Dairy Farmers of America

Rabobank: Lower commodity prices impede revenue gains in dairy’s ‘Top 20’

September 3, 2024

Rabobank’s yearly listing of the “Global Dairy Top 20” companies was released in late August, highlighting revenue performance of the world’s dairy industry leaders in 2023. Based on financial data in U.S. dollars, the combined sales of the world's 20 largest dairy companies were slightly up 0.3% from the year before.

Economic Update: May fluid milk sales up 0.3% from last year

July 22, 2024

Karen Lee

Here is the latest news affecting a dairy producer's bottom line as we start the fourth week of July.

Weekly Digest: Judge denies dismissal of dairy class action lawsuit in New Mexico

March 18, 2024

Karen Lee

Here is a quick look at dairy-related news from last week.

USDA funding dairy sustainability projects

The 2023 Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) funding supports targeted projects that incentivize reduced GHG emissions.

November 3, 2023

Dave Natzke

Overall, 81 projects were awarded more than $1 billion under the 2023 RCPP, administered by the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

How did your dairy co-op rank among Top 100 in 2022?

October is National Co-op Month, recognizing an "everyday" part of American life.

October 18, 2023

Dave Natzke

The annual National Cooperative Bank survey showed dairy co-ops made up 16 of the Top 100 cooperatives for revenue in 2022. Agriculture continues to lead all sectors in annual cooperative revenue.

Rabobank: Strong revenues, reshuffling highlight dairy’s ‘Top 20’

Surging costs and high milk prices offset strong revenues for the world’s largest dairy companies in 2022.

August 30, 2023

Dave Natzke

Among the top 20 spots, European companies increased their hold by one, to 12, with companies in the U.S., China and Canada holding two spots each.

[Podcast] Josh Mendenhall: Inventor of a caffeinated chocolate milk

July 3, 2023

In this episode of the Progressive Dairy Podcast, host Jenn Coyne visits with Josh Mendenhall, founder and chief brand officer of Spylt. The product is a dairy-based chocolate energy drink that is shelf stable, high in protein, low in sugar and lactose-free.

Weekly Digest: National Dairy Board nominees sought

Here is a brief look at the news affecting dairy producers for the week of March 26-31, 2023.

March 29, 2023

Dave Natzke

Transcripts of hearing testimony to consider changes in three Southeast U.S. Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMO) are now available.

Central: Dynamic change in the ‘frontier’

Dairy's future in the region will require resiliency and processing capacity.

March 1, 2023

Dave Natzke

Geographically, the Central Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) stretches across Oklahoma and Kansas, large portions of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska, and into counties in Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.