Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (KCMMF), known by the brand Milma, has made major strides in milk procurement and sales in the first six months of fiscal 2025-26, fuelled by its dairy farmer-oriented welfare schemes and product quality improvement programmes.
Figures relating to key parameters show that all three regional unions of KCMMF – Malabar Regional Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (MRCMPU), Ernakulam Regional Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (ERCMPU) and Thiruvananthapuram Regional Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (TRCMPU) – scaled up performance from April 1 to September 30, 2025, compared to the corresponding period last fiscal.
The total milk procurement of Milma in the first six months of this fiscal year stood at 12,15,289 litres per day as against 10,66,340 litres per day during the corresponding period last year. The sale of milk too increased by touching 16,83,781 litres per day as against 16,50,296 litres per day during the corresponding period last fiscal. In percentage terms, the procurement recorded a sharp increase of 13.97 and sales 2.03.
In volume terms, the total state-wide procurement of milk recorded an increase of 1,48,949 litres per day compared to the corresponding period last fiscal, and sales marked an increase of 33,485 lakh litres per day.
Region-wise figures show that MRCMPU topped in milk procurement with 6,69,126 litres per day (+13.97), followed by ERCMPU 2,83,114 litres per day (+19.28), and TRCMPU with 2,63,049 litres per day. In sales too, MRCMPU led with 6,69,669 litres per day (+2.73) followed by TRCMPU 5,66,422 litres per day (+1.04 per cent) and ERCMPU 4,47,690 litres per day (+2.25 pc).
Notably, milk procurement marked a significant increase of around 14 pc during the period despite a sharp decline in cattle population in the state, as found by the recent cattle survey.
“Milma has put up an impressive performance, going by all key metrics, in the first six months of 2025-26. It is significant to note that this was achieved despite the cooperative dairy sector facing heavy headwinds, including high input costs and stiff competition from within and outside the country,” Milma Chairman, K S Mani said in a press release.