In touting the need for unity among the American colonists seeking their independence from Britain, Ben Franklin pointedly observed that “we must hang together, or else we’ll surely hang separately.”

Providing palatable milks with school lunches is only half the battle in developing dairy habits in children

“If you don’t put milk on the lunch tray, you don’t get a federal reimbursement,” explained Andy Novakovic, Cornell University economist, of milk’s relationship with the nation’s...

Since June 2019, 580 American farms filed for Chapter 12 bankruptcy according to the American Farm Bureau Federation

After five difficult years, dairy farmers are once again facing uncertainty in the marketplace

My family went on their first vacation to visit a friend in California last spring. It was the first time in 18 years that my parents had left the farm for more than a long weekend outside of driving distance

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...

No one knows the exact extent that this pandemic will affect how we go about daily life in the future, but just as with historical events in the past, it’s clear that some things will remain changed

The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s Scientific Report puts dairy in a strong place for the final 2020-2025 guidelines that are set to be released at the end of this year

New research findings could be good news for dairy foods. Emerging science shows that overall diet quality counts more for positive health outcomes than just single nutrients or the quantity of calories...

Don’t underestimate the impact that government purchases are having on the dairy market

While the coronavirus pandemic has certainly brought wide swings in dairy markets, it has brought an even wider list of questions about the future

One of the most interesting things I have observed during this pandemic is how so many consumers returned to the basics

Despite the global pandemic, “dairy remains a sales powerhouse.” That market analysis came from Anne-Marie Roerink, president of 210 Analytics, on the July 9 DairyLivestream

Coronavirus precautions have vastly changed workplaces for both dairy farmers and their employees, an important part of the nation’s critical infrastructure

At the peak of the COVID-19 panic buying in March, weekly dairy sales were nearly half a billion dollars higher than they would have been during a regular week, said market researcher Anne-Marie Roerink

Here at Hillcrest Farms, we take pride in what we do. The good days, the bad days, the hot days, and the cold days

Forecasting the future of the U.S. dairy industry has always been a difficult task due in part to the inelastic nature of the demand for dairy products

The 2020 dairy cattle show season has become a sad state of affairs

“Employed people eat more pizza than unemployed people.” Or at least that is how I remember the quote