Industry News
Milk prices firm up under a new rule
Class III and Class IV prices have been climbing since February, a new Class I pricing formula took effect May 1, and a noisier trade picture is making…
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Events
Registration opens: Workshop on curd retailing
Our June workshop on selling fresh curds at retail opens for registration this week, built for members who make a shelf-stable product but a genuinely perishable one.
Member Spotlight
Thirteen years on the road
A regional sales director who has covered the same wholesale territory for a cheese distributor since before some of our committees existed told us what actually changed.
Advocacy
What it takes to cross a state line
Selling cheese to a distributor two states over sounds simple. The rating and reciprocity system behind it isn't, and members keep asking us to explain it plainly.
Certification
What the Food Safety & HACCP Certificate actually covers
Members keep asking whether our Food Safety & HACCP Certificate overlaps with a written food safety plan. It doesn't replace one, but it changes how you build it.
Education
Reading your herd through the flush
Spring flush changes what's coming out of the bulk tank week to week. Our Milk Quality & Herd Health course exists for exactly that moving target.
Industry News
What the spring flush means for supply this year
April's federal price data confirms a modest spring flush this year, not the flood some producers braced for. Here's what that steadier surge means for your supply planning.
Industry News
The margin picture, through February
The federal income-over-feed-cost margin improved again in February, the second straight monthly gain reported under the new dairy safety-net program. Here's what that means for the cheese case.
Member Spotlight
The member who reads the bill text
Tom Reyes runs a small raw-milk operation at Speltmoor Farmstead and has spent years submitting testimony most members never see happen. We asked him why he keeps doing…
Events
Registration is closing on the Meadow Affinage workshop
Our late-May affinage workshop in British Columbia has a handful of seats left. Here's what six weeks in a working cave actually covers, and why the deadline is…
Education
What your label actually has to say
The federal regulator closed a comment period this year on how dairy names get used on packaging. It's a good moment for members to check their own labels,…
Member Spotlight
The member you never hear from
Victor Sandoval has renewed every year since 2017 and never once come to an event. We looked at what a corporate membership like his is actually for.