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DFA and its regional dairy brands take action to ensure families in need have milk

The cooperative’s regional dairy brands will donate more than 2 million shelf-stable ‘The Giving Cow’ milk products to local food pantries across the country.

December 1, 2021

Starting this December, 17 regional dairy brands owned by Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) will help fill a real need at food pantries across the country with the donation of more than 2 million shelf-stable “The Giving Cow” milk products.

2021 State of the Industry: Milk is on a long and winding road

Milk is yet again pumping the brakes after a pandemic-related boost; however, flavored milk is still taking the expressway.

Anna Boisseau

November 5, 2021

After years of riding in the slow lane, the retail milk category got a pandemic-related jump last year. But since COVID-19-related panic buying subsided and some normalcy returned in 2021, milk sales felt the gridlock once again.

Prairie Farms Fabulous Flavors of Fall campaign

Prairie Farms launches Fabulous Flavors of Fall campaign

A new webpage suggests pairings, offers recipes and gives consumers a chance to win dairy prize packages.

October 15, 2021

Prairie Farms Dairy Inc. said it launched its Fabulous Flavors of Fall campaign as the go-to resource for fall entertaining.

California Dairies Inc. to open state-of-the-art milk bottling facility

The facility, located in Kern County, Calif., will produce ultra-high-temperature and extended-shelf-life milk.

October 6, 2021

California Dairies Inc. (CDI), Visalia, Calif., said Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture Karen Ross and other state and local officials joined the cooperative on Sept. 29 for a groundbreaking ceremony in Kern County, Calif., at the future site of CDI’s new ultra-high temperature and extended shelf-life milk processing facility.

HP Hood keeps a fresh approach as it celebrates 175 years

The company continues to innovate in order to weather changing marketplace conditions and stay relevant with the contemporary consumer.

Anna Boisseau

October 4, 2021

Whoever said you “can’t teach an old dog new tricks” has clearly never heard of Lynnfield, Mass.-based HP Hood LLC (Hood).

Dairy Farmers of America launches ‘Fuel Their Drive’ promotion

The promotion, with 13 of the cooperative’s regional farmer-owned milk brands, will award $1 million to high school athletic programs across the country.

September 16, 2021

This fall, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), along with 13 of its regional farmer-owned milk brands, said it is helping to fuel school athletic programs with the launch of its first-ever Fuel Their Drive promotion.

School milk provides nutrition and more

Variety in global school milk encourages consumption.

Sharon Gerdes

September 16, 2021

Across the globe, 400 million children consume a meal at school daily. These meals provide more than just good nutrition; in many underdeveloped countries, school lunch is an incentive for children to attend school.

‘Add Milk!’ SNAP incentive pilot expanding

A fourth Lubbock, Texas, location to increase access to healthy fluid milk.

September 1, 2021

The Add Milk! pilot project, created in the 2018 USDA farm bill, is designed to research whether incentive programs for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will increase the consumption of healthy fluid milk among SNAP recipients, according to The Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty (Baylor University).

CMAB back-to-school milk and cereal promotion

CMAB kicks off back to school with retail milk and cereal campaign

The breakfast promotion focuses on creative uses of the classic breakfast combination as children and families return to the classroom.

August 18, 2021

The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) announced the launch of a consumer promotion focused on family time during breakfast, featuring Real California milk and cereal, the classic breakfast duo.

A growth slowdown for retail refrigerated milk

But two refrigerated milk-alternative segments made strong sales gains.

Kathie Canning

August 16, 2021

When we last reported on sales within the U.S. refrigerated retail milk category back in our February issue, the situation was quite rosy. Dollar sales had risen significantly during the 52-week reporting period, and unit sales growth was solid, too.