India Plans To Tag Millions of Cows To Curb Smuggling

India could issue millions of cows with unique identification numbers, the latest effort to protect the sacred animals amid a spike in violence by Hindu vigilantes against farmers accused of cattle smuggling. The government has told the Supreme Court that millions of cows will be tagged with a tamper-proof plastic tag linked to a national … Read more

Economy Losing Out On US$400 Billion Dairy Market

Even though the global market for dairy products is growing steadily and is expected to generate revenues worth over US$400billion in 2019, Ghana continuous to lag behind, thereby losing out on this global goldmine. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports that in the last three decades, world milk production has increased by more than … Read more

Intensifying Agric Production-Should Other Lives Pay the Price?

A few days ago, I had the opportunity to visit Marks Farm, a dairy (specifically fresh milk) producing farm at Lowville – New York State, USA. The farm is run with some of the most advanced technologies for producing milk from cattle (cows) that you can think of. There are about 10,000 cattle on the … Read more