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A traceability rule with soft cheeses on the list
The federal traceability proposal's comment window is open into the new year, and soft cheeses are on the list of foods it would cover. Here's what to read…
Read postThe relief window closes today
Today is the last day to file for the federal pandemic assistance round most of our producer members have been weighing since fall. A plain look at the…
Read postThe volunteer calling members who went quiet
One member spent this fall making phone calls to accounts that had stopped opening our emails. What she heard back was less about renewal and more about being…
Read postWhat your cave wants when the furnace kicks on
Winter heating dries the air faster than most cave logs catch it. A look at what the humidity and airflow course actually drills, and why December is when…
Read postThe rally cooled off faster than it built
November's cheese price run reversed hard in the first week of December. Here's what moved, why forecasters had already trimmed next year's outlook, and what to watch next.
Read postStarting the credential a newer hire actually needs
Members hired extra holiday help this year with little time to train them. Here's what the Cheese Foundations Certificate covers, and why December still works.
Read postA webinar for whoever built your website in a hurry
Our Digital Storefronts webinar returns this Thursday, built for the members who threw up an online order form in March and never got back to fixing it.
Read postListeria controls for a bigger batch
Our Listeria Control in Small Creameries course started this month right as holiday volume ramps up — the two events aren't a coincidence, and the timing is worth…
Read postThe router who rebuilt the holiday map
A route planner at a regional dairy distributor is redrawing her holiday delivery map around a driver shortage that's worse this year than she's seen it in a…
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