Editor's note: CEO Corners are editors' compilations of business news from top publications, which they have tailored for the dairy industry. The cover story of this week’s Bloomberg Businessweek (April 3, 2017, issue) tells the story of a company with an unlikely parallel to the dairy industry.

Dairy Marketing Services LLC (DMS), the marketing arm of Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), has provided about 700 independent Northeast dairy producers with a timeline to find another milk market or join the cooperative.

What started out as a year of milk price optimism is turning into a nightmare for some dairy farmers. Two recent announcements have producers in the Midwest and Northeast facing the reality they must find new markets for their milk.

A federal judge approved a settlement agreement limiting U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) release of information related to concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs).

As farmers put 2017 cropping plans into action, softening dairy markets continue to require attention on dairy risk management strategies too, according to Alan Zepp, risk management program manager at Pennsylvania's Center for Dairy Excellence (CDE).

Breaking free of the dairy market fundamentals’ grip that choked 2015-16 producer income is proving difficult. Optimism for 2017 remains, but U.S. milk prices were held in check by growing supplies and weakening dairy product prices in February.

Dairy farmer leaders of the national dairy checkoff learned a lot from watching the United Kingdom struggle to manage crisis communications in the aftermath of BSE and foot and mouth disease outbreaks in 2001.

A full room of farmers and agribusiness professionals gathered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Feb. 15, but unlike most meetings and conferences, they were not there to hear about milk price projections or the latest trends in transition cows.

‘Sky’s the Limit’ at 2017 DCHA conference Don’t miss out on the exciting line-up at the 2017 Dairy Calf and Heifer Association conference being held April 11-13 in Madison, Wisconsin.

We’ve been surveying readers lately – both in print and in person. One of the most intriguing things I’ve learned is that you don’t have much time to read, if you have any time for it at all.