Cheese prices soar on shifting consumer demand
Cash prices for cheddar cheese blocks on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange last week hit an all-time high of $2.58 a pound. That’s a long way up from the depressed prices hovering around $1 a pound in mid-April.
Domino’s Teams Up with Michigan Dairy Farmers to Feed Flood Victims
Last month, devastating floods destroyed homes and businesses throughout mid-Michigan. During the midst of a global pandemic, approximately 10,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes due to the rising waters and many have still not returned.
Dairy organizations work to keep milk flowing
With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to cause major dairy market disruptions, dairy checkoff leaders addressed the current market situation and how the organizations are working with key stakeholders to free up current market bottlenecks and ensure dairy products are reaching end users.
A2 Milk will ride out storm but sell Domino’s, Coca-Cola: Citi
Stockbroking house Citi says infant formula and premium milk group The a2 Milk Company is in strong shape and best-positioned among ASX food and beverage stocks to withstand the sharemarket rout, and could deliver potential gains of 30 per cent once the crisis has passed.
Evolving to Meet the Demands of a Changing Consumer, Marketplace
Today, the global business environment demands that we, as a dairy community, work harder than ever to adapt to changing consumer preferences, marketplace dynamics and climate urgencies, while remaining focused on providing the nutrient-rich, great tasting dairy products the world wants and needs.
Using dairy dollars effectively
At the opening of the 2019 All-American Dairy Show in Harrisburg, PA, Cindy Weimer, senior vice president of industry relations for the American Dairy Association (ADA) North East, shared information about what the organization is doing on behalf of dairy farmers.
Ex-agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack is the top paid executive at Dairy Management
Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack last year became the highest paid executive at Dairy Management Inc, with his pay coming within $579 of topping $1 million.
CEOs share what dairy checkoff dollars are doing for farmers
“My job is real simple,” says Tom Gallagher, CEO of Dairy Management Inc., the national dairy promotion and research group that is funded by farmers’ checkoff dollars. “I have to get the industry to do things with your product after it leaves the farm that consumers want.”
