Dannon has begun marketing yogurt made with non-genetically modified ingredients. Increasing global demand for pizza cheese is good news for the U.S. dairy industry. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is allowing milk processors to add more vitamin D. This and other U.S. dairy industry news can be found here.

The Bateman family’s history of dairy farming in Utah spans 150 years. With nine members of the next generation considering dairy farming, its future is already taking shape.

The European Commission (EC) released a dairy farmer support package that includes incentives to reduce milk production, allows European Union (EU) member states to provide aid specific to their producers, and extends the use of intervention stocks to keep surplus dairy products off the market.

Measuring dairy margins is a sport unto itself. It’s not creating a windfall, but the 2016 outlook brightened somewhat, and dairy export volumes hit an 11-month high. This and other U.S. dairy economic news can be found here.

Researchers are looking into the presence of ‘sporeformers,’ on-farm bacteria capable of surviving the pasteurization process and negatively affecting dairy product quality. French-based multinational food company Danone is purchasing WhiteWave Foods. Darigold workers vote to strike. This and other U.S. dairy industry news can be found here.

The House approved the bill to establish a national labeling system for foods produced using biotechnology. The International Dairy Foods Association posted a new taxpayer watchdog’s report calling for elimination of federal milk marketing orders. USDA announced regulatory changes for the handling and inspection of downed veal calves delivered to slaughter plants. This and other U.S. dairy policy news can be found here.

Years after the milk mustache, fluid milk sales can now wear a smile. May 2016 packaged fluid milk sales totaled 4.05 billion pounds, up 0.2 percent from May 2015. Tom Gallagher, chief executive officer of Dairy Management Inc., said the numbers reflect innovation and promotion efforts to revitalize the fluid milk category.

This Dairy Regional Recap compares California Jersey and Holstein income over feed costs and analyzes the state’s quarterly milk production costs; summarizes a New Mexico workers' compensation ruling; looks at Pacific Northwest land values; discovers a new dairy in Arkansas; and rides along with Nebraska’s covered farm vehicle designation. This and other U.S. region-by-region dairy news can be found here.

After spiking in 2014 thanks to record-high milk prices, the U.S. farmers’ share of every dairy dollar spent at retail declined in 2015, according to annual data compiled by USDA.

U.S. alfalfa hay exports remain a brighter spot in what is turning into a deficit ag trade picture, according to latest estimates from USDA’s Foreign Ag Service.