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The coronavirus and the dairy industry: an IDFA update

While this outbreak and IDFA’s response shift by the day, the association is working on five key issues in Washington.
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Michael Dykes
March 25, 2020

While the COVID-19 pandemic has upended life as we have known it for most Americans, the U.S. dairy industry — from our farmers to our truckers to our processors and our grocers — has diligently persisted in providing Americans with the safe, nutritious, high-quality dairy products they rely on.


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Udder Intelligence

Nate Donnay
March 20, 2020
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The tricky parts is figuring out whether the 10% drop in prices today was the blow-off bottom or the 10% drop tomorrow will be the bottom. Very strong retail sales in the US are keeping physical supplies in balance or a little tight, but consumers are now stocked up and the retail side will cool down.
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It’s time for a dairy pep rally

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Kathie Canning
March 17, 2020
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It's hard to beat a pep rally as a means to spur excitement among a collective high school student body before a big game. It's been a while (quite a while) since I was in high school, but I can close my eyes and still hear the cheers and the fight song thundering in the confines of my school's gymnasium.
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Processors should defend dairy

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Kathie Canning
February 21, 2020
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Last month, I received a rather interesting email from a PR firm representing the Silk nondairy brand. The email informed me that the Golden Globes would be joining the "dairy-free movement by serving a totally vegan, plant-based award ceremony dinner to Hollywood’s biggest stars."
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