US Dairy Exports Near Record in 2025
U.S. dairy exports surged sharply in calendar year 2025, with total export value hitting approximately $9.51 billion, a 15 % increase over 2024 and just below the 2022 record of $9.55 billion. Strong global demand underpinned the near-record performance, underscoring the United States’ expanding role in international dairy markets. Total U.S. dairy export volume reached…
Bengaluru Doctor Booked Over Defamatory Social Media Claims on Nandini Dairy
A Bengaluru doctor has been booked for allegedly sharing defamatory social media posts about Nandini dairy products, prompting a police complaint from the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) on grounds of harming brand reputation and consumer trust. The posts — widely circulated on social platforms — reportedly contained unverified claims about product quality and safety, triggering…
AI Revolutionises Dairy Cattle Health Management in India
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping the dairy farming landscape in India, offering scalable tools to enhance cattle health diagnostics, optimise productivity and improve economic outcomes for smallholder producers. With dairy forming a cornerstone of rural incomes and nutrition security, stakeholders are turning to AI-enabled solutions — from computer vision systems to predictive analytics —…
Govt Firm on India–US Trade Pact: Farmers & Dairy Fully Protected
In a decisive clarification amid ongoing discussions on the India–US Trade Agreement, Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan emphatically rejected speculation that agricultural and dairy products would be opened up to US imports. Speaking from Jaipur, the minister reiterated that under Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s directives, farmers’ interests remain paramount and there will…
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…
India–US Trade Deal Tussle: Dairy’s “Non-Veg Milk” Sticking Point
Negotiations on the India–US trade agreement have been complicated by cultural, regulatory and market concerns over U.S. dairy imports, with the contentious issue of so-called “non-veg milk” emerging as a symbolic bone of contention. In India’s trade discourse, “non-veg milk” refers to milk from cows fed animal-derived supplements such as meat meal, blood meal, tallow…
India–US Trade Deal: Dairy Still a Sensitive Grey Area
The abrupt end to last summer’s tariff war between India and the United States has brought immediate relief to markets, with President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcing a rollback of punitive duties on Indian goods to an 18% tariff. The move eased pressure on Indian exporters and sparked a rally in Asian…
47K Women Gain Self-Reliance Via Dairy in Uttar Pradesh
Nearly 47,000 rural women in the Gorakhpur division of Uttar Pradesh have achieved financial self-reliance by participating in the dairy value chain under the Shri Baba Gorakhnath Kripa Milk Producer Organisation (MPO), an initiative supported by the State Rural Livelihood Mission and the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). Established on November 26, 2023, the MPO…
Economic Survey 2026: Why Dairy Holds the Key to Farm Incomes
The Economic Survey 2025–26 quietly but clearly reinforces a reality that those working closely with rural India already know: dairy is no longer just a subsidiary activity to agriculture, it is the backbone of income security for millions of small and marginal farmers. As crop agriculture becomes increasingly vulnerable to climate variability, market volatility and…