Research & White Papers

2025 State of Women in Dairy Report

IDFA's second-ever State of Women in Dairy Report provides IDFA members and the dairy industry with new data-based metrics and recommendations to support gender equality across the entire supply chain...

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State of AI in Dairy Report

IDFA and Ever.Ag are pleased to release the first ever State of AI in the Dairy Industry report feat...

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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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Polling of WIC Participants on Proposed Cuts to Dairy Benefits by Morning Consult (March 2024)

Polling of 815 WIC participants shows growing concern among participants for USDA’s proposal to cut mil...

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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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Ice Cream & Frozen Novelty Trends Survey - May 2024

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) has partnered with Morning Consult to survey Americ...

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Introduction to Dairy Product Labeling

This two-session training opportunity provided the essential information you need to produce complia...

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Do Well by Doing Good - Incorporating Sustainable Practices to Support Economic and Environmental Health

In this webinar, Emilio Tenuta, senior vice president of corporate sustainability and chief sustainabil...

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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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