Karnataka Plans Fodder Mini-Kits for Dairy Farmers
Karnataka’s Animal Husbandry Department has proposed distributing fodder mini-kits to dairy farmers to address fodder shortages that are putting pressure on livestock owners and milk production. The proposal is aimed at encouraging farmers to cultivate fodder and improve the availability of feed for dairy animals, particularly as inadequate fodder can directly affect animal health, productivity…
Women Drive India’s Dairy Cooperative Growth
India’s dairy cooperative movement is increasingly becoming a platform for women’s economic empowerment, with women accounting for a significant share of the sector’s workforce while gaining greater access to collective ownership, income and decision-making. A recent Fair Observer analysis highlights that women comprise more than half of India’s agricultural workforce, with 21.7 million women compared…
Ladakh Plans Major Push to Expand Dairy Sector
Ladakh is looking to expand organised dairy activity and increase milk production by strengthening farmer linkages, cattle breeding, fodder development and milk collection networks, with the administration focusing on making dairy processing more remunerative for rural producers. During a review of the Ladakh Oma Dairy Plant in Leh, Chief Secretary Ashish Kundra called for stronger…
Karnataka Bans Analogue Paneer for One Year
Karnataka has imposed a one-year ban on the manufacture, processing, packaging, storage, transportation, distribution and sale of analogue or non-dairy paneer marketed as “paneer” across the state. The order, issued by the Karnataka Food Safety and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, is aimed at protecting public health and preventing…
Fairlife Celebrates Opening of $650M Webster Processing Plant, Largest Dairy Facility in Northeast U.S.
Soft opening marks major expansion for Coca-Cola subsidiary with 380 jobs created and future capacity reserved for growing protein beverage demand. Fairlife CEO Becca Kerr joined New York Governor Kathy Hochul and local officials on Thursday, August 20, 2026, for a ceremonial ribbon-cutting to mark the soft opening of the company’s new $650 million milk…
Bhopal Milk Procurement Rises 38% on Better Returns
Milk procurement by the Bhopal Milk Union has increased by around 38% over the past year, reaching 3.81 lakh kg per day, according to The Times of India. The increase has been attributed to better financial returns for farmers, assured procurement and expansion of village-level milk collection infrastructure. The rise highlights how stronger farmer economics…
Himachal Pradesh Bans Analogue Paneer
Himachal Pradesh has prohibited the manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of non-dairy “analogue paneer” being passed off as genuine dairy paneer across the state. The order was issued by Commissioner of Food Safety Ashish Singhmar under Section 30(2)(a) of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, has come into immediate effect and will remain operational…
PETA Protest Targets Dairy Milk Consumption
A 33-weeks-pregnant charity worker expecting twins staged a one-woman protest outside Cardiff Market in Wales to campaign against dairy consumption and what she described as cruelty to calves in the dairy industry. Kate Werner, senior campaigns manager for the PETA Foundation, appeared nearly naked, wearing little more than earrings resembling cattle ear tags, chains around…
Twelve Years Before Saptadhara, We Already Had the Blueprint as 5I
The EAC-PM’s new call for rural economic clusters echoes a 5-I model — Identification, Inventorization, Integration, Institutionalization, Investment — proposed for Indian dairy back in 2014 When the Prime Minister stood at the Red Fort this August 15, marking 80 years of independence, he did something planners in Delhi rarely do — he named the…
Milk Is Getting Costlier in South—Is the premium more for the Farmer or the Supply Chain?
A closer look at retail milk prices in four southern states raises a larger question for India’s dairy industry: when milk prices rise, how much of that increase actually reaches the farmer? Milk prices are rising across southern India, but the story is more nuanced than a simple “milk inflation” headline. Data analysed by South…