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Digest Highlights

• ‘Everyday’ dairy retail sales still strong
• USDA accepts Section 32 fluid milk, CARES cheese contracts
• USDA solicits bids for mozzarella cheese, UHT milk
• States to sue EPA over Chesapeake Bay TDML obligations
• USDEC: Vietnam lowers dairy tariffs
• Food Supply Protection Act introduced
• Yahara Pride Farms releases 2019 phosphorus reduction report
• Dairy Alliance donates to Discovery Park of America

Progressive Dairy provides updates on dairy-related organizations and companies, compiled from staff news sources and industry press releases. Email industry and organization news to Progressive Dairy Editor Jenna Hurty.

The recent run-up in dairy product prices has helped spur optimism for milk futures prices for the remainder of 2020. It also provides a temporary plateau from which to view one of the most volatile periods in dairy pricing history.

My grandfather would take eggs and cream to the local town grocery store every Saturday night. The grocer gave him a price on the cream; if my grandfather did not like the price, he could not take it home to see if prices were higher next week. When he sold his cream, he was only one step away from the consumer, but he was still a “price taker.”

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