Making headlines the second week of March 2025 includes the EPA revising the Waters of the U.S. rule, China's tariffs on U.S. dairy and fluid milk sales for January.

PDP Carbon Conference 3.0 presented by Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP), will bring together experts leading the charge in carbon market development, dairy processing, agricultural data and on-farm practices.

On May 28, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Bovaer met its safety and efficacy requirements for use in dairy cattle. This is a watershed moment, as this approval is the first of its kind and is likely to be the first of many as methane-mitigating feed additives continue to receive investment, research, and development from a variety of public and private organizations.

From consumer packaged goods (CPGs) and carbon-conscious conglomerates to even the Vatican, who hosted a ‘Climate Resilience” conference in May of this year, sustainability’s hold on economic, environmental, and societal discussions is tight.

In early 2022, Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) announced our sector’s commitment to reach net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from dairy production by the year 2050.

Just as financial indexes are used to gauge the overall health of an economy, many different metrics exist to express the relative impact of certain activities on the health of our climate.