Summary:
On an average, state dairies report procurement of 1.25 crore litres of milk per day, with cooperative dairies receiving 40 per cent and private dairies accounting for the rest. As farmers in drought-affected regions in Maharashtra struggle to acquire fodder and water for their animals, dairies in the state have reported a significant dip in milk procurement. Given the condition of the drought-affected regions, the dip in milk procurement is expected to continue for eight to nine months. Officers of the state Animal Husbandry Department say the state has 1,284 operational fodder camps that are tending to 8,55,513 animals. Beed, Osmanabad, Solapur and Ahmednagar districts have the largest number of fodder camps..