DAHD does not have any plan to introduce milk subsidies
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD) does not have any plan to introduce price support scheme or subsidies for dairy farmers as DAHD does not regulate the procurement and sale prices of milk in the country. Prices are decided by the cooperative and private dairies based on their cost of production and market forces….
US was among top 10 dairy importers in 2023
Besides steel and aluminium, which are bound to face higher tariffs for imports to the US from March 12, another flashpoint for US President Donald Trump is the dairy trade. A Moneycontrol analysis shows that US action on the front is expected to hurt most countries, including India, as the North American nation accounts for nearly 4…
FAO Food Price Index: Sugar and dairy push February rise
The FAO Food Price Index rose in February, with surges in sugar, dairy, and vegetable oil prices driving the increase. The price of globally traded food commodities averaged 127.1 points in February, up 1.6% from the previous month and 8.2% higher than its February 2024 benchmark, according to the latest report. After declining for three…
Milk producers ask to compensate Aavin for price reduction
The Tamil Nadu Milk Producers Welfare Association has appealed to the State government to compensate the loss of revenue sustained by Aavin due to reduction in retail price of milk by ₹3 a litre ordered by the DMK government after assuming office. The zonal executive committee meeting of the association held here on Tuesday said…
FSSAI asks states to increase food safety checks on dairy analogues
Food regulator FSSAI has asked states to step up surveillance on dairy analogues in March keeping in view the ongoing festive season. As per the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, ‘Dairy Analogues’ are products where non-milk constituents replace milk components partially or entirely but resemble milk or milk products…
Godrej Agrovet to acquire 48% stake in Creamline Dairy
Godrej Agrovet Ltd announced that its board has approved the acquisition of the remaining 48.06 per cent equity stake in Creamline Dairy Products Limited (CDPL), making it a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. The cost of the acquisition is Rs 930 crore. In an exchange filing on Tuesday, the company confirmed that the board has…
What Trump doesn’t mention about Canada’s dairy tariffs.
President Donald Trump correctly noted Friday, as he has before, that Canada has tariffs above 200% on dairy products imported from the US. But Trump again failed to mention a critical fact. Those high tariffs kick in only after the US has hit a certain Trump-negotiated quantity of tariff-free dairy sales to Canada each year – and as the US dairy industry acknowledges, the…
Sustain Plus with NDDB to set up 10,000 biogas plants
The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and Sustain Plus, a City-based NGO, have joined hands to roll out a circular dairy programme that would install 10,000 biogas plants across 15 states in India, including Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar. Ganesh Neelam, Director, Sustain Plus announcing the partnership with NDDB said: “Our latest with…
Taxing nutrition — the unaffordability of milk in Pakistan
Milk is more than just a household staple — it is a vital source of nutrition for millions, particularly children, women, and the elderly. However, the imposition of an 18 per cent general sales tax (GST) on packaged milk in the last fiscal budget threatens to make this essential commodity unaffordable for many families. This move not…
Mother Dairy joins cola clash with witty post
Amid the cola wars, Mother Dairy’s witty social media post garnered attention online. The post brands milk as a drink for a lifetime, taking an apparent jibe at Coca-Cola’s ‘Halftime’, and Pepsi’s ‘Anytime’. In Short Mother Dairy joined the cola wars with a witty milk ad Ad contrasted Cola 1 ‘Haftime’, Cola 2 ‘Anytime’, and…