Dairy producers have approved a series of modifications to federal milk marketing orders, including reversing a change to milk pricing that was made in the 2018 farm bill. USDA’s Agricultural ...

Dairy groups across the United States are currently working on proposals to overhaul the Federal Milk Marketing Orders. For years, the orders have put Midwestern dairy producers at a significant ...

On Aug. 23, USDA began hearing testimony on proposals to amend the Federal Milk Marketing Order system. Now in week seven of testimony, 21 submitted proposals continue to be discussed and examined by ...

LEWISTON, Minn. — Mitch Thompson delivered milk to his processor this month that ended up in a nearby field, and Carey and Emily Tweten were pushed to sell spot loads at a heavily discounted rate.

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted plenty of commodity markets and some of the most glaring examples occurred in the dairy industry where losses exceeded $725 million, according to the National Milk ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday announced $58 million available for marketing assistance to eligible organic dairy producers through the Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program ...

This is the second article in a multipart series following developments in Federal Milk Marketing Orders. The first, released in April 2023, can be accessed here. If you’re involved in the dairy ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture won the dismissal of a lawsuit by a student who said her First Amendment rights were violated because she could not freely criticize the consumption of ...

The industry has become saturated with non-dairy choices over the last decade. From soy to macadamia, a variety of plant-based milk alternatives have begun filling shelves in recent years. Now, the ...

For the past year and a half, you may have heard a lot about butter. It started with a viral video of influencer chef Justine Doiron carefully slathering two sticks of butter directly onto a wooden ...