“Pass the cheese, please!” It seems Americans are saying that phrase now more than ever. Brand new data released by USDA’s Economic Research Service revealed a new record for per capita...

Kevin Peck, Clear Echo Farm“You need to keep swinging to make the high ones. In that way, high-end genetics is like baseball,” said Kevin Peck. “For every 2600-plus and 2700-plus TPI...

Mastitis is an infection of the udder that, unfortunately, leaves few farms behind. Looking at the recently released USDA’s “Dairy 2014: Milk Quality, Milking Procedures and Mastitis on U.S....

In the dialog of potential changes for the Margin Protection Program (MPP), feed cost coefficients are often the most discussed by farmers and dairy industry specialists. While this may in fact be an area...

Does it have the right flavor profile? How does it cook? How does it look? Will it sell?These are among the many questions asked by the product development team at Domino’s headquarters as they develop...

With a little bit of something for everyone, the World Dairy Expo 50th anniversary did not disappoint. From the opening ceremony of the show to the final selection of Supreme Champion, the “Celebrat

It takes 16 ice cream suppliers at McDonald's by Corey Geiger, Managing Editor Serving a restaurant chain with 14,000 franchises from coast-to-coast in the U.S. alone is no small matter. Then consider...

The CME Group, formerly known as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, made a big announcement last week. It shared that the Dairy Spot Call, which offers daily price discovery in physical dairy markets, will...

As absurd a question as it sounds, the president of California’s biggest dairy organization says two laws passed this year by elected officials in America’s number one farming state are sending...

As dairies across the world continue to grow in size to capture economies of scale and remain sustainable from a business standpoint, the need for additional labor is an inevitable fact. That of course...

Retailer talks about going BST-free. A good example of a change we made, listening to consumers, is the removal of cows treated with the rBST hormone from our milk supply," said Molly Starmann, senior...

Buttermilk Crispy Chicken adds Real Seal "We all know that chicken doesn't contain 51 percent dairy," said Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) dairy scientist Porter Myrick, who works exclusively with McDonald's....