July 17, 2014
India now produces more milk than the entire EU
India, which has been the world's top milk-producing country since 1997, sees continued milk production and it now tops milk output of all the European Union countries combined.
Milk production in India was up by a little more than 4% over the past 12 months, according to a recent survey by the country's finance ministry. On a country basis, the US produces the second-most milk, and China comes in third.
Indiahas 75 million dairy farms, more than anywhere else in the world. The country with the next-highest number of dairy farms is Pakistan, with 14 million.