A bipartisan effort is underway in the U.S. Senate to change labeling guidelines for cheese. Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, along with Idaho senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo have co-sponsored the Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions, or CURD Act...
What efforts are taking place to increase on farm capacity in the dairy industry? Monty Schilter shares his insights, plus let's us know what Pasco, WA was selected for Darigold's new facility.
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It's been said the dairy industry in trouble as consumer tastes change. Is that true, and what does that mean the future for the dairy sector?
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Milk production in the United States came in at 226-billion-pounds last year, 0.1% increase from 2021. Revisions to 2021 production increased that’s year’s total by 35-million-pounds. Meanwhile, 2022’s revised production was down 158-million-pounds from the previous USDA publication. Annual total milk production has in...
On Thursday, Senators Jim Risch and Tammy Baldwin slammed the Food and Drug Administration for their “ill-advised guidance” on the unfair use of dairy terms to mislabel plant-based products. The FDA’s draft guidance, "Labeling of Plant-based Milk Alternatives and Voluntary Nutrient Statement," allows plant-based products to continue to use dairy terms despite not containing dairy, nor h
New research from Oregon State University sheds light on consumer habits and food labels, specifically with cheese.
“Well, cheese is interesting and Oregon has a lot of great cheeses, with a lot of small producers," noted OSU Assistant Professor of Applied Economics Nadia Streletskaya. "And for...
Much of the movement in USDA's December dairy outlook was a shoring up of import and export forecast for this calendar year as well as next. World agricultural outlook board chair Mark Jekanowski said when it comes to 2022 fat solid imports.
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The USDA’s annual report on per-capita dairy consumption saw an emphatic rise in domestic dairy demand. The level of demand rose from 655 pounds per person in 2020 to 667 pounds per person last year. That’s a total not seen since 1960, when it was 659 pounds, and is approaching 1959’s consumer total of 672 pounds.
The last time America consum...
Key industry groups say the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, recently signed into law by President Biden, hasn’t fixed West Coast shipping problems for U.S. dairy exports. The National Milk Producers Federation and U.S. Dairy Export Council trade manager Tony Rice says the Act was supposed to end abuses by ocean carriers.
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