Industry News
Every post the Federation has filed under Industry News.
The container shortage and your case
Ocean freight is backed up worldwide and it is reaching the cheese case. Here is what members are telling us and what to check before your next order.
Read postSpot prices firm as plants run short-staffed
School bottling demand has eased for the season, but cheese-plant staffing shortages are keeping spot milk premiums firm and complicating how members plan a fall order.
Read postThe container that isn't coming
Export demand for cheese is at a record high this year, but a shortage of ocean containers and packaging materials is making it harder for members to fill…
Read postCheese sales are up. Foodservice still isn't.
Grocery cheese sales grew again this year, but members selling into restaurants and hotels are still waiting for that side of the business to come back.
Read postMilk production turns a corner heading into fall
After running well ahead of last year for most of 2021, national milk output has started to slow, and that shift is already showing up in firmer cheese…
Read postWhat margin payments tell us
The federal dairy safety-net program has now paid out for seven straight months, and the pattern says more about feed costs than about cheese demand.
Read postThe margin that kept sliding
July's federal dairy margin fell to its lowest reading since the spring of 2020, and the reasons are worth understanding before you set your fall budget.
Read postA milk price, and the feed price underneath it
Class III and Class IV prices have been drifting toward each other this summer, but for members west of the Mississippi, the number that matters more is what's…
Read postClass III comes back to earth
July's Class III milk price fell to roughly $16.49 per hundredweight, well below last year's pandemic-distorted peak — a return to a more normal, if still confusing, market.
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