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Certification, education, advocacy, events, industry news and the members behind them — written by the Federation, for the people who make, age, sell and buy the cheese.
What the market stand season actually costs
Farmers market season is opening across most of our footprint this month. A course built for the stand, not the cave, is worth a look before your first…
Read postWhy milk prices are softening
Dairy margins have been pinched all year, and this spring's numbers are well below last year's highs. Here's what that means for members who don't set their own…
Read postThe head cheesemaker reading Standards drafts
Elena Rodriguez has spent seven years as head cheesemaker at a sheep-milk creamery and this year joined our Standards Committee. We asked what pulled her toward the paperwork…
Read postThe sesame rule and your label
This week's allergen webinar is built around the sesame rule that took effect in January and is still tripping up small labels three months in.
Read postA webinar worth your Thursday, April 20
Webinar: Rennet Alternatives 2023 lands April 20, and it answers a question our helpline gets every spring: what actually changes in the wheel when you switch coagulants.
Read postThe cave the second hire runs
A composite look at a common path in our directory: the second hire who started on the packing line and now owns the cave logs, one humidity reading…
Read postThe margin that didn't move this April
This April's federal margin figure came in a touch higher than March, which sounds dull until you notice what it means for feed costs and your wheel.
Read postA pricing formula fight starting to take shape
Early talk of a federal review of milk pricing formulas is building this spring. We're starting to collect member input now, before the proposals are locked.
Read postThe paperwork behind a first export order
A first export order is exciting right up until the paperwork arrives. Our Export Documentation Essentials course walks members through the forms and quotas that actually move a…
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