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Analytics for Smarter Decision Making in the Dairy Industry

Dairy production facilities face demanding requirements around throughput, safety, labor efficiency,...

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Aseptic Technology: From Preservation to Performance

In today’s market, consumers can find a wide variety of traditional and innovative liquid dairy prod...

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Getting the Most Out of Mentoring: How to Make the Experience Count

Whether you're a mentor or a mentee, success in mentorship doesn't happen automatically. The most re...

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Five-Step Framework to Persuade People to Action

Learn how to persuade with clarity, confidence, and impact in this practical and engaging webinar. W...

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Make America Healthy Again Resources

IDFA MAHA Resource Center

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has elevated the "Make Amer...

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Morning Consult Polling: Perceptions of Dairy & Make America Healthy Again (September 2025)

Most adults have heard of the Make America Healthy Again movement and associate it most with address...

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Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Messaging Guide (October 2025)

IDFA developed a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Messaging Guide to provide its members with intellig...

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The Dairy Download - What the MAHA Agenda Means for Dairy

Apple Podcasts |  Spotify | RSS | YouTube U.S. Secretary of Heath and Human...

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Featured Training & Education

Food Safety Education Portal

IDFA is proud to partner with the renowned International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI)....

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Dairy Accounting and Finance 2.0

Efficiency, strategy and skills are the focus of IDFA's Dairy Accounting and Finance 2.0. Learn the ins...

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Engaging Training for Frontline Employees

A comprehensive solution for food and workplace safety training delivery and documentation.

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State Legislative Color & Ingredient Bans

IDFA believes that the lack of a proactive, robust, federal post-market oversight system from FDA fo...

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Latest Research

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Ice Cream & Frozen Novelty Trends Survey - April 2026

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) partnered with Morning Consult to take a closer loo...

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Morning Consult Polling: Parents Want Flavored Milk and Yogurt Offered in Public School Meals (March 2026)

A new Morning Consult poll of 1,003 parents with children in public schools finds broad support for....

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Morning Consult Polling: Perceptions of Dairy & Make America Healthy Again (September 2025)

Most adults have heard of the Make America Healthy Again movement and associate it most with address...

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Morning Consult Polling: Nine in Ten Parents Want Whole and 2% Milk in Public School Meals (October 2024)

Download the Report For 12 years, students in public schools have not been able to access the milk o...

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Trade Resources

IDFA Reciprocal Trade Agreement Tracker

The U.S. government has entered into new reciprocal trade agreements or agreed to frameworks with do...

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Project Diversify: Western Africa

A Data-Based Initiative to Identifying New and Emerging Opportunities for Diversifying U.S. Dairy Ex...

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Project Diversify: Central Asia

A Data-Based Initiative to Identifying New and Emerging Opportunities for Diversifying U.S. Dairy Ex...

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The Dairy Download Podcast

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Cybersecurity Resources

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Food and Ag Cybersecurity: A Guide for Small & Medium Enterprises

The dairy industry leverages information technology in the same way other industries do for core bus...

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Cyber Threats in the Dairy Sector

Cybercrime like denial of service, ransomware, and data and intellectual property theft is a growing co...

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Reducing Cyber Threats for Dairy Businesses

Cyber criminals are now attacking computers and networks at a rate of one attack every 39 seconds. Is y...

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The Dairy Download - Managing Cybersecurity Risks in Dairy

Apple Podcasts |  Spotify | RSS | YouTube How can dairy companies identify....

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Manuals

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Milk, Yogurt & Cultured Products Labeling Manual (2019 Edition)

To assist the dairy industry with understanding the details of these complex labeling changes IDFA has...

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Cheese Labeling Manual (2019 Edition)

To assist the dairy industry with understanding the details of these complex labeling changes IDFA has...

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Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts Labeling Manual (2019 Edition)

To assist the dairy industry with understanding the details of these complex labeling changes IDFA has...

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The Dairy Download - Dairy Ingredients Powering Up Health

Apple Podcasts |  Spotify | RSS | YouTube Dairy ingredient companies are co...

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DairyTech Preview: How to Leverage AI Within Dairy Processing

In today's rapidly evolving business environment, dairy operations face multitude of challenges, fro...

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IDFA Membership Briefing - August 2024

IDFA’s team of subject matter experts presented a one-hour briefing on the organization’s strategic pri...

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The Dairy Download - Yogurt and Cultured Dairy Companies Leading on Health and Wellness

Apple Podcasts |  Spotify | RSS | YouTube Health and wellness are top prior...

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Women in Dairy Fireside Chat with USDA Under Secretary Alexis Taylor

IDFA was thrilled to host an exclusive virtual fireside chat with U.S. Department of Agriculture Under...

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H5N1 Biosecurity & Sanitizing Protocols

IDFA presented an informative webinar where Ecolab's subject matter experts shared the latest biosec...

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The Dairy Download: Food Service Trends Fueling Dairy

Apple Podcasts |  Spotify | RSS | YouTube From quick service restaurants to...

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Go Before You’re Ready: Empowering Women in Dairy to Advance Their Careers

It is common for professionals to hesitate about advancing in their careers due to a perceived&...

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Regulatory RoundUP 2024

IDFA’s Regulatory RoundUP virtual conference returned in 2024 with a jam-packed lineup of current an...

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FMMO Recommended Decision Analysis

IDFA Chief Economist Mike Brown provided an overview of the key takeaways from the recently released Na...

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IDFA Analysis of USDA’s FMMO Recommended Decision

USDA’s recommended decision for FMMO Milk Pricing reform was released on Monday, July 1. The Recomme...

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Polling of US Adults on Lactose-Free Milk Options (June 2024)

New Morning Consult polling commissioned by the International Dairy Foods Association among a sample...

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