Milk production is a very important part of the agricultural economy in the state of Punjab. Punjab is one of the smaller states of the Indian Union with a total area of 50,362 Sq. Kms., Which is 1.5% of the Indian land mass. Dairy farming is a former subsidiary profession in rural Punjab. Punjab is the second milk producing state in India, producing about 10% of the country's milk production, that is, 8 million tonnes per year.