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Welcome to Dairy Foods' first Health and Wellness issue, focusing on dairy's revival, particularly cottage cheese and yogurt. Delve into recent trends, consumer preferences, and insights from industry reports, highlighting how dairy is adapting to meet the evolving needs of today’s health-conscious consumers.

Fluid milk outperformed its main rival, plant-based beverages, in 2025. While fluid milk sales remained steady, plant-based drink sales fell 6% YoY to 358.4 million gallons. The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act seeks to boost milk sales in schools, highlighting traditional milk's nutritional benefits amid competition.

Transformative changes are underway for the dairy industry in 2026, with new Dietary Guidelines promoting whole dairy products and the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act enabling diverse milk options in schools. These developments mark a "platinum era" for dairy, enhancing health and consumer choice.

 The bill allows schools to provide students with a variety of fluid milk options, which can now include flavored and unflavored organic or conventional whole, 2%, 1%, skim and lactose-free milk. 

Tne new 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) affirms dairy products' central role in federal nutrition recommendations, recommends Americans consume three servings of dairy each day, including whole milk, yogurt, cheese, and other dairy products.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025

Rollins spoke to some 750 farmers, cooperative leaders and industry professionals gathered to discuss industry topics ranging from an economic outlook to dairy labor challenges. 

Rexing and his wife, Ranell, operate New Generation Dairy, near Owensville, Ind., milking 1,200 cows and farming 3,500 acres of corn, beans, wheat and alfalfa.

The keynote will take place at the Loew’s Arlington Hotel as part of the Joint Annual Meeting hosted by NMPF, the National Dairy Board and the United Dairy Industry Association. 

"We are glad to see the administration focusing on long-time barriers to trade that the European Union and India have imposed on our exports. The administration has rightly noted both countries’ penchants for restricting sales of American products,” said Gregg Doud, President and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation.