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Nandita Vijay, Bengaluru Indian dairy sector is on a growth trajectory. Technology adoption has seen emergence of robotic milking machines, sensors to detect whether the cow is ready for milking or not, advanced processes to detect once milking starts to identify impurities, colour and quality of milk are in vogue. Then there is cattle monitoring drones, blockchain for product traceability which is used by Nestle and Kerala government, farm management technology and RFID (radio frequency identification technology) to spot cow activity.
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