On Tuesday, the Kiara District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Limited, better known as Amul Dairy, announced an increase of Rs 30 in the prices paid to farmers for milk purchases.
Around seven lakh milk union members in the districts of Anand, Kheda, and Mahi Sagar would now receive Rs. 850 per kg of fat because of the increase.
The rise will not, however, have any effect on consumer milk prices.
Chairman of Amul Dairy, Vipul Patel, described the increase in price for its members of Rs. 13.71 per kilogramme of fat as an Independence Day present. After August 11, the new prices will go into effect.
Patel said this year, dairy farmers are burdened with a rise in cattle feed prices, which have increased by 15.20%.
“Farmers who are earning Rs.1.85 per litre of buffalo milk will get Rs. 2.16 per litre, whereas those earning Rs.1.29 per litre of cow milk will earn Rs.1.36 per litre.”
Going by the revised prices, farmers who pour a litre of buffalo milk with 6% fat get Rs. 5066, which after the price hike will increase to Rs. 52.51 per litre.
Like this, farmers are currently paid Rs. 59.10 per litre of buffalo milk with 7% fat; this price would rise to Rs. 61.26 per litre.
In the case of cow milk, the price per kilogramme of fat has increased from Rs. 363.60 to Rs. 377.30, or by Rs. 13.71 per kilogramme.
A farmer who currently sells cow milk with 3.50% fat will see an increase to Rs. 35.62 per litre, while a farmer who sells cow milk with 4% fat will see an increase to Rs. 37.57 per litre from Rs. 36.20 per litre.
