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The milk check split in two directions
August's federal milk price numbers moved cheese-linked and protein-linked components in opposite directions, and members whose margins depend on both should pay attention to which one matters more…
Read postMember spotlight: the swab log she rebuilt
A farmstead producer spent late August rewriting her environmental testing log from scratch after this week's Listeria webinar convinced her the old one wasn't asking the right questions.
Read postWhat Tuesday's Listeria webinar actually covered
This week's Listeria Control webinar drew a bigger audience than usual, and the questions afterward made clear how many members are still unsure what their environmental testing program…
Read postA tariff line moves again
A trading partner's retaliatory tariffs on US dairy exports take effect September 8. For members who ship cheese abroad, this is the week to check your contracts and…
Read postA webinar about your swab map
Next week's Listeria Control webinar lands a few months after a soft-cheese outbreak closed out nationally. Here's what the session covers and why the timing is useful, not…
Read postReading the last weeks of market season
Farmers market weekends are still full, but the selling patterns are already shifting toward fall. Here is how to read the last stretch of the season and what…
Read postThe exemption boundary moves again
A federal traceability rule's small-producer exemptions are up for another look this year, and the federation is asking members to send in real numbers before the window closes.
Read postWhat your export paperwork needs this month
With new cross-border dairy tariffs in effect, the paperwork that used to be a formality is now the thing that decides your landed cost, and it deserves a…
Read postThe tariff line that just reopened
New tariffs on a major cross-border dairy trading relationship take effect this week, and members who ship or receive cheese across that border are already rebooking freight.
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