Latest Episode: 076 - April - 2025
Tariff talk takes dairy on a wild ride
In this week’s episode of The Milk Check, we strap in for a wild ride. From tariff chaos to spring flush milk surpluses, the market is anything but predictable. Join Ted Jacoby and the team… Listen here
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A special guest joins The Milk Check this month: Tom Gallagher, CEO of Dairy Management, Inc. Ted, T3 and Anna ask about how DMI allocates the funds it collects from the Dairy Checkoff program; Gallagher… Listen here
As the industry preps for the holiday buying season and looks forward to 2020, some abnormal market conditions—both domestically and internationally—caught our attention. Ted, T3 and Anna discuss market anomalies that might set the tone… Listen here
What would happen if Federal Milk Marketing Orders’ minimum price provisions were eliminated? Would it increase returns to dairy farmers? And even if it did, would it wreak too much havoc in the industry to… Listen here
It’s a traditionally slow month for the dairy industry, so Ted and T3 take a whirlwind tour of the state of the industry. Topics include potentially bad crop yields, slowing milk production, the trade situation… Listen here
Recent advances in gene editing technology have made the production of dairy proteins in lab settings viable and potentially scalable. If the techniques can scale cost-effectively, and if consumers buy in, the dairy industry as… Listen here
In a follow-up from our previous episode, Ted, T3 and Anna discuss the state of dairy product marketing. Plant-based milk alternatives are on the rise. Fluid milk sales have been in decline for decades. Is… Listen here
