Single-use plastic packaging, especially flexible film, is seeing a surge due to the pandemic, but it’s questionable how long it will last.
Demand for flexible packaging, most of which is plastic, is forecast to rise 10% this year, compared with 3% last year. Much of that increase has come about …
Sellers have seen warehouses pile up with artisanal cheese during the pandemic.
Mountains of specialty cheese have been piling up in warehouses in recent months, as restaurants shuttered and other traditional markets closed down across America.
Like many other areas of the food industry, artisanal cheese has not been immune to the pandemic’s disruptions. But …
Senior communications leaders in the manufacturing space share their responses to a situation that has no playbook.
The cliché “building the plane while flying it” does not even begin to describe the intense scenario communications professionals in the manufacturing sector have experienced since COVID-19 became a stark reality. A more accurate description might be trying …
The Federal Reserve Board has expanded its Main Street Lending Program, promulgated under the CARES Act, to allow more small and medium-sized businesses to take advantage of the support.
Particularly, by extending the maturity from four to five years and extending the payment deferral from one to two …
WASHINGTON — USDA this month raised its 2020 milk production forecast 100 million pounds on higher expected cow numbers to 222.5 billion pounds in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report released Thursday.
In 2021, USDA now forecasts milk production to reach 225.3 billion pounds, up from 224.1 billion pounds …
While supply and demand shifts are happening daily, these influences are likely to stay.
The main part of Nate Donnay’s job at Dairy Foods is tracking, modeling, and forecasting the supply, demand, and prices of dairy products around the world. The problem Nate has this month is the underlying supply and demand are making massive …
On June 17, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) will release its draft scientific report via a public meeting webinar to stakeholders. The final report will be provided to the Secretaries of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in late June, with a public release …
CME block cheddar cheese prices made history twice this spring. First, they staged an unprecedented collapse as restaurants and schools were forced to close in an effort to stem the spread of Covid-19. Following that collapse in both demand and prices, CME block cheese prices have now climbed more than 150% in less than two …
To borrow a hoops analogy: It’s the end of the first quarter and after the surprise attack on the global economy from the COVID-19 pandemic, the dairy industry has mounted a rally after the virus built a strong early lead.
Yes, it’s only the end of the first quarter.
The dairy …
For the first time in its 53-year history, World Dairy Expo has been canceled. The Expo Executive Committee said it reached this difficult decision based on the public health orders and restrictions related to COVID-19, in place, and issued by Public Health Madison & Dane County.
The Expo was set to take place at the …