Parag Milk Foods revenue grows 20% in Q2 FY24

Parag Milk Foods Limited (PMFL), a leading manufacturer and marketer of dairy-based branded products i announced its unaudited financial result for the quarter and half year that ended September 30, 2023, reporting the total revenue for the quarter at ₹7,981.6 million registering a growth of 20.1 per cent y-o-y. Despite the high festive base of last…

Does Adding Milk to Tea Make it ‘Poisonous’? What We Know

Mixing tea with milk is not harmful and not poisonous as claimed. A video is going viral on social media which shows a person claiming that drinking milk tea is ‘poisonous’ for our health. He adds that when flavonoids present in tea and casein present in milk gets mixed, they ‘form a chemical’ which is very harmful to the body….

Is it the time To Renegotiate the WTO’s Mandate on Agriculture ?

The Agreement on Agriculture (AoA), first negotiated and implemented through the formation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 1995, has long been a bone of contention for farmers as well as governments. Farmers from developing countries like India have argued for a renegotiation of the mandate since they were put at a disadvantage with the integration…

Agri-business: UK dairy industry set for export boost

To bolster the UK dairy industry, the Department for Business and Trade unveils the Dairy Export Programme, aimed at expanding agri-food exports in global markets The Dairy Export Programme, a direct outcome of the Prime Minister’s £1 million commitment to the dairy sector, offers agri-businesses a comprehensive support package to tap into new export opportunities and explore…

Drinking milk is an acquired habit since around 10,000 years back

Though Shashi Kumar, the co-founder and CEO of Akshayakalpa Organic, a farmer entrepreneurship initiative, was born into a farming family, it was never a career path his father wanted him to pursue.  “I am not the exception. He educated me out of farming to become an engineer,” recalls Shashi, who went on to spend close…

Amit Shah launches ‘Bharat Organics’ brand of NCOL

Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday launched the ‘Bharat Organics’ brand of the newly created National Cooperative Organics Ltd (NCOL) and asserted that it will emerge as the most “trusted” brand in India and abroad. Shah also launched the NCOL’s logo, website and brochure. He gave away NCOL membership certificates to five cooperative societies. Addressing…

Sangam Dairy(Guntur) releases 13 new products on Deepavali

Sangam Milk Producer Company Ltd., the oldest dairy company in Guntur, released 13 new products including bakery items and sweets on Wednesday. Sangam Dairy chairman Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar and the Board of Directors released the products at an event organised in Guntur city, amidst the gathering of all its distributors and agents who attended from…

A daily glass of goat milk? Here’s what you need to know

A maldhari union wants Amul to sell the milk of goats separately, and the Gujarat govt has asked for details. It is true that Gandhiji preferred goat milk, and it has its advantages — but is a commercial operation viable?   Mahatma Gandhi preferred goat milk, and claimed that since goats eat plants, herbs, shrubs,…

International Trade opportunities for Indian Dairy -IDA Webinar

Now is the perfect time to discuss #Dairy exports from #India. The country is entering the flush season with significant dairy stocks. Currently, there’s no demand-supply gap in sight, making exports an attractive option. However, the export scenario, apart from milk fat, isn’t looking promising. Global market experts predict a sluggish market, with China yet…

NGT asks Aavin to consider alternatives for plastic milk packets

The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the Tamil Nadu government to consider the feasibility of using alternative packaging material for Aavin’s milk packets. Hearing a petition filed by S.P.Surendranath Karthik, the NGT had earlier asked the Tamilnadu Co-operative Milk Producers Federation Ltd., which owns Aavin, to file an action plan…