Global Dairy Faces Oversupply, Price Pressure in 2026
As 2026 approaches, dairy markets are signaling heightened stress due to oversupply and weak price signals, with key industry voices urging producers to prepare for tighter returns next year. According to Agriland’s agriculture outlook, a series of expert assessments — including commentary from leading cooperatives and processors — highlight that global milk markets are now…
Cooperatives & Private Sector: Competing or Complementing?
India’s dairy sector stands on two strong but often polarised pillars—the cooperative movement and the private sector. Cooperatives continue to procure nearly 50% of organised milk, ensuring inclusion, scale, and price assurance for millions of farmers. The private sector, meanwhile, has driven growth in branded products, modern processing, and channel innovation. The debate is no…
Value added dairy products share may touch 45% in FY 27
Food Processing Sector Seen Growing 11–13% in FY26–FY27 on Value-Added Demand: CRISIL India’s food processing sector is expected to grow at a strong 11–13% CAGR in FY26 and FY27, up from ~10% in FY25, driven by rising demand for value-added products such as butter, ghee, paneer, curd and ice cream, according to CRISIL. A key…
Caps & Spouts Ease Flexible Packaging Shift in Dairy
Dairy brands are increasingly moving away from rigid packaging — such as bottles and cartons — toward flexible formats like spouted pouches and films driven by consumer demand, sustainability goals, and retailer expectations. Flexible packaging is lighter, more space-efficient, and reduces material use and transportation emissions, aligning with broader ESG (environmental, social, governance) priorities in…
FSSAI Crackdown Aims to Uplift India Dairy Quality Standards
India’s dairy sector is undergoing a regulatory inflection point with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) stepping up enforcement to tackle widespread adulteration, misbranding, and quality non-compliance across milk and milk-product supply chains. Recent actions by the apex food regulator signal a shift from passive oversight to active corrective and preventive measures…
Tight Milk Supply, Robust Demand Strains Indian Dairy Sector
India’s dairy sector is confronting tightening milk supply and margin pressure as it heads into 2026, according to a Systematix Institutional Equities expert session. The industry, which saw a temporary surplus in late 2024–25, has now entered a phase of supply contraction following multiple disruptions. Post-COVID challenges in 2022–23 saw milk prices fall below production…
Animal Health Innovation Intensifies as Global Threats Escalate
The animal health sector is experiencing accelerated innovation as demand for animal-derived food products grows and threats to animal and public health escalate, prompting new technologies and strategic responses across livestock care and disease management. The health of animals is now recognised as integral to food safety, quality and global food security, driving investments in…
Innovations in Dairy Processing: From Capacity to Capability
Dairy processing in India is undergoing a quiet but critical transition—from capacity creation to capability building. Despite being the world’s largest milk producer, India processes less than 30% of its milk into value-added products, compared to 70–80% in mature dairy economies. This gap represents the single largest unrealised opportunity in the sector. Innovation today is…
U.S. Butter Loses Global Edge as Prices Slide
America’s butter price disadvantage cuts export competitiveness despite booming output and export volumes. In 2025 the United States saw its butter become the lowest-priced among major global dairy exporters, a dynamic that has eroded U.S. competitiveness in the international butter market even as volume rises. With export demand strong yet prices comparatively weaker than European and…
Sharjah Ruler launches world’s largest A2A2 dairy farm
Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah, has hailed the launch of a vast dairy farm and factory capable of producing 100,000 litres of milk each day as a dream more than half a century in the making. On Wednesday, he commenced operations at the Mleiha Dairy Factory and Farm, a 20,000 square metre facility…