Alappuzha Dairy is directly managed by the Kerala Co-operative Milk
Marketing Federation. An Asceptic Packing Station (Tetrapack unit) and
Milk Powder Factory are also established in the dairy compound, which are only one of its
kind in Kerala. Central Products Dairy (CPD) was commissioned on 23rd December 1987 with a
capacity of 60000 LPD.
E-mail: milmacpd@md3.vsnl.net.in
Facilities are available to produce normal and instant varieties of Skim Milk Powder, whole milk powder, baby foods, 4.5 MT ghee per day production facility is also provided.
| Looking forward to have tie-ups with reputed firms for spray drying operations to utilise spare capacity |
Milma has two cattle feed plants, one each at Pattanacad in Alappuzha District and Malampuzha in Palakkadu District. The plant at Pattanakad was established in 1985 with an investment of 142 lakhs and the installed capacity of the plant was 100 MT per day. Later during 1993 this plant was expanded to 300 MT per day capacity at an investment of 307.5 lakhs. This plant can also produce pellet form of cattle feed. The plant at Malampuzha was set up by Animal Husbandry Department, Government of Kerala in 1972 with an installed capacity of 100 MT per day and later during April 1983 it was handed over to KCMMF as part of the agreement between Government of Kerala and NDDB for implementation of Operation Flood II programme in Kerala. This plant was modernised with computerised batching operation with an investment of Rs.56 lakhs during 1989 and subsequently expanded to 200 MT per day capacity during 1995 with an investment of 214 lakhs.
These plants were set up to supply good quality balanced compounded Cattle Feed at reasonable rates to member farmers of APCOS. The total production capacity of the plants is 500 MT per day, ie, 300 MT per day capacity plant at Pattanakkad and 200 MT per day capacity plant at Malampuzha.
E-mail:Pattanacad Plant milmafp@md3.vsnl.net.inAdjudged Top Feed Manufacturer of India for manufacture of Aflotoxin-free best quality cattle feed by Indian Association of Veterinary Pathologists during 1998.
In keeping with the ideology of placing the instruments of progress in the hands of the farmers themselves, an orientation programme was started way back in 1984 and the training needs were met from a rented building at Edappally in Ernakulam District. During the initial period NDDB came forward to help us in providing financial assistance as grant for meeting the training center expenses. Under North Kerala Dairy Project - Phase I, Swiss Development Co-operation provided Rs. 29 lakhs as grant for establishment of a full-fledged training center with hostel facility in the land adjacent to Trichur Dairy. Accordingly the training center was established and started functioning from the new premises from 2.1.1992 onwards and it provides training courses for Presidents, Secretaries, Milk Testers, Milk Collectors of Anand Patern Co-operative Societies, Milma agents and Milma staffs.