SOURCE: FARM PROGRESS, 1/15/19

Consumer demand for more food transparency will affect dairy supply chains in many ways, leading to more opportunities and challenges, according to a new report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange Division. “Dairy supply chains are adapting in order to meet consumer demands for increased transparency about farm production practices,” says Ben Laine, senior economist for the dairy sector at CoBank. “However, the entire industry will be forced to walk a fine line to meet these demands in an environment in which cost reduction and efficiency are a constant [and] will require reworking supply chains into...

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