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March 28 2022
What’s holding dairy back these days?Employees. Those employees are needed both on the farm and in processing plants. “I’ve been in the industry for 46 years
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March 24 2022
While the European Union (EU) stands second in global dairy product exports, the forecast has turned a bit cloudy these days
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March 21 2022
Change can be difficult, and some producers may worry that global efforts surrounding sustainability will force changes to current farming practices
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March 21 2022
U.S. dairy exporters pushed past previous trade records with $7.75 billion in overseas sales in 2021. In fact, last year’s exports topped prior-year numbers in ten of dairy’s top 11 markets
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March 14 2022
The question of where future milk production growth in the U.S. will occur has been frequently discussed over the years
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March 11 2022
U.S. Olympian Elle Purrier St. Pierre grew up on a dairy farm and now uses her sport to promote the industry and its products
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March 10 2022
A record 8.7 million units of beef semen was sold to U.S. dairy farmers and cattle ranchers last year. That was up 21% over the previous year’s 7.2 million units
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March 7 2022
Although it is still early to say so definitively, 2022 holds promise as a critical year of progress in the decades-long fight for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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March 7 2022
Celebrate the role dairy plays in childhood nutrition during National School Breakfast Week
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March 3 2022
While cow numbers in the nation’s dairy herd held steady, dairy farm numbers did not follow the same course. In losing 5.7% of the farms holding a permit to sell milk, dairy farm numbers fell
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Feb. 21 2022
Telling dairy’s story – the accomplishments and challenges this industry faces – is becoming more important with each year
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Feb. 21 2022
Sharing recipes and photos of food online is very popular right now, and these photography tips will help you showcase your culinary creation
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Feb. 17 2022
Food price inflation has been a well-documented phenomenon in recent months, but retail dairy products have yet to face the same upward price pressure that has existed for many other commodities
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Feb. 11 2022
Whether you are a football fan or not, the biggest game of the year has some fun ties to dairy
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Feb. 9 2022
Dairy demand is up. “The last two years have been the strongest on record. Per capita consumption is up 3 pounds,” said Michael Dykes in his opening comments
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Feb. 3 2022
The dairy REAL Seal program has evolved to become a leaner – and in a few cases, depending on one’s perspective, meaner – marketing program during the past decade compared to the one...
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Jan. 27 2022
Most dairy farmers know that the United States Dairy Export Council (USDEC) has played an important role in expanding trade from nearly negligible levels at its creation in 1995 to 2021’s 17%-plus
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Jan. 27 2022
“At the Dairy Forum in January of 2020, I made a prediction that we’d see more change in the next five years than we’ve seen in the last 15 years
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Jan. 24 2022
Social media has become one of the most useful tools farmers and agriculturalists have to show consumers off the farm how food is produced and its value to a healthy diet
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Jan. 24 2022
Inflation has officially arrived on the dairy product front as rising feed costs and the resulting tightness in U.S. milk supplies sends butter, cheese, nonfat dry milk, and whey prices climbing