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A busy case and a quiet vat
Commodity cheese production is running light this week while retail demand for gift boxes and holiday wedges climbs. We look at what the split means for member creameries.
Read postThe extension that bought everyone a year
Federal lawmakers extended the current farm bill through next fall instead of writing a new one. We look at what that means for the margin-coverage program members actually…
Read postWhat the affinage certificate actually tests
The Advanced Affinage Certificate gets asked about every time a cave-heavy workshop wraps up. Here's what it actually covers, who it's built for, and what it isn't.
Read postListeria checks before the holiday volume hits
Holiday production ramps put more product moving through the same cave, the same slicer, and the same drains. Here's what our Listeria course actually walks through, and why…
Read postThe margin that finally loosened
Federal margin support improved again in November and a one-year farm bill extension kept existing dairy programs in place. Neither is a fix, and members should keep making…
Read postThe rep who remembers every cave
A regional sales rep has spent a decade of federation membership watching creamery caves change hands. We asked what a tight-margin year looks like from the passenger seat.
Read postWhat Burlington taught us about bloomy rinds
Our bloomy-rind workshop filled the room in Burlington this week. Here's what came up on the floor, from ammonia timing to how members are pricing a soft wheel.
Read postThe margin that finally came up for air
After a brutal summer, the federal milk-margin math has finally loosened this fall. We look at what the recovery means, and doesn't mean, for member creameries.
Read postThe bloomy rind workshop heads to Burlington next week
Our Rind: Bloomy Rinds workshop lands in Burlington on November 8, timed for makers heading into the highest-stakes bloomy production stretch of the year.
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