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This Dairy is a Milk bowl of the State provided with largest milk drying capcity

Organisation:

The Area of the Operation of the Erode Milk Union is the entire Revenue District. Milk is supplied to the Feeder Balancing Dairy either directly from nearby societies within a radius of approxi -mately 40 kilometers and through the chilling centers beyond this distance. The map shows the geographical locations of these units in the District and the milk supplied to the Dairy. The flow of milk from the societies to its eventual marketing is shown below to give a bird’s eye view of the functioning areas of the processing of milk and the manufacturing of the various products . Milk is also supplied to other District Unions during their times of necessity from this Union besides the supply to the Tamilnadu Co-operative Milk Producers Federation for metro consumption. The Unions major products are standardized milk, skim milk powder, butter and ghee. The excess fat from milk after standardization is converted to butter and ghee. The Unions has a 10-ton and a 30-ton powder plant for the production of milk powder.

Besides milk powder, butter and ghee the Union also manufactures popular products like milk khoa, flavoured milk, masala buttermilk in sachets, and ice cream for local customers. These products have found a regular market locally. Milk powder, butter and ghee from this Union is of the highest quality and is in good demand in the upcountry markets. This bulk marketing of these products is done by the Tamilnadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation at Chennai. Technical Input Programs; Animal Husbandry: The Union provides free animal husbandry coverage and emergency veterinary services round the clock for the animals of the milk producers in the district.

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