Farmers blame it on milk federation

The Coimbatore unit of the Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Association has blamed the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation for milk getting spoilt.

According to a resolution passed at the recently held district committee meeting, the farmers said that the Federation procured milk from farmers only after quality test.

Therefore, the Federation blaming farmers for the milk quality was against truth.

If the procured milk was spoilt, it was the Federation administration that was to be blamed, and not the farmers, it said.

The association had passed the resolution after farmers complained that the Federation rejected and poured milk saying it was spoilt and also staged protest.

As part of the resolution, the farmers had suggested that the State Government introduce milk in noon meal in schools to increase procurement and overcome the problem of surplus.

Another resolution said that the farmers would conduct in August this year a meeting to protect River Noyyal and other water sources in the district.

To overcome the human-wildlife conflict, the farmers had suggested that the Forest Department increase the depth of the trenches near forest boundaries from 2 to 3 m to prevent elephants from straying into agriculture fields.