In the past year, the Progressive Dairy team has recorded more than 40 episodes with additional content planned for the end of the year.

Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, the U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards program has recognized nearly 80 dairy farms, businesses and collaborative partnerships over the past decade.

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted milk marketing channels and agricultural supply chains, affecting dairy producer cash flow, balance sheets and relationships with their bankers. In an economic climate of rising input costs, the 2021 World Dairy Expo featured an agricultural lender panel addressing “How are we evaluating farm loans?”

The phrase, “The gorilla in the room” is often used to describe something that is obvious yet ignored. The “gorillas” in milk marketing have grown more obvious due to disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic as well as a Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) system designed for a different time.

The dairy community came together in Madison, Wisconsin, for World Dairy Expo earlier this month to reconnect after 18 months of virtual engagement. I am here for my first World Dairy Expo, and it has been great meeting with people I had only emailed with until now. At the same time, more than 100 animal rights extremists attended the Direct Action Everywhere Animal Liberation Conference in California.