Tillamook County Creamery Association plays the long game to match its values
As a cooperative, Tillamook County Creamery Association prioritizes forward-thinking investments in product development and community initiatives.
Commodity Inventories Determine Prices. Where do Commodity Inventories Stand?
Producer milk prices are determined by formula from the prices of four dairy commodities: cheese, butter, Nonfat Dry Milk (NDM), and dry whey.
What will 2021 bring to markets?
Mike McCully is owner of The McCully Group LLC, Granger, Indiana, and contributes this column for Cheese Market News®.
Where the Produce Includes Pepperoni: The Pizza Farm
This Midwestern staple has grown ever more popular in the pandemic, bringing farmers and diners together in a socially distanced summer destination.
Perfect storm of demand lifts cheese market
With the Covid-19 pandemic taking a huge bite out of foodservice demand, it was no surprise that cheese and milk prices initially tanked. Cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange dropped to $1 a pound and Class III milk prices in federal orders plunged to $12 a hundredweight.
Cheese might save the small dairy
Jason Schmidt, like many small dairy farmers nationwide, has seen costs increase and profits decrease. While the number of dairy farms is declining, the average size of the farm is growing — dairy farms are getting larger.
Wisconsin cheese company owner pleads guilty, sentenced for felony theft from 80+ dairy farmers
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced Friday, July 10 that Michael Moran, owner of Wisconsin Dairy State Cheese Company, pleaded guilty to felony theft from more than 80 farmers in Wood County.
Cheese prices hesitate
Most Father’s Day Week dairy prices weakened, though Cheddar block cheese set another record high last Tuesday, pole vaulting 10.75 cents to a whopping $2.81 per pound.
Cheese price hits record highs
Dairy prices ended May in far better shape than at the beginning of the month, and block cheese prices entered June Dairy Month at record highs.
The Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin invite you to a cheese party
It’s really easy to lose track of time these days, so you may be forgiven for forgetting that this Thursday, June 4, is National Cheese Day.
