There are around 1,000 dairy farms in Satkhira, which produce over 50,000 litres of milk every day Dhaka Tribune'All the dairy farmers in the district will turn paupers if this situation continues'Hundreds of dairy farmers in Satkhira are counting huge losses as they are forced to dump over 50,000 litres milk every day for lack of demand at every level amid the virtual lockdown in the country after the coronavirus breakout. As the dairy farmers have no alternative source of income, particularly after this pandemic, farm owners in the district are even failing to arrange feed for their cattle. Local dairy farm owners said Milk Vita used to collect 8,000 litres milk while Akij Group 600 litres from them and they used to supply the rest of the milk to different sweet-making factories in Satkhira and Khulna. Amid the deteriorating scenario, dairy farmers have sought government help just to survive. He also informed that he personally urged the Chairman of Milk Vita to collect milk from the district for producing food for babies and children.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 18, 2020 15:45 UTC