Industry News
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What July's milk check is telling you
Federal milk price figures ticked up again this month, and cheese exports keep setting records. We look at what both numbers actually mean for a small producer's margin.
Read postThe heat that costs you before the milk check does
New research on heat stress and milk yield puts a number on something members have been telling us all summer: a hot week shows up on the margin…
Read postWhat actually sells a specialty wedge
A spring trade report on what moves specialty cheese at the deli counter lines up with what our own retail members keep telling us, even in a tight…
Read postThe record price in the wrong column
Butter is setting records and milk output keeps climbing, but for a lot of small creameries neither number shows up on the right side of the ledger.
Read postThe tariff line showing up in your wholesale quotes
Retaliatory tariffs on U.S. cheese are landing on exporters first, but several members who never ship a wheel across a border are seeing the effects in their own…
Read postThe pricing formula nobody noticed change
A federal milk pricing formula update took effect this month, and butter is sitting at a record high. Neither one made headlines, but both are showing up in…
Read postThe butter record sitting under your margin math
Butter hit a five-year high at auction this spring while cheese imports climbed — a combination that changes the input math behind your case, not just the headline.
Read postWhat the new milk-pricing rule means for your check
A federal milk-pricing rule change lands June 1. Here is what actually moves in the formula, and why the effect on your check depends on which class you…
Read postWhat the bulk-tank testing actually checks for
Federal bulk-tank surveillance for H5N1 has expanded to most dairy states this spring. Here is what it actually tests, what it doesn't, and where it touches your creamery.
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