Industry News
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A record milk check that doesn't feel like one
Class prices are setting records this quarter, but members tell us feed and freight are eating the gains before they reach the bank. Here's what's actually moving your…
Read postWhat your feed contract should say
Milk prices are near record levels this quarter, but a grain-market shock this week is a reason to look hard at your feed contract before your next renewal,…
Read postFewer cheeses, more direct sales
Industry survey data shows specialty makers producing fewer varieties but selling more of it themselves. We look at why that trade-off is showing up now.
Read postA deadline coming and a dispute resolved
A federal margin-protection signup window is closing in three weeks and a long-running cross-border trade dispute went the industry's way. Neither fixes your feed bill, but both are…
Read postA price spike and a pullback
Butter and cheddar prices spiked hard in early January and then gave a chunk of it back. Here's what that whiplash means for the price sheet you're printing…
Read postThe shortage behind the empty case
A winter wave of illness is thinning retail staff nationwide, and specialty cheese counters are feeling it in scheduling and case coverage, not just delivery delays.
Read postA jumpy market to start the year
Cheese and butter prices opened 2022 strong, but staffing gaps from the winter's case surge are the bigger story on the production floor this week.
Read postThe class spread and your price sheet
Class III and Class IV milk prices closed 2021 further apart than they opened it, and that spread is worth understanding before you set January prices.
Read postTwo milk prices changed places
Class IV moved above Class III into the new year, a reversal from the pattern most of our members budget around, and it changes what your January order…
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