Federal orders, automation, exports are the talk at California dairy meeting
California Milk Advisory Board CEO John Talbot is optimistic about California developing a greater role in dairy exports.
Over 175 dairy producers, processors and allied industry representatives gathered in South Lake Tahoe last month to attend the 118th California Creamery Operators Association annual meeting to discuss the future course of the California Dairy Industry.
Experts from academia and industry shared new information that can help California’s Dairy industry chart a new strategic course. Phil Plourd, president of Blimling Associates, described how changing inventories of preserved milk globally, increased milk production in other dairying regions around the world and changing demand for dairy foods in different regions of the United States and around the world will influence how California can compete in the global marketplace and the state’s dairy product production mix.