Cattle face heat, Aavin milk procurement dips by 5L litres

THE searing summer has led to heat stress in cattle affecting milk output from buffaloes and exotic and cross-breed milch cows.

- B ANBUSELVAN

Because of this, the quantum of milk procured by Aavin daily in Tamil Nadu has dropped by five lakh litres over the last 10 days. The average procurement, which stood between 30 lakh and 31 lakh litres per day in March, has plummeted to 25 lakh litres since April 1.

While Aavin maintains that the drop in milk procurement is only one lakh litres compared to the same period last year when it was around 26 lakh litres per day, the situation may worsen in the coming days and may impact the production of allied products such as ice cream and milk sweets, industry sources said.