
Kaira District Cooperative marks 80th AGM with 7.2% revenue growth, paying producers ₹1,035 per kg fat alongside global expansion.
The Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd, the founding entity of the Amul cooperative movement, surpassed an annual turnover of ₹15,114 crore during the 2025–26 financial year, registering a 7.20% growth over the previous fiscal period. Announced during the cooperative’s 80th Annual General Meeting and the 61st AGM of the Amul Research and Development Association (ARDA) in Anand, Gujarat, the results underscore sustained volume growth and operational expansion. During the reporting period, the union achieved an average daily milk procurement of 48.35 lakh kilograms across its network.
The cooperative’s supplier base has expanded to encompass more than seven lakh registered milk producers, with over four lakh members pouring milk into village collection centers on a daily basis. Farmgate milk realizations remained resilient, with producer payouts averaging approximately ₹1,035 per kilogram of fat. Emphasizing member welfare, the union channeled more than ₹2 crore in financial assistance to 98 producer households through its dedicated social insurance schemes, balancing commercial enterprise growth with grassroots financial risk mitigation.
To elevate herd productivity and counter escalating dairy management costs, the cooperative accelerated the deployment of modern livestock technologies at the village level. Field programs expanded the distribution of sexed-sorted semen, embryo transfer protocols, and digital cow-monitoring belts to enhance heat detection and reproductive efficiency. The union’s 13 veterinary health centers delivered doorstep clinical care to more than 7.81 lakh animals during the year, while its central semen production station at Ode retained an ‘A-Grade’ quality rating from the Government of India.
Geographically, the union continues to extend its primary milk procurement operations well beyond its historical heartland in Gujarat. Sourcing corridors have expanded into key milk-producing belts across West Bengal, Maharashtra, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, and Tamil Nadu. This multi-state procurement footprint secures stable milk component flows for downstream processing hubs, insulates seasonal collection volumes against localized climatic anomalies, and broadens cooperative market access for smallholder producers across diverse agricultural zones.
On the commercial front, the cooperative is scaling its footprint across high-margin international export destinations. Following successful commercial market entries into the United States and Spain, union leadership confirmed advanced plans to access additional overseas consumer territories with long-life, packaged dairy goods and value-added product lines. Expanding presence in global retail channels enables the cooperative to monetize brand equity abroad while generating foreign exchange earnings to support producer pay prices at home.
Source: The Times of India
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