In the past 12 months, the Consumer Price Index has shown an 8.5% price jump in all retail items. For food specifically, that number is higher at 8.8%

In a bright spot for dairy demand, consumer expenditures on dairy climbed 3% higher in March. The not-so-great news is that they also bought 3% less product

Dairy faces a number of challenges as the rest of the year develops. While that is true, every other food commodity market has similar struggles. Take for example oils that are used to make margarine

When a dairy farm sells their milk through a cooperative, they are handing the marketing reins over to that organization and entrusting them with taking the time and effort to find a home for their milk

Value-added dairy operations aren’t for the faint of heart, according to Mountain Fresh Creamery’s Jen Glover

Making sure that every farmer’s bulk tank is empty at the end of each day is key for the team that works at and with FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative, said General Manager Jeff Lyon on the May 19 Hoard’s...

As markets and the dairy industry as a whole continues to change, many dairy producers have investigated value-added processing as an opportunity for their operations

It’s been beneficial for many dairy producers that, at the same time more farms are looking to process their own milk and sell dairy products, a growing number of consumers are interested in locally...

It’s a push that has occurred up and down the chain. It has been driven by national and international brands that have been on the search to find more global suppliers

Since the genesis of Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) pricing, the balance between pricing in the various milk classes has caused discussion and at times even distress among dairy farmers

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

Throughout the decades of milk pricing by Federal Milk Marketing Orders, dairy farmers, processors, and even consumers have questioned the importance of the orders

As we have seen before, the intricacies of the Federal Milk Marketing Order system mean that any changes to the orders will result in multifaceted consequences

Just like dairy farmers and dairy retailers, dairy product processors have been forced to learn a lot over the past 13 months as they attempt to balance supply and demand

In so many businesses, COVID-19 has caused a fundamental change in the way sales are done

The dairy supply chain was able to keep operating as best it could last spring thanks in no small part to the employees working at dairy processing plants

While the pandemic and its effects are by no means behind the United States, recent vaccine availability and slipping COVID-19 infection rates have caused many parts of the country to walk back policies...

One thing we learned especially in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to learn now is this: expect the unexpected

The term risk management has become an integral part of the dairy lexicon in the last decade, and its merits have never been more obvious than during the wild swings caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

If a proposed amendment to the federal milk marketing system advances to a final decision by USDA, the revised order is then voted on by the dairy farmers who would be affected by the change