How Science Saved A Cow Breed Known For Sweet Milk

Dangi is a cattle breed native to the hilly areas of Maharashtra’s Nashik and Ahmednagar districts. The khoya made from its milk is so sweet that a popular Marathi saying goes: “You can be only as sweet as rajur (the word for khoya in Ahmednagar).” Yet, the breed might have become extinct without the efforts…
IKEA Will Eliminate Dairy Products from Menus by 2030

According to IKEA, it serves more than 650 million customers each year across its restaurants, cafes, and bistros. Ditching dairy to be ‘people and planet positive’ The company’s new sustainability plan, called “People and Planet Positive,” is targeting carbon emissions and resource reductions across IKEA’s operations, including a focus on more plant-based food in its…
Drinking’ milk to stay key category for Australian dairy sector

The liquid ‘drinking’ milk market remains of key importance to Australia’s dairy sector – with improved domestic retail pricing and opportunities for further export growth – Rabobank says in a newly-released industry report. In Australia’s Drinking Milk Markets: from Loss Leader to Improving Performer, the specialist agribusiness bank says the liquid milk category – which…
Grass to Glass”: How Chitale Dairy Brings Agility to Milk Production

What is more essential than milk? As the world’s largest producer and consumer of dairy products, India accounts for more than a fifth of global milk yield, producing more than 200 million metric tons a year. This prodigious output depends on hundreds of millions of cows, 80 million farmers, and more than 700 commercial and…
Eying To Cash In The Booming Organic Market Via Cooperatives

With estimated global organic food market to be around Rs 10 lakh crore where India’s share is paltry 2.7 per cent, the Government is eying to harness the unlimited opportunities on the platter to boost income of farmers for which it has set up a national level cooperative society for organic products. The first-of-its-kind initiative…
Dulquer Salmaan campaigns for ‘Smoodh’ in South Indian markets

Parle Agro has launched Smoodh Fruit Smoothies under their dairy brand, Smoodh. Parle Agro has signed Dulquer Salmaan as the brand ambassador of ‘Smoodh’ for the southern markets of India. He has joined Varun Dhawan who is the face of the brand nationally. Dulquer Salmaan has made his debut for Smoodh in a TVC for…
Yogi’s budget has Rs 86.95 cr for reviving the existing milk unions

Tabling the UP Budget 2023-24 in the state legislative assembly, Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna on Wednesday proposed an allocation of Rs 100 crore for the financial strengthening of District Central Cooperative Banks. Besides, Rs 175 crore has been proposed for the advanced storage of chemical fertilizers. The loan worth of Rs 7,556…
Milk production surge continues in USA

On Wednesday afternoon, USDA released the most recent U.S. milk production report. Production continues to increase as the report stated that, “Milk production in the 24 major States during January totaled 18.5 billion pounds, up 1.5% from January 2022.” Production has now been up on a year-over-year basis for seven months in a row! The…
World Dairy Innovation Awards 2021

FoodBev Media, in association with Zenith Global, presents the 2021 World Dairy Innovation Awards. Together we are once again celebrating excellence and innovation across every part of the global dairy industry. This year’s judging panel considered 222 entries from 25 countries across our 20 categories! Join us for the next 20 minutes to find out…
Fonterra cuts milk price forecast as demand from China slackens

Fonterra has reduced and narrowed its 2022/23 season forecast to $8.20 – $8.80 per kg of milksolids, with a midpoint of $8.50, due to softer demand out of China. The previous forecast was in a range of $8.50 – $9.50 per kgMS, with a midpoint of $9.00. The co-op has also cut its forecast milk…