Farmers have their reasons for why they choose to milk a certain breed of cows, and each breed features unique and valued characteristics

“The organic dairy sector witnessed a demand surge as the COVID-19 pandemic first gripped the nation,” shared Organic Valley’s Travis Forgues during testimony on June 22

What do you get when global demand climbs 20% since 2019 and global supplies fall 15%? The result is the current supply chain crisis

While not imminent, some dairy industry specialists have asked the question, “What would milk marketing look like without federal order pricing?”

I tell this story to illustrate that we in animal agriculture are losing the game of owning the narrative of a principle that we have been managing long before it was newsworthy

Technology often makes our lives better. On the farm, this is especially true when we are able to pinpoint cow health, production, and reproduction information

Federal Milk Marketing Orders have been in place for over eight decades, and while they have seen modest updates, many industry experts think more change is ahead

“Manufacturers don’t actually know what they will have to pay for your milk until federal orders deliver the monthly announcement of prices,” wrote Mark Stephenson

Every crunchy, melty cheese curd that crosses a Culver’s counter came from somewhere specific – and special

The heart and soul of federal milk marketing orders are often thought of as the classified pricing system and pooling, and the complexities of those tools make them both popular and not

As consumers, we can play a role in reducing the nation’s carbon footprint, but it might not be in the way most people think

As the industry begins to address updates to the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) system, opinions are flooding in from a number of sources