A growing body of research supports the inclusion of fuller fat dairy foods in the diet. However, the overweight and obesity epidemic in the U.S. makes it challenging for scientists to justify full-fat...

Many dairy proponents who have studied the newly released Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020 to 2025 will tell you that there are many wins for the category

It’s a question that is, once again, top of mind for many in the dairy community after the release of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025, which recommend consumption of low-fat and fat-free...

With the official release of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 last week, federal nutrition standards have been set for the next five years

The newly released Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 was filled with many positives for the dairy industry

The government has purchased billions of dollars of dairy products and other foods this year through the Farmers to Families Food Box Program in order to stimulate cash flow on farms and get food to pandemic-stricken...

While many unknowns remain regarding 2021 milk prices, there are a few factors with major impacts that we do know details about

As 2021 approaches, dairy farmers, processors, and customers attempt to estimate what the year could bring for dairy

In the debate for President-elect Joe Biden’s secretary of agriculture, many names were reported and discussed, but a familiar one emerged as the top choice: Tom Vilsack, who served as USDA Secretary...

During the last decade, the U.S. dairy industry has seen both butterfat prices and protein prices drive farm gate milk checks

If this year has proven anything, it’s that we cannot predict the future

As the wild ride that has been 2020 comes to a close, dairy economists have their eyes directed toward what’s in store for 2021

The 2020 election has been historic in a number of ways, and that includes agriculture

Change is a scary thing, and there will be no shortage of that in Washington, D.C., when it comes to agriculture leaders in the next Congress and administration

The fundamental question bouncing around the minds of many dairy operators throughout 2020 is probably the one posed in the title of this article

“Mandatory pooling would not change the fact that you had a negative PPD,” said Andy Novakovic, Cornell University economist, in unpacking the correlation between plant pooling and producer...

If you asked a group of dairy farmers from across the country to define the function of the Federal Milk Marketing Orders, you might get a wide range of answers

Determining the value of milk, which is known as price discovery, is one of the intrinsic capabilities of the federal order system

For the same reason that many dairy economists are unwilling to put too much stock in predicting future milk prices, 2020 has left the industry with another lesson just as applicable to federal order pricing:...

Dairy producers may cite a variety of different concerns and frustrations with the Federal Milk Marketing Order system, but the reality is that any one of the issues can’t be solved on its own