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Rows of gallon jugs being produced in-house at Maola.

Inside the Plant

Maola Newport News expands plant efficiencies in an evolving dairy landscape

Virginia plant supplies milk to schools, government and military commissaries.

April 27, 2026

Maola Local Dairies' Newport News plant processes a variety of dairy products, focusing on sustainability and innovation. With a strong team and advanced HTST technology, they supply milk to schools and retailers across the Southeast, ensuring freshness and quality.

FDA approves Tamarack Biotics' light-based milk treatment process

June 10, 2025

These steps pave the way for acceptance of TruActive treatment of liquid raw milk as early as 2027.

Going Inside the Plant at Nasonville Dairy

Wisconsin-based dairy continues its legacy of sustainable plant operations.

Barbara Harfmann

March 24, 2025

Manufacturing 42 varieties of premium cheese in the heart of America’s Dairyland not only takes a ton of high-quality raw milk — 1.8 million pounds a day, or 534 million pounds annually, to be exact, in the case of Marshfield, Wis.-based Nasonville Dairy.

Opportunities and challenges of milk

Innovations in lactose-free, flavors and UHT milk facilitate market demand.

Sonali Raghunath

January 27, 2025

Milk has been a basis in nutrition for centuries, building generations with its rich array of nutrients.

17 tests for high-quality dairy products

Nicole Martin Ph.D.

October 3, 2024

The quality of dairy products is of the utmost importance to today’s consumers, and achieving high quality dairy products requires a systematic approach that encompasses key testing criteria for raw, processing environment, in-process, and pasteurized dairy products.

Causes of microbiological defects in cheese

Emerging technology for cheesemakers uses genomic techniques to track source of a microbial contaminate.

John A. Lucey Ph.D., Director, Center for Dairy Research

October 23, 2023

Cheesemakers are constantly striving to make high quality cheese by avoiding the occurrence of any unwanted attributes or defects.

Equipment suppliers highlight innovations in lab testing kits and equipment

February 14, 2023

New equipment from Bentley Instruments, CEM, Chemetrics, and more!

The 16 tests you need to perform on raw milk, finished products

Testing raw milk ensures you are receiving a high-quality product. Testing finished product protects consumers.

Charles H. White

June 16, 2016

In order to have safe and high-quality products, dairies must start with high-quality raw milk and cream. Tests must be selected and run on each batch/tanker before you decide whether or not to accept the load.

FDA survey: raw milk supply is free of drug residues

April 9, 2015

In March, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that more than 99% of the raw milk samples it tested are free of “drug residues of concern.”

The link between clean raw milk and product quality

Researchers at Cornell University offer a perspective on producer premium programs. They find that premiums for raw milk quality may deliver financial benefits to dairy processors.

Steve Murphy Martin Wiedmann DVM, Ph.D

August 6, 2014

A number of tests have been used traditionally to evaluate the quality of raw milk, including, but not limited to, somatic cell counts (SCC), different types of bacterial counts including the standard plate count (SPC) and tests for the presence of drug residues and added water.