Sept. 16 2021
A year and a half removed from the brunt of the stay-at-home lockdowns that ruled most of the world because of COVID-19, the global demand for cheese is reaching record highs
Sept. 10 2021
Unfortunately, we aren’t done with COVID-19 yet . . . or maybe it’s more correct to say that COVID-19 isn’t done with us yet. Either way, perhaps we should stop and ask what we have learned...
Aug. 19 2021
Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the August 2021 issue of Hoard's Dairyman
Aug. 18 2021
The author owns The McCully Group LLC, which provides management consulting for dairy and food companies.For the last two months, dairy markets have been in the summer price doldrums, bogged down by heavy...
July 12 2021
Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the July 2021 issue of Hoard's Dairyman
July 2 2021
As recovery from the pandemic continues, it may be years before we understand all of the consumption and production implications
June 14 2021
Dumped milk was just one clear picture of the food supply chain failures that occurred last spring as the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic rocked product demand and altered production lines
June 14 2021
The math of profits is straightforward . . . profits equal total revenues minus total costs. Of course, there are many layers that lie behind this simple formula. The first layer being that
June 10 2021
In my previous column, “Keep an eye on the five major farm risks,” in the April 25, 2021, issue, I introduced the “five categories of risk” that farmers face
June 10 2021
Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the June 2021 issue of Hoard's Dairyman
June 10 2021
One lesson the past year and a half taught us is that our food supply chain is fragile
May 13 2021
Three weeks ago, the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) announced it will seek an emergency USDA hearing on reform to the Class I price mover
May 7 2021
Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the May 2021 issue of Hoard's Dairyman
May 5 2021
However, why we have federal programs to subsidize food consumption is not always clear, especially when we contrast the perspectives of people whose primary interest is agriculture versus people whose...
April 25 2021
The coronavirus pandemic was an outlier event that dramatically shocked the supply and demand fundamentals of all commodity markets. Milk was no exception
April 13 2021
Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the April 25, 2021 issue of Hoard's Dairyman
April 10 2021
Dairy markets have a new driver at the wheel: demand. Before 2020, dairy markets hinged mainly on the dynamics of milk supply
March 29 2021
On Monday, March 22, the USDA held a 12-hour listening session to hear feedback from the public about the Farmers to Families Food Box Program
March 29 2021
Scarcity and oversupply were two of the stories that permeated the past year as COVID-19 influenced dairy markets
March 24 2021
Dairy News as reported in the Washington Dairygrams for the April 10, 2021 issue of Hoard's Dairyman