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IDFA Member Sustainability Survey

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) in partnership with McKinsey and Company surveyed IDFA members on their investments in sustainable practices, from energy efficiency improvements to gr...

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A Deeper Look at Milk and Competing Beverage Price Elasticities

In 2022, IDFA and MilkPEP joint-funded a new milk price elasticity study, A Deeper Look at Milk and....

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Women in Dairy - 2023 Survey Results

In March 2023, IDFA surveyed 168 members of the IDFA Women in Dairy network to benchmark how women feel...

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Polling of Adults on Federal Food Programs, Conducted by Morning Consult

Adult beneficiaries of federal food programs rank dairy products among the most nutritious food item...

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Ice Cream & Frozen Novelty Trends Survey - June 2022

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) has partnered once again with Research America, Inc. t...

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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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Chilled to Aseptic in Packaging

Practical and appealing containers attract consumers, protect products, leave the environment better of...

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IDFA Vision for the Future

IDFA in 2021 completed a pre-competitive strategic planning process led by IDFA members to determine...

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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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The Dairy Download Turns One! Celebrating a Year of Great Conversations

Butter and ice cream. Sustainability and innovation. Capacity and labor. After a year on the air, Th...

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Sustainable Packaging: State Legislative Update

In this webinar, IDFA will update members on newly enacted statutes in Maine, Oregon and Washington and...

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New Options For Inline Dairy Process Analysis With Inline FT-NIR

The technology is solid-state, with low maintenance requirements, very accurate measurements and no cal...

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Helping our Communities: USDA’s Dairy Donation Program

Emily DeBord, Senior Marketing Specialist in the Promotion, Research and Planning Division of USDA’s AM...

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Workforce Woes: What’s Causing Labor Challenges?

A lack of workers. An increase in COVID cases. An aging labor force. They’re all issues facing US em...

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Sorting Through Dairy Line Layouts to Increase Flexibility

Dairy processors need flexible, future-ready production lines that operate reliably with minimal unsche...

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Dairy in Demand: Ramping Up Capacity

No matter where they eat, Americans love dairy. That’s good news as processors ramp up capacity, bri...

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South Dakota Dairy: A Trip Down I-29

What do the Black Hills, Mount Rushmore and more than 150,000 cows have in common? They all call Sou...

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