Dairy farmers face rapidly escalating input costs with no corresponding revenue protection

Indian dairy farmers are experiencing severe margin compression as milk procurement prices rise (Rs 6/litre increase announced), but their own production costs (feed, labor, veterinary care) are rising faster, leaving them unable to maintain profitability. Current government price-fixing mechanisms don't account for individual farm economics, and farmers lack tools to hedge against volatile input costs or access fair-price guarantees that protect their margins.