Milky Mist Jobs Lesson: Dairy Growth Can Drive Jobs
An insightful The Hindu opinion piece highlights how **Milky Mist Dairy — a mid-sized, vertically integrated dairy player from Erode, Tamil Nadu — offers lessons on job creation in India’s broader economic landscape. The article uses the Milky Mist story to emphasise that India can generate meaningful employment at scale, but only if structural constraints…
Coliform in Milk -Look Beyond Brands to Cold Chain Gaps
Recent independent lab tests have triggered alarm over coliform bacteria and high total plate counts (TPC) in popular pouch milk brands — Amul Taaza, Amul Gold, Mother Dairy and Country Delight — with counts far exceeding FSSAI’s safety limits in some samples. Amul Taaza’s coliform levels were reported at 98× the prescribed limit, Mother Dairy’s…
EU Dairy Farmers Urge Voluntary Milk Cut Scheme to Stabilise Prices
Dairy farmers across European Union member states are calling for the activation of a voluntary milk reduction programme to help address persistent milk price volatility and supply imbalances in the region’s dairy markets. The proposal — driven by grassroots producer organisations and farm unions — aims to curtail excess milk production in order to reduce…
Govt has set target to double milk procurement in next 5 years
Minister of State for Cooperation, Murlidhar Mohol, informed the Rajya Sabha that the government has set an ambitious target to increase milk procurement under White Revolution 2.0. He said that the government has set the target to increase the milk production from 660 lakh kilo grams per day to one thousand and seven lakh kilo…
Amul Launches ‘Sarlaben’ AI to Empower 36 Lakh Dairy Producers
Amul has taken a bold digital leap by launching an artificial intelligence-powered assistant named ‘Sarlaben’, designed to serve dairy farmers across over 18,500 villages in Gujarat with round-the-clock guidance on animal husbandry and dairy practices. The platform was flagged off by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel as part of a broader push to link grassroots…
Private Sector Can Drive Climate Action in Livestock Value Chains
A new research review published in npj Sustainable Agriculture explores how private-sector engagement can support greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation in ruminant livestock value chains across Africa, offering lessons that hold relevance for dairy sectors globally. The study highlights that while smallholder producers are central to dairy and beef economies, they often lack bargaining power and…
Support for Women in Dairy Sector
(a): The Ministry of Cooperation has launched cooperative-led “White Revolution 2.0” aimed at expanding cooperative coverage, employment generation and women’s empowerment with an objective “To increase the milk procurement of dairy cooperatives by 50% from the present level over next five years by providing market access to dairy farmers in uncovered areas and increasing the…
Bangladesh Opens Dairy, Agri Imports in US Trade Deal
Bangladesh and the United States have signed a reciprocal trade agreement that reduces US tariffs on Bangladeshi exports to 19 percent and introduces zero-tariff access for specified textile and apparel goods made with US inputs, while Dhaka agrees to broaden market access for US industrial and agricultural products, including dairy, soy products, beef, poultry, tree…
Fonterra Shifts to Protein After $4.2B Mainland Exit
Fonterra is positioning itself around surging global protein demand, which executives describe as exceptionally strong across Europe and the United States. Dairy protein’s quality and versatility in products such as shakes, bars, and fortified foods make it central to the co-operative’s long-term strategy following the planned $4.2 billion sale of its Mainland consumer business to…
Cheap US Imports: Aid for Dairy, Pain for Soy Farmers
The unfolding India–US trade framework that reduces tariffs and import costs on American goods is expected to create short-term advantages for India’s dairy processors, but stakeholders warn it could deliver a heavy blow to Indian soybean and pulse farmers if agricultural imports are liberalised too widely. Under the deal, tariff concessions on US agricultural and…