Industry News
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The holiday case is already being built
Cheese exports are on pace for a record year and holiday promotions are already in stores. We look at what that combination means for the case you're stocking…
Read postThe import case is thinner this year
US cheese exports keep climbing while European supply stays tight, and members are asking the same question: what does that mean for the holiday case?
Read postThe hay bill behind your margin
Milk prices are still near record highs this fall, but a record feed bill and softening demand are eating the gain before it reaches your case. Here's what…
Read postThe hay bill behind the holiday wheel
Feed costs have climbed to some of the highest levels on record this fall, and members building holiday inventory are feeling it before a single wheel reaches the…
Read postThe hay bill in your fall pricing
All-milk prices are at record highs this fall, but so is the alfalfa bill behind them. We look at why a strong milk check isn't translating into an…
Read postRecord exports, record feed costs
US cheese exports are on pace for a record year, and hay prices have kept setting new highs of their own. Two good-looking headlines that don't add up…
Read postA hurricane and a record milk check
Milk prices are near a record high this year, but a hurricane bearing down on the Gulf Coast and rising feed costs mean the number on your check…
Read postA butterfat record, and a margin that still isn't following
Butterfat premiums have been unusually strong all year, and that's been propping up milk checks across the federation. Here's why it isn't showing up the same way in…
Read postA record export streak and a fuller fall case
Federal export data released this month shows U.S. cheese shipments extending a months-long growth streak, and members are asking what that means for wholesale allocation at home.
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