Israelis Plan India Surrogate Cow Farm to Help Boost Milk Output
- Embryos would come from high-quality Holstein donor cows
- Plan would combine Israeli tech with Hindu religious beliefs
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An Israeli company is starting a surrogate cow farm near Mumbai to help meet growing demand for milk from India’s surging middle class.
The farm will house 40 Holstein cows that serve as egg donors and some 450 surrogates that will carry the embryos -- impregnated with bovine sperm from the U.S., Europe and, possibly, Israel -- to term. Calves born at the farm will be sold to Indian farmers when they’re six months pregnant, AlefBet Planners Ltd. said in an emailed statement.