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On a normal day, over 40 million Americans struggle to provide enough food for their families. The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified this need, with food banks across the country experiencing more people needing assistance.

Editor’s note: This is not an all-encompassing list, but we wanted to highlight stories of dairy farmers, companies and organizations across the country stepping in to provide milk and other dairy products to food banks and others in need during the COVID-19 crisis. This list is compiled by our staff and their news sources. We recognize it is not a complete list of all dairy donations that have occurred in the past few months.

To have your story of goodwill added, email Progressive Dairy Editor Dave Natzke.

We had so much fun with our cheese advent calendar last Christmas that we decided to compile a June Dairy Month version, featuring 30 days' worth of ice cream flavors from creameries across the country.

A projected shortage of perch available to naturally harvest in the Great Lakes has the aquaculture industry looking for help from former dairy farmers.

A team of researchers from University of California – Davis, Washington State University, University of Idaho and South Dakota State have developed a set of surveys to better understand the impact of COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic on U.S. dairy farms.

Please fill out this survey as soon as possible.

U.S. milk production growth moderated in April as pressures related to COVID-19 reached back to the farm. First, the numbers.