These are challenging times, but dairy processors are finding opportunities against a backdrop of shifting markets, diminished lead time on orders, workforce safety concerns and unprecedented milk and cheese prices. Plenty of lemons. Let’s make some lemonade.
Americans have spent $5.5 billion more dollars on dairy products in grocery stores in 2020 than in the …
Stress is an inevitable part of work, but when it gets out of hand, it is bad for both the business and employees. Increasingly, many workers are not only suffering from stress but a more severe and prolonged condition that experts formally define as “burnout.” Just last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized burnout …
It’s time to move past legacy obstacles and adopt new strategies such as a modern cloud-based approach. 2020 has been challenging for dairy, and labeling is partly to blame. While the world has been gripped with a pandemic, US dairy recalls reached the highest since 2018’s end-of-year and critically, one-third of those recalls were a …
OSSEO, Wis. – For Inga Witscher, she always knew that farming was her passion, but she recently discovered something else that brings her joy. She decided to cut out the middleman and start using the milk from her farm to make her own cheese on location.
At Inga Witscher’s farm in Osseo, it’s all about …
The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) applauded the joint announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the agencies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to ease U.S. dairy exports, in which each agency’s roles and responsibilities are clearly delineated.
The MOU, a project underway within …
WASHINGTON— In a letter to the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services, the nation’s dairy industry urged the federal government to publish dietary guidelines that reflect the latest, peer-reviewed science showing the benefits of making dairy part of a healthy dietary pattern for all Americans. The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) continues …
It’s been announced that the in-person component of January’s IPPE is now canceled, we can add one more to the list of food technology trade shows that have had to cancel as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these show organizers have tried to provide a virtual solution, not necessarily to replace the …
Gyrating milk and cheese prices in this the most unusual marketing year in generations has spurred calls for federal order reform with a focus on negative PPDs. The discussion deserves a processor perspective.
In August, Hoard’s Dairyman opined “As cheese soared to record prices, frustration boiled over in the countryside. That’s because negative producer price …
NEW YORK – According to a recent NPD Group report more consumers are turning to indulgent snacks during the coronavirus outbreak. “Given both the economic and well-being stressors related to COVID-19, indulgent snacking is playing an even more important role during these challenging times. Snack food consumption has increased by 8% during the pandemic as …