Events
Two weeks to the Annual Conference
With the ICF Annual Conference two weeks away, here's what's on the schedule, why the registration desk fills up fastest on the first morning, and what to bring.
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Industry News
A smaller herd and a firmer price
Milk prices have firmed through the spring as the national dairy herd keeps shrinking. For cheesemakers on contract pricing, this is the moment to look at renewal math.
Member Spotlight
An affineur’s cave in a hot June
A farmstead affineur in the upper Midwest on what a warm June does to an aging room, and why she checks her humidity readings by hand twice a…
Events
Tune in: the Wholesale Negotiation webinar
The free Wholesale Negotiation webinar runs this Thursday. Here's what it covers and why this summer's market makes it worth an hour of your time.
Events
Registration opens: the Clover Pasta Filata workshop
Registration is open for the July 1 Clover cohort workshop on stretched-curd cheeses, timed to a specialty market that keeps outgrowing forecasts.
Member Spotlight
The member who’s outlasted three cheddar cycles
Six years into his ICF membership and twenty-two into the trade, a regional sales director explains why cheddar's boring reputation is exactly the point.
Education
What a hot week does to your milk check
A run of high heat and humidity does more to your milk check than cut volume — it changes the components, and this week's course covers both.
Education
What Export Documentation Essentials covers
A tariff line can change on the exact date a shipment clears customs. This week's course rundown covers the paperwork habits that keep an export order from getting…
Advocacy
What we’re asking for on pricing reform
Milk prices have firmed up this spring, but the formula behind them still frustrates small producers. Here's the reform members are pushing for and how to add your…
Industry News
One tariff line opens as another closes
Mexico's retaliatory tariffs came off this spring and China's went on June 1. Here's what that split picture means for members who sell across a border.
Events
Notes from the curd retailing workshop
This week's curd retailing workshop drew a full room and a longer-than-planned Q&A. Here's what stuck, and where to find the material if you couldn't make it.
Member Spotlight
A cheesemonger crosses the Atlantic
One of our newer members runs a small cheese counter that buys direct from a handful of overseas producers. She told us what that supply chain actually looks…