Now, dairy farmers prefer to milk buffaloes than cows?

Finding is part of data from the 19th livestock census

While preference for cow milk has been growing (driven primarily by consumer demand) in the past few decades, bringing the share of cow milk in India's overall milk production to around 45 per cent at the moment, dairy industry insiders feel that it is soon likely to shift in favour of buffalos. 

Data from the 19th livestock census shows that while the cattle population has dipped by 4.1 per cent in 2012 from 2007 (previous census period), the buffalo population has grown by 3.19 per cent during the same period. Further, the study notes that the percentage changes in milch