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Progressive Dairy provides updates on dairy-related organizations and companies, compiled from staff news sources and industry press releases. Email industry and organization news to Progressive Dairy Editor Jenna Hurty.
The recent run-up in dairy product prices has helped spur optimism for milk futures prices for the remainder of 2020. It also provides a temporary plateau from which to view one of the most volatile periods in dairy pricing history.
My grandfather would take eggs and cream to the local town grocery store every Saturday night. The grocer gave him a price on the cream; if my grandfather did not like the price, he could not take it home to see if prices were higher next week. When he sold his cream, he was only one step away from the consumer, but he was still a “price taker.”
You’re busy milking cows, trying to find a market for some cull cows, finishing up planting and harvesting some forages. With that in mind, Progressive Dairy looks at issues in the news impacting you and your dairy business.
In November 2019, the nation’s largest fluid milk processor, Dean Foods, declared bankruptcy. Recently, the bankruptcy court received bids from interested parties to purchase the Dean Foods plants and other assets.
On a normal day, over 40 million Americans struggle to provide enough food for their families. The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified this need, with food banks across the country experiencing more people needing assistance.
We asked “New Mexico Milkmaid” to provide the top myths she hears – and the talking points she uses – when discussing milk as part of childhood nutrition.
Hello readers! I’m Emily Shaw, and I’m a Pennsylvania dairy girl who now resides in the sunny state of Florida. I am currently an online personal trainer through my business Dairy Girl Fitness.
Cows are unnecessarily getting a “bad rap,” and the alternative meats controversy opened the door, according to Allison L. Van Eenennaam, an animal biotechnology and genomics specialist at the University of California – Davis.
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