FMCG company BL Agro will invest ₹1,500 crore in its biotech subsidiary Leads Genetics to build an integrated dairy and cattle-genetics ecosystem, with the company in discussions with Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh to replicate the model across states.
The investment will fund breed-improvement farms, IVF-ET and Multiple Ovulation Embryo Transfer (MOET) facilities, and pathology and genomics laboratories. The company said the integrated infrastructure will span the entire breed-improvement value chain — genetics, breeding, animal health, nutrition, milk production and processing.
At its Centre of Excellence in Bareilly, Leads Genetics plans to produce 15,000 embryos a month by the end of 2027. The company is deploying genomic testing, IVF, embryo transfer and sex-sorted semen to accelerate the selection and multiplication of cattle for traits including milk productivity, fertility, heat tolerance and disease resistance.
“The genetically selected cows are expected to produce high-quality milk, with an average yield of 40–60 litres per cow per day,” said Ghanshyam Khandelwal, Chairman, BL Agro.
The company said the investment will also support capacity building, scientific dairy practices and employment generation in rural areas.