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Enrollment opens for next year's safety net
Enrollment for next year's federal dairy margin support opened this month, and members are deciding on coverage levels against a firmer but still uneven cheese market.
Read postWhat a label review actually catches
Labeling Law & Compliance is two weeks into its fall cohort, and the most common mistakes it catches aren't about honesty — they're about outdated templates.
Read postThe food safety plan nobody inherited
A member who took over quality management at a small creamery this year found the food safety plan on file had been written for equipment that no longer…
Read postThe first good milk check in a year
After a rough 2018 and a rougher first half of 2019, commodity milk prices are finally moving up, and members who buy fluid milk are already feeling it.
Read postWhat to check on your credential before the year closes
With three months left in the year, this is the week to check your credential's renewal date rather than the week you find out it lapsed at the…
Read postThe quality manager who reads the cave before the lab does
A quality manager at a mid-sized creamery walked us through the daily humidity and airflow log she keeps by hand, and why she trusts it as much as…
Read postA new window opens on the safety net
The federal margin-protection program reopens enrollment for next year this week, even as this year's payments are still landing — a timing quirk worth understanding before you file…
Read postTwo webinars, a season apart
September's Judging Standards webinar drew a full house and a long question line; registration is now open for the December session on rennet alternatives.
Read postThe member who answers every comment period
A small farmstead owner rarely makes it to a conference, but has signed nearly every advocacy petition the federation has circulated this decade — and wants more members…
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