According to the Minister, female cattle-care workers in the Animal Husbandry Department will be paid more beginning next month for their efforts to sell more KFL products to dairy farmers.
Because Kerala continues to pay farmers the highest milk price in the country, any further increase in market rates will jeopardize the influx of low-cost dairy products. Nonetheless, the government recognizes that farmers’ milk sales revenue does not cover the cost of keeping cattle.
As a result, the administration has decided to provide farmers with subsidies through collaboration with the Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development departments, as well as Milma and local self-government institutions, according to the Minister, who spoke at a seminar hosted by Kerala Feeds Ltd (KFL) in Thrissur.
“We have made arrangements to ensure that subsidies reach farmers’ bank accounts directly,” she said during the symposium’s opening session on ‘Cattle-feed: Quality, Price, and Availability.’
Chinchurani stated that efforts have begun to grow the cereal grain on a large scale in the State, citing a lack of maize as a key raw material for cattle feed as a persistent operational issue for the public-sector KFL. “KFL has expressed its willingness to purchase any amount of maize,” she added, revealing that a delegation of scientists from top institutions across the country will arrive in Kerala this weekend to assist in carrying out the plan.
