Industry News
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The highest Class III price since November
March's benchmark milk price posted its biggest print since last fall, and the cheese market moved with it. Here is what a genuine firming looks like versus a…
Read postWhat the listening sessions mean for you
The federal food-safety regulator opened public listening sessions on lot-level tracking this month. Here's what small and mid-size creameries should take from them.
Read postWhat the March forecast actually changes
A federal forecast update nudged the 2026 milk price outlook up and cheese prices moved with it. Here is what that combination does, and doesn't, mean for your…
Read postThe market finally caught its breath
A bullish dairy export forecast and steadier feed-cost margins mean members are finally pricing spring cheese from a plan instead of a scramble.
Read postWhat the narrow barrel-block spread means for you
Wholesale cheese prices firmed up in late February with barrels and blocks trading only a fraction of a cent apart. Here's what that narrow spread usually signals before…
Read postThe tariff line that finally held still
After a year of shifting rates, the export tariff line most of our members watch has held steady for six straight weeks. What that stability is worth, and…
Read postThe paperwork that got easier this week
New federal guidance narrowed who has to keep the toughest traceability records, and carved cottage cheese out of the list entirely. Here's what it changes for the rest…
Read postThe milk check that finally turned
January's all-milk price was the lowest reading in five years. By February it had turned. Here's what the rebound means for members who spent 2025 bracing, not budgeting.
Read postThe succession conversations finally happening
With input costs finally easing after a hard 2025, more farmstead creameries are having the ownership conversation they'd been postponing. Here's what we're hearing from members.
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