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Big strides made in milk storage practices

FFA member makes huge strides by studying milk storage practices

June 8, 2026

Swanson’s research project was developed over two years and studies how refrigerator placement affects the spoilage rate in milk products.

How to manage the dairy supply chain

The dairy supply chain continues to face ongoing pressures including labor and transportation shortages, high fuel costs, evolving regulatory and food safety concerns and more.

Sammy Bredar

June 9, 2025

Having a proper distribution system is essential to maintaining an efficient and effective dairy processing operation. The dairy supply chain continues to face ongoing pressures including labor and transportation shortages, high fuel costs, evolving regulatory and food safety concerns and more.

Membrane applications reduce waste and support sustainability

Membrane applications support dairy processing, enable new product development and increase product yield.

Sammy Bredar

May 22, 2025

Membrane filtration is a growing facet of dairy production, offering multiple advantages over traditional filtration methods.

Alfa Laval addresses global food challenges with new innovation center

Alfa Laval works to enable a seamless and ongoing optimization of food processing to positively impact operational efficiency, yield, uptime and environmental footprint.

March 4, 2025

Operation begins with focus on developing new, more efficient ways to extract proteins from plant-based sources and through fermentation-based processing.

CertusBio secures funding to accelerate its global growth

The investment will provide the company the opportunity to expand its technology into North America.

September 14, 2021

CertusBio secured a $4.6 million investment to accelerate plans for growth in New Zealand and globally.

Dairy plants seek sustainability solutions

Dairy processors have a plethora of options to green up their operations.

Anna Boisseau

June 24, 2021

A company’s environmental sustainability story — or lack thereof — is increasingly influencing consumer purchasing habits. In fact, a recent survey from IBM Institute for Business Value found that 54% of consumers “are willing to pay a premium for brands that are sustainable and/or environmentally responsible.”

Sustainability

18 Dean Foods plants meet Energy Star challenge

Highlights of the 2012 Corporate Responsibility Report include progress toward 2020 environmental sustainability goals, animal welfare and dairy stewardship updates, and new web-based reporting format on deanfoods.com.

December 18, 2012

Highlights from the 2012 Corporate Responsibility Report include: achievement by 18 processing plants of the Energy Star Challenge for Dairy in just two years, meeting the five-year goal to reduce energy use by 10 percent three years early.

Kraft Foods 'wages war' on waste

February 2, 2012

A Kraft Foods executive says, "We're waging war on waste, one plant at a time." The cheese and snacks maker has 36 facilities in 13 countries that send zero waste to landfill.

The global cosmetics market is undergoing a major shift towards the use of natural bioactive ingredients as consumers grow more skeptical of traditional formulations and demand greater transparency and sustainability.

Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are well established in dairy processing but continue to evolve to improve performance, reduce energy use, and increase operational longevity.

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