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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 your feed contract should say
Milk prices are near record levels this quarter, but a grain-market shock this week is a reason to look hard at your feed contract before your next renewal,…
Read postThe cave she started heating instead
A farmstead cheesemaker in her fourth year describes the week she started running a heater instead of a humidifier, and what that swap taught her about margins.
Read postRepricing your wheel without guessing
Milk and feed costs are moving fast this quarter. A look at how Pricing & Margin for Specialty Cheese teaches members to reprice without eroding their brand.
Read postThe truck that can't cross the line
A small aged-raw-milk producer's stalled shipment shows why interstate cheese-shipment rules keep landing on our advocacy agenda, and what members can do about it.
Read postGetting ahead of a ninth allergen on your label
Sesame becomes a federally recognized major allergen on food labels starting next January. Here's what that means for a cheese plant now, before the deadline is close.
Read postThe sixty-day line that decides what crosses a state border
A single aging requirement is the difference between a raw-milk cheese that can ship across state lines and one that can't. Members keep asking us to explain it,…
Read postThe quality manager who rereads every recall notice
A farmstead quality manager has spent years turning industry recall notices into checklist items before they become her problem. We asked her how that habit started.
Read postSave the date for our cider pairing webinar
Our Cheese & Cider Pairing webinar lands later this month. Here's what it covers and why it's worth an hour even if wine has always been your counter's…
Read postWhat the cheesemonger credential actually tests
Certified Cheesemonger comes up in every counter-staffing conversation we have. Here is what the exam covers, who it's for, and what it doesn't replace.
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