INDIANAPOLIS, W. Eli Lilly and Company and The National Dairy Development Board of India (NDDB) recently signed a “memorandum of under standing” for the development and registration of a range of biotech nology products for use in dairy cattle and buffalo in Indian Included in this agreement is Lil ly's bovine somatotropin (BST), recently registered in the Soviet Union under the trade name Optif lex™ (somidobovc, Elanco), and other new agricultural products of biotechnology. The NDDB has had a long his tory of developing India's dairy industry. Beginning with a small village farmers’ cooperative in the Anand district of Gujerat in 1946, the dairy industry has now grown to its present size of 53,000 cooperatives serving 6 million far mers. These cooperatives have plans to increase their size to rep resent 8 million farmers by the mid-19905. Most farms have two to five cows or buffalo, and the industry processes more than 2.S million gallons of milk per day. making India the world’s fourth largest milk producer. Butter, dpi*,'provable w dairy farmer who — Improve hia income: . Patented Pro;Rlght RC can give - you more milk from the grain fed. And that means higher profits. —■ It's a question ofbalance.. IMIIV Pro:RightßC increases dairy * feeding efficiency by regulating AmIUMV# the types and amounts of carbo- fWIVUf hydrates and protein in a cow’s . » ration. It works for all forage !■«■« SM programs. IHI9 II • Lilly Reaches Agreement To Develop BST In India cheese, ghee (butter oil), and cho colate are also produced. The NDDB oversees a distribution system that covers the entire coun try and that is striving to improve the economic position of the small farmers so that consumers, in turn, may benefit. At the signing of the memoran dum of understanding. Dr. M P G Kurup, general manager of the biotechnology area of NDDB said, “This is an important mile stone in the future of the NDDB. We are delighted to be associated with Lilly in this venture and have great expectations that the new Lilly products of biotechnology will prove to be excellent manage ment tools. The primary product includes Optiflex. a product that requires no capital investment and that increases the efficiency of milk production and the volume of milk produced. The ultimate pur pose of the agreement is to further improve the efficiency of the dairy industry in India; the NDDB has played a leading role in this effort for the last 44 years.” £. R. (Ted) Roberts, president of Elanco Products Company, the agricultural division of Eli Lilly Agway Supports June Dolly Month With Pro:Righf RC upw 13% more The results, ai farms like yours, and at tr*. Agway Farm Research Center, are Increased feed efficiency up to 10%, and Increased milk produc tion up to 13%. Vbu can measure the difference in your bulk tank and your milk check. Regardless of what some other feed companies may Ml you, only Agway has Pro;Right RC, with Its patented formulation process to help you gel more milk per feed dollar. HOT OTN and Company, responded by say ing, “Eli Lilly and Company in its 113 years of existence has always sought the development of new technologies in the life sciences. We believe that biotechnology can dramatically benefit society and are proud to have marketed the first important product from this Lancaster Farmland Trust Announces Staff Addition LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) The Lancaster Farmland Trust has announced a new addition to its staff. Kathleen Bridgehouse, a resident of Lancaster City, will assume the responsibilities of public relations, publications, membership development and other, related activities. Ms. Bridgehouse previously resided in Providence, Rhode Island where she worked for Save the Bay, Inc. as an Education/ Communications Specialist She is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island and Lancaster Catholic High School. The Lancaster Farmland Trust new science in 1982, Humulin®, human insulin. Our latest poduct Optiflex, was developed after extensive research demonstrated that it would increase milk pro duction by 10 to 20 percent and, therefore, be valuable to a country such as India, which has a grow ing population.” previously known as Friends of Agricultural Land Preservation is a non-profit member supported organization, dedicated to the pre servation of Lancaster County farmland. The Trust supports public farmland preservation efforts, and also works indepen- MILK. IT'S FITNESS YOU CAN DRINK. VALLEY PROTEINS, INC. HORSES AND CATTLE PICKED UP FREE OF CHARGE Horses and cattle picked up within 24 hours. 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