Industry News
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A tariff truce, and what it means for your import case
A five-year truce in a long-running aircraft trade dispute is lifting a 25 percent tariff that has sat on European cheese since 2019. Here's what changes at the…
Read postTwo signals in the same market
Cheese-based Class III pricing softened in June even as U.S. dairy export volumes kept climbing, and members are asking which number to trust.
Read postA softer Class III going into summer
A federal milk-production forecast rose again in May while Class III eased off its spring high. Here is what that combination is likely to mean for your cost…
Read postThe case is filling back up
Restaurants are reopening faster than most forecasts expected, and the Class III milk price is climbing with them. Here is what a warmer food-service market means for your…
Read postCheese prices firmed up. What it means for your case
Class III milk prices climbed through April into May on stronger cheese demand, and we look at what a firmer market means for members pricing wholesale cases this…
Read postCheese finally caught up to the forecast
Block and barrel prices spent April chasing last winter's optimistic forecasts, and last week they finally got there. Here is what closed the gap.
Read postA stronger export number and your case
Class III and Class IV prices climbed again this spring on strong export demand. Here is what that actually means for a small producer's pricing sheet.
Read postA tariff pause and your import case
A four-month suspension of retaliatory tariffs on European cheese took effect in March. Here's what it actually changes for the imported side of your case, and what it…
Read postThe case is selling again — what a reopening spring means for you
Restaurants and school cafeterias are filling back up, vaccination is finally outrunning case counts, and both are showing up in firmer cheese demand this spring.
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