Dairy products export can reduce GHG emissions
Think globally, act locally. It’s an oft-quoted rallying cry spoken at environmental policy conferences. However, both dairy trade and scientific literature tend to report on environmental impacts and results within geo-political boundaries, bringing attention to the major dairy producing countries. In doing so, a major facet of sustainability — to keep people fed with safe…
Retail milk price will increase in FY 24 by 4-5%
The increase is likely as retail milk prices have already risen 10% in a year and 22% in three years. Sharma also notes that poor monsoon and higher fodder prices could further impact milk prices. Prices of retail milk are expected to go up 4-5% year-on-year in FY24 because of dairy processors fail to recover…
Wholesale prices contract but milk inflation at 8.59%
Wholesale prices contracted for the third consecutive month in June on the back of lower prices of manufactured items, reiterating the fact that falling commodity prices are contributing to a cost deflation in the Indian economy. The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) contracted by 4.12% in June reaching its lowest value since October 2015 according to…
RBI uses milk supply data for dairy farmer loans
For many farmers or dairy farmers, getting a bank loan is impossible for want of any credit history. But here is a solution: A new platform by the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub that enables a borrower to tap into the data on milk sold by the dairy farmer to Amul or the land records available…
Arguing against free markets is actually disbelieving freedom itself
I have been hearing the seminal quote by Mahatma Gandhi in Indian context that “Mass Production is production by masses” since I started my career in the dairy industry. It’s almost four decades and even today I find most of the policies are oriented towards protecting the farmers. I am unable to decipher at times…
Analyzing the Dairy Industry’s Imbalance Issue in USA
Demand for fluid milk continues to drop, forcing dairy farmers to dump milk, some of it winding up in the Milwaukee sewer system. Food processing recently reported truckloads of milk were dumped into the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District because demand for fluid milk has fallen. Ninety percent of Wisconsin milk is made into cheese, but…
Hunger and Dumping Milk Highlight Global Food Injustice
To borrow the title of Raj Patel’s book , the world is ‘stuffed and starved’ at the same time — and this week served as a stark reminder of the inequalities in the global food system. In one example, there’s more milk than ever in the US but nowhere left to process it, so farmers…
Human Breast Milk Compound Alters Brain Growth in Mice
Human breast milk is a nutrient-rich mix that helps nurture newborns through an essential period of development. New evidence suggests that one particular compound derived from breast milk, the sugar myo-inositol, might play an important role in the maturation of the newborn brain. The research was published in PNAS. A vital period for the developing brain Human…
Maharashtra fixes Rs 34/ litre procurement price for cow’s milk
The Maharashtra government on Friday announced a minimum procurement price of Rs 34 per litre for cow milk. This is the lowest rate which dairy firms must pay to farmers to buy milk. The earlier rate was approximately Rs 32. The state plans to revise rates every three months. Consumers fear this could raise milk…
Milk price to be Increased by Rs 3.5 Instead of Rs 5 in Guwahati
With the conclusion of 15-day discussion on the price hike of milk, the Greater Guwahati Dairy Farmers’ Association has decided to increase its price by Rs. 3.50 instead of Rs. 5 on Thursday. The Greater Guwahati Dairy Farmers’ Association and Brihattar Guwahati Go-Palak Sanstha held a 15-day discussion on the latter’s proposal to increase the…