF. "Our priority, of course, is to meet the state's needs first."
Karnataka consumes around 3 million litres of milk and curd daily. "While we usually deploy the excess milk to
create value-added products like ghee, flavoured milk and specialty items like milk-based sweets, as these
provide us higher margins, we also want to help our neighbouring states and, thus, the sale," Premanath added.
KMF has another order to supply around 7.5 million litres of milk to the Indian Army over the next year. The milk
cooperative is increasing the processing capacity at its Kolar plant and setting up a procurement and processing
unit at Chennarayapatna, investing around Rs50 crore.
KMF, started in 1975, represents 11,542 dairy farmer cooperatives in Karnataka. It is the second largest dairy
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cooperative in the country after the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation. Premanath said KMF will
begin selling cream and cheese as well in the next few months.
In 2009-10, KMF had a revenue of Rs3,135 crore and a net profit of Rs16 crore. With the new contracts in
place, Premanath says KMF is expected to achieve a turnover of Rs4,000 crore this fiscal.
KMF, which has 4,900 employees, also wants to gradually reduce their numbers. "We will redeploy manpower
as required. However, we will not be hiring to replace a clutch of workers retiring," he said.
Credit: Mint, New Delhi
Subject: Marketing; Milk;
Publication title: McClatchy - Tribune Business News
Publication year: 2010
Publication date: Jun 8, 2010
Publisher: Tribune Content Agency LLC
Place of publication: Washington
Country of publication: United States
Publication subject: Business And Economics
Source type: Wire Feeds
Language of publication: English
Document type: News
ProQuest document ID: 365428714
Document URL: http://search.proquest.com/docview/365428714?accountid=139266
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Last updated: 2011-11-02
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