U.S. cheese consumption posted another new record. In 2019, every American, on average, consumed 38.3 pounds of cheese

After logging 3,400 miles of windshield time through the heart of America’s cropland from September 14 to 18, I came away with this finding — this could be a banner crop year

Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the October 10, 2020 issue of Hoard's Dairyman

At the beginning of the decade, spanning from 2010 to 2019, the average American consumed 32.7 pounds of cheese

Consumers have been flocking back to butter. That’s because evidence continues to mount that all dietary fats are not equal

The 2019 fluid milk sales data has been tabulated by USDA and its doesn’t bode well for dairy. Fluid milk sales fell another -1.75% when comparing 2019 to 2018

Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the September 25, 2020 issue of Hoard's Dairyman

“Dairy sales have been around 14% above year-ago levels for several weeks now,” said Abrielle Backhouse, research coordinator with the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association

Whether measured on the domestic or international stage, dairy’s top processor list has a different look and most of the changes involve Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)

Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the August 25, 2020 issue of Hoard's Dairyman

In your September 10, 2020 issue . . .COULD DAIRY’S “V-SHAPED” RECOVERY transcend into a “W-shaped” price swoon? If shifted from a “V” to a “W-shaped”...

Could dairy’s “V-shaped” price recovery transcend into a “W-shaped” price downturn? If shifted from a “V” to a “W-shaped” milk price graph, the markets...

The lines between professional journalism and everything else continue to blur due to the proliferation of self-made journalists and so called think tanks in the social media era

The August 2020 Hoard’s Dairyman Bull List can be downloaded. The list includes the top bulls for Holsteins, Jerseys, Brown Swiss, Red and Whites, Guernsey, Ayrshire, and Milking Shorthorns

Cheese prices kept climbing in July and other values stayed relatively flat

Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the August 10, 2020 issue of Hoard's Dairyman

Negative producer price differentials (PPDs) reared its ugly head in June milk checks and will reappear in July

Could California’s civil war over quota have a somewhat civil sunset? The potential does exist

The next chapter in California’s civil war over quota was written after Administrative Law Judge Timothy Aspinwall concluded, “ . . . the Petition is legally defective and should not be advanced...

With 84% of all milk in the Upper Midwest Federal Milk Marketing Order heading to the cheese vat, it stands to reason that milk components would hold a higher value in dairy farmer milk checks