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"பால எதுக்கு ரோட்டுல கொட்டி போராடுறீங்க?"
'வெல கெடைக்கல சார்'
"அப்படீன்னா ஏன் நிறைய உற்பத்தி பண்றீங்க?"
'நாங்க எங்க பண்ணுறம். அதுங்க குடுக்குதுங்க. நிறுத்த முடியுமா?'
"அப்ப அதுங்கள ஏங்க பெருக்கறீங்க?"
'இந்த லோலாயி எல்லாம் எங்ககிட்ட வேண்டாம்! சிவனேன்னு சுத்திகிட்டிருந்த எங்க நாட்டு மாடெல்லாம் புடிங்கிட்டு பாலாறா கறக்கிற வேத்து மாட்டெல்லாம் வளக்கச்சொண்ணீங்க. வளத்தோம். பால் பத்தாது இன்னும் வேணும் இன்னும் வேணும்னீங்க, பெருக்கினோம். இப்ப விலை இல்ல. நாங்க இந்த சீவனுங்களுக்கு தீனி வாங்க என்ன செய்வோம்? வித்தா முச்சூடும் வெட்டுக்குதான் போவும். அதுவும் கூடாதுன்றீங்க. நீயா மேஞ்சி உசிர காப்பாத்திக்க ன்னு அவுத்து பத்தி உட்டா, சாலைகள்ல மாடுகள் நடமாட்டம் அதிகமாச்சி, சாணம் போட்டு அசிங்கம் பண்ணுதுன்றீங்க. நாலு மாடு ஒரு பெரிய மனுசன் எடத்துல மேஞ்சிடுச்சின்னு போலீசு ஸ்டேசன்லல்லோ கட்டி வச்சீங்க?
நாங்க என்னதான் பண்ணுவம் சொல்லுங்க!
நாட்டு மாடை வீட்டுக்கொண்ணு குடுத்துட்டு இங்க திரியிற வேத்து மாடு அம்புட்டையும் புடிச்சிட்டு போயி... அதான் அந்த ஆப்பிரிக்க நாடுகள்ல குளந்தைகள்லாம் பட்டினியால சாகுதாமே அதுங்க வீட்டுக்கு அன்பளிப்பா குடுங்க உங்களுக்கு புண்ணியமா போவும்... நாங்க பழையபடி நாட்டு மாட வச்சி விவசாயம் பண்ணி வவுறு வளத்துக்குறம்!'
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"Why is there so much of surplus milk in our country today?"
'Because we are overproducing milk.'
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https://m.rediff.com/business/interview/why-indias-milk-producers-are-angry/20180717.htm
Snippets:
Why are we overproducing things? We are also overproducing farm products when there are no buyers.
The glut started from 2014-2015.
In Maharashtra, you can see now that milk is costing less than a bottle of water.
In North India, you get cow milk for Rs 19 to Rs 21 a litre while bottled water is more expensive than that.
The entire dairy industry in the world is struggling for survival and this situation has aggravated in the last four years.
I have been quoting that in the USA over 17,000 small dairy farms have closed down in the last decade.
In Europe, more than 1,000 dairy farms have closed down in the last three years.
In Australia, milk prices are on a downward spiral forcing the biggest cooperative giant, Murray Goulburn, to sell (its business) to Saputo in Canada.
This was the biggest cooperative dairy in Australia which was sold because they could not pay prices to their farmers.
In New Zealand, which is known for its very efficient dairy industry, farmers continue to suffer heavy losses.
So the problem is not restricted to India alone.
This is a worldwide problem because of the eclipse of small dairy farms and the rise of mega dairy farms.
Many years ago in the USA, at the time of President (Richard M) Nixon, the then US agriculture secretary Earl Butz had said 'get big or get out' and this is the trend which is going on globally.
Is the same thing happening in India?
Yes. the trend is catching up.
Small farmers are being driven out. Agriculture policy is favouring large producers.
India has already allowed 100 per cent FDI in animal husbandry.
Dairy giants like Fonterra of New Zealand, French cheese maker Fromageries Bel, Denmark's Arla, Dutch dairy cooperative Friesland Campina, Mexico's Grupo Lala, and Germany's Hochland Group have been reported to be looking for opportunities to set up own units or to partner with local players.
But the ban on cow slaughter may come in the way.
In the USA, Walmart is the latest to have entered the dairy business.
In India, 80 million women are engaged in the dairy farm activities and it is a question of livelihood for the poor in India.
It is generally believed that farmers who integrate dairy with farming do not commit suicide because small dairy operations supplements their incomes.
Now that sector, which was a saviour of agriculture, is also in bad shape.
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What about cooperatives like Amul? Are they doing well?
How can they do well?
They too are in crisis.
The Gujarat Cooperative Marketing Milk Federation is collecting milk from farmers once a day. Earlier, they used to collect twice a day.
Many dairies in Maharashtra do not buy cow's milk because it has less fat compared to buffalo milk.
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What future do you foresee for the dairy industry?
There seems to be no good news on the horizon.
FAO has recently stated that international commodity prices, including for milk, will remain low for the next decade.
I don't see a bright future for the dairy sector in India.
We will see more and more small farmers getting out of the dairy business in the years to come.
Policy-makers are keen to bring in big dairy giants into India, go for industrial scale dairy farms.
Our entire economic thought is in that direction.
The same thing is being said about the farming sector too.
Yes, the entire effort is push small farmers out of agriculture, to bring them into cities which are in need of cheaper labour.
Corporate agriculture is being strengthened. Model law for contract farming has already been circulated among states. Marketing infrastructure is also being strengthened in the same direction.
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Why are farmers still producing milk? Have they no idea where the dairy business is going?
What do you expect farmers to do?
They are hurt by low prices. They are protesting in various states.
After recent protest by dairy farmers in Maharashtra, the state had fixed a higher procurement price. But milk plants are unable to pay that high a price.
Himachal farmers have now threatened to hold a massive state-wide protest if the government does not provide them with higher milk prices.
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