Kerala Co‑operative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma) achieved a 13.97% increase in average daily milk procurement during the first half of FY2025-26 — rising from 10.66 lakh litres/day in the same period last year to 12.15 lakh litres/day. Milk sales also grew, reaching 16.83 lakh litres/day, up from 16.50 lakh litres/day last year — a 2.03% growth.
This growth was achieved despite rising input costs and a decline in the state’s cattle population. Milma attributes the performance to its farmer-oriented welfare schemes, including subsidies on feed, silage, maize and insemination.
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The strong procurement growth signals that well-structured cooperatives can still expand raw milk supply under cost pressure. For Indian dairy stakeholders, Milma’s example shows the importance of investing in farmer welfare, quality assurance and feed/fodder support to drive volumes. The modest sales growth suggests potential to enhance value-added product penetration, while the procurement leap underlines latent capacity in southern India’s dairy base. Monitoring how Milma translates procurement gains into profitability and product diversification will be important for benchmarking.