🏠Aavin’s Ambattur Dairy Expansion Cleared by TNPCB, Boosting Chennai’s Milk Supply
Chennai, July 2025 – In a significant regulatory development, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has officially granted Consent to Operate (CTO) for the expanded milk processing facility of Aavin’s Ambattur dairy, which now has approval to process up to 5 lakh litres of milk per day—a significant step towards stabilizing milk supply in […]
India’s Green Leap: From Plastic Pledge to Dairy Packaging Promise
India is on an undeniable mission to tackle environmental challenges head-on, weaving sustainable practices into the very fabric of its economy. Gone are the days when climate action felt like a distant dream; today, it’s a dynamic reality, driven by proactive policies and a “whole of government, whole of society” approach. The focus has been […]
Cargill Mycotoxin Survey – Dairy Dimension
January – May 2025 Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by fungi such as Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Penicillium-pose a persistent and evolving threat to feed and food safety globally. In India, the warm, humid climate, combined with faulty agricultural and storage practices, creates a conducive environment for mycotoxin contamination, especially in key feed ingredients like maize, […]
Solving India’s Fodder Crisis: The AI-Powered Path to Sustainable Livestock Nutrition
Dairy farming is a vital pillar of India’s agricultural economy, contributing a significant 4.5% to the national GDP and sustaining over 80 million rural households, predominantly small and marginal farmers. Despite India’s standing as the world’s largest milk producer, the sector grapples with persistent challenges: low milk yield, escalating feed costs, and severe fodder shortages, […]
Lactose Maldigestion and Lactose Intolerance: Two Different Issues
Executive Summary In India, a country where milk is more than just a beverage—it’s a symbol of nourishment, culture, and economy—the debate around lactose intolerance has taken on outsized proportions. Recent narratives, often amplified by the plant-based movement, suggest that a majority of Indians are lactose intolerant. But how accurate is this claim? In an […]
Digital Revolution in Indian Dairy Finance
From pioneering Aadhaar-enabled payments to redefining bovine insurance and rural credit, Ragavan Venkatesan’s journey is anything but linear. As the Founder & CEO of DGV Group—India’s first integrated Dairy Fintech, InsurTech, and Marketplace platform—he is building a digital dairy ecosystem from the ground up. In this exclusive conversation with Dairy Dimension, Ragavan traces his journey […]
India’s Milk Price Surge: Signals from the Summer of 2025
India’s milk prices have risen steadily over the past two months, with leading cooperatives and private players hiking retail prices by INR 1–2 per litre. These revisions reflect more than just seasonal volatility—they point to deeper shifts in procurement costs, climate-driven supply stress, and structural inflation across the dairy value chain. Price Adjustments Across Major […]
High-Stakes India-US Trade Talks Put Indian Dairy Sector in the Spotlight
As the clock ticks towards the critical July 9 deadline, India and the United States are racing to finalise a Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) that could prevent a looming tariff escalation. At the heart of these high-stakes negotiations lies one non-negotiable point for New Delhi: the protection of its dairy sector. The U.S. has pushed […]
From Balance Sheets to Bench Press: Parag Milk Foods Elevates Nitin Kanodia as Business Head of Avvatar
Mumbai, July 2, 2025 – In a strategic move set to accelerate its footprint in India’s booming sports and wellness nutrition sector, Parag Milk Foods Ltd. has appointed Nitin Kanodia as the new Business Head of Avvatar, its homegrown high-performance sports nutrition brand. The appointment underscores Parag’s continued focus on internal talent development and signals […]
Profitable dairying for smallholder farmers
Dairy farming as an occupation means that it must be profitable for the farmer. A smallholder farmer is typically an agricultural farmer who owns one to three cattle and relies on dairying as a subsistence occupation. To establish dairy as a profession requires investment and funding, and the funders must be assured of repayment, which […]
