New Delhi, Jan. 24 -- Rising cost of cattle feed and lack of support from govt. putting farmers under.
stress Lack of government support in getting adequate medicines and cattle feed is putting dairy farmers in severe stress.
If the government continues to neglect the sector, more than 6,000 farmers, who supply around 60,000 litres of milk daily to the government-run Co-operative Milk Producers Union, popularly known as Ponlait, will not be able to sustain the production, say many farmers.
A dip in production would prompt Ponlait to source milk from other States which would have a cascading impact on the price and quality of milk supplied to residents, said R. Arasu, a farmer from Abishekapakkam.
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