dairy consumption

There's a brewing battle in the dairy world, as organic farmers push back against federal pricing rules that they say threaten their livelihoods.

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While domestic milk production is expected to go up in 2025 and the following year, according to USDA, so is consumer demand.

The U.S. dairy industry typically sees a bump in the prices of cheese and butter in the Fall, thanks to football season and the upcoming holidays.  Mike North, the principal of risk management with Ever.ag, said the bump happened earlier than expected this year.   “...

Dairy checkoff initiatives of 2024 successfully increased dairy access in schools, expanded market share for U.S. dairy products domestically and internationally and supported the industry’s commitment to sustainability.  Dairy Management Inc. President and ...

One of the consumer trends that makes the dairy industry nervous is the decline in per capita milk consumption.  Americans drank 250 pounds per person in 1975, but consumption has steadily dropped over the decades, reaching only 130 pounds in 2022.  ...

The dairy industry met in Denver in late October, as part of the Joint Annual Meeting of the National Milk Producers Federation and the United Dairy Industry Association.  The event came during National Cooperative Month, celebrating the more than 40,000 Cooperatives across the United States.  Al...

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...

The National Milk Producers Federation is going on the offensive, telling the American people how important dairy is to their diets and everyday lives. The NMPF’s Miquela Hanselman said the argument that dairy isn’t important to human diets would be laughable if it were not so dangerous. Han ...

Data shows dairy is bringing some comfort during a challenging time. Throughout the market ups and downs of the pandemic era, consumers love of dairy products has been constant, even rising in 2020 from 2019, according to the National Milk Producers Federation ...