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What the export numbers mean for members
Year-end trade data shows US dairy export value at a five-year high. Here is what that means for members setting 2020 production plans.
Read postThe margin question before year-end
Milk, packaging, and labor all cost more this year than last, and the last week of December is the moment to check whether your prices actually moved with…
Read postA cave's December verdict
One of our longest-standing international members times his whole year around a single December wheel, and this week is when he finds out whether it worked.
Read postThe threshold that hasn't kept up
A federal food-safety exemption meant for the smallest cheesemakers has a sales threshold that hasn't kept pace with a decade of price growth, and members are telling us…
Read postWhat a judge accreditation actually tests
With spring judging season further out than it looks, December is when members quietly start the Competition Judge Accreditation — here is what the credential actually covers.
Read postInside Thursday's Rennet Alternatives session
Today's Rennet Alternatives webinar walked members through microbial and fermentation-produced coagulants for anyone weighing a change to their vat, not just their label.
Read postCheese prices and a crowded tariff line
Block and barrel cheese are pulling apart heading into the holidays, and a fall tariff line is still working its way through import pricing on the European side…
Read postWriting the story on a gift box
Holiday assortments sell on more than what's inside the box. Our Storytelling & Provenance in Marketing course looks at what actually earns a repeat gift-box customer.
Read postWhat she checks before the holiday crush
A food-safety principal who has consulted for small creameries for five years told us the holiday production stretch is when the small habits either hold or fail.
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