The federal farm safety net was designed to offset losses. But some farmers and economists argue it has become a profit enhancer, raising questions about land values, competition and the future of ...

If you want to understand the true story of the current U.S. dairy industry, you cannot simply look at the milk check, and you certainly can’t rely on nostalgia. You have to look at the math. The ...

Between a new DHS clarification and G.T. Thompson’s transformative 350-day contract bill, dairy leaders Gregg Doud and Rick ...

Production of ice cream soared to a 69.2-million-gallon volume on the May Dairy Products Report released ahead of the 4 th of July holiday. That is a 7.1% increase in production from May 2025. Even ...

The protein boom, driven by exploding population and income growth, heightened awareness of health benefits, and expanding use of GLP-1 weight loss drugs, continues to benefit the U.S. dairy industry.

While Fairlife represents just one player in the U.S. dairy landscape, the attack underscores a growing vulnerability that dairy producers — large and small — can no longer afford to ignore: The dairy ...

Tulare, Calif., has long been considered holy ground of U.S. dairy. Situated in the heart of one of the world’s most productive milk sheds, it is a place where scale and innovation have historically ...

Terrain analyst Ben Laine explores the 40% surge in milkfat exports and the diversified financial safety net keeping U.S.

Where dairy’s future is built starts with the conversations happening at the 2026 MILK Business Conference, covering ...

A down cow can quickly become an emergency, but determining the cause is often far more complicated than it appears. Unlike some more obvious ailments, a down cow is not a diagnosis. Metabolic disease ...

USDA is now ordering all dairy cattle must be tested prior to moving the animals across state lines as a way to help stop the spread of HPAI H5N1 impacting dairy herds across the country. This comes ...

Research and field experience have answered many of the biggest questions surrounding HPAI while reshaping how veterinarians ...