Thrissur: Kerala warrants immediate measures to increase its cattle wealth amid a steep decline that is threatening to nullify the importance of cattle feed, state animal husband and dairy development minister K. Raju has said.
Employees of Kerala Feeds Limited (KFL) too should form an initiative that aims to strengthen the state’s cattle population, he said after inaugurating a bypass protein plant at the PSU’s headquarters at Kallettumkara near Irinjalakuda here the other day.
“KFL also merits greater publicity for its cattle feed, which is the best available product of its kind in the state. KFL is not primarily profit-driven. It works for the benefit of our cattle far-mers,” minister added.
“The PSU, as part of diversification, opened its bypass protein plant run by an advanced technology that guarantees better quality cattle feed. The new facility has been completed with the help of the National Dairy Development Board,” KFL Chairman Dr K.L. Indusekharan Nair said.
He further said that the bypass protein plant would ensure that the cattle feed it manufactures had the capacity to retain proteins in the body of the cattle and it would lead to increased production and quality of the milk, he added.
KFL managing director Dr B. Sreekumar presented the report at the function that was chaired by Irinjalakuda MLA K.U. Arunan. Dairy farmer Sebastian Joseph, a native of Athirampuzha near Kottayam, was gifted with a gold coin he won at a lucky-dip organized for buyers of KFL’s Midukki cattle feed.
Mala block panchayat president E. Kesavan Kutty, district panchayat member Catherine Paul, block panchayat member Shiny Santo, Aloor panchayat president Sandhya Naisan, board member C.K. Chandran, representatives of three-tier panchayats and labour uni-ons were also present.
