Industry News
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The board that's driving fall orders
Shareable cheese boards have been the retail growth story of the year, and members are already fielding fall orders built around them. Here's what that means for your…
Read postThe case is full. The counter traffic isn't.
Milk supply finally loosened this summer and blocks pulled back from spring highs, but several members say the bigger problem now is fewer people stopping at the case.
Read postRecord prices are cooling. Your costs aren't.
Class III milk has slid off its spring peak, and cheddar blocks have leveled out. That's not the relief it sounds like once packaging and energy costs are…
Read postPrices cooled off. Did your margin follow?
Wholesale milk and block prices eased through July after a record spring. Here's what the pullback means for your price sheet and your case.
Read postThe case is getting more crowded
Specialty cheese is taking up more of the case than it used to, even as everyday cheese sales soften. What that shift actually means for a small producer's…
Read postThe heat behind a record milk check
Record milk prices this month are colliding with a heat wave that's cutting into herd yields, and members are asking what that squeeze means for their next order.
Read postThe heat behind this month's milk check
Milk prices are at record highs this summer, but a stretch of extreme heat and rising feed costs mean the number on the check isn't translating into the…
Read postThe real cost of a cold cave
Feed costs have dominated the dairy conversation this year, but members tell us the line item that's changed the most this summer is the electric bill for the…
Read postRecord prices, a tight summer case
Milk prices hit a new high this spring, and butter is running at levels not seen in years. Here's what that combination is doing to the specialty cheese…
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