Though Mandya is a small district geographically in the state of Karnataka, the district of Mandya is famous for its sugar and rice crops. Mandya milk union having jurisdiction of Mandya District , it covers 7 Taluks. It is one of the leading milk union in the state of Karnataka. It was registered during the year 1987, Before registration Mysore and Tumkur milk union was procuring milk from Mandya district dairy co-operative societies. At the time of registration the union milk procurement was 99000 liter per day through 410 dairy co-operative societies now the union is procuring 9.45 Lakh Kg per day through 1289 dairy co-operative societies (Highest Procurement 10.41 Lakh Kg per day).
Mandya Milk Union was registered in the year 1987. The Product Dairy, Gejjalagere was then managed by Mysore Dairy. In the Year 1988 The Product Dairy, Gejjalagere was handed over to Mandya Milk Union. The dairy has a spread of 47 acres of land at Gejjalagere and 3 acres at KR Pet.
MANMUL with its headquarters at Gejjalagere has got liquid milk plant of 10 lakh litres per day (Expandable upto 14LLPD) capacity, K.R.Pet Chilling center has got 1.00 lakh litres, UHT plant of 1.07 lakh litres at Kumbalagudu and a powder plant of 45 MT capacity per day through the assistance of NDDB. The Milk Powder plant is successfully managing the extra milk conversion of the neighboring District.
The Mandya Milk union produces an average of 9.45 lakh kg per day of milk , with an average of 3.48 lakh liters of milk and 0.75 lakh kg of Curds and also products such as paneer, peda, butter, ghee, skim milk powder (SMP).
The philosophy of Union is to eliminate middlemen and organize institutions to be owned and managed by the Milk Producers themselves, employing professionals and to achieve economies of scale to ensure maximum returns to the Milk Producers.
As a part of long term growth oriented development strategy, the Union is expanding rapidly by implementing several infrastructure projects and schemes. Union can play an important role in assuring rural prosperity in the lives of our Milk Producers.