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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A New Era Of Dairy Policy: A Fireside Chat with U.S. Senator John Boozman

As a new Congress and new Administration convene in Washington, the leaders of the Senate Agriculture C...

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Next Generation Marketing for Next Generation Dairy Consumers

A panel of experts share insights on the next generation of dairy consumers, their expectations of bran...

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C-Suite Talks from the Top - Shane Grant

Taking a page from the popularity of TED talks, Dairy Forum featured dairy industry leaders who gave co...

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Global Competitiveness

IDFA recognizes the importance of trade to the future of the dairy industry, and getting creative about...

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A New Era of Dairy Policy: A Fireside Chat with Senator Debbie Stabenow

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Food Industry Evolution and Revolution

2020 presented unprecedented challenges to our industry and our customers. Hear from industry experts...

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President’s Address: Dairy Evolved

In the opening session, IDFA President and CEO Michael Dykes, D.V.M., sat down for a one-on-one intervi...

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Sustainability in Dairy: Getting from Commitments to Real Results

Sustainability in dairy involves much more than reducing our carbon emissions. The companies leading th...

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Scientific Assessment on the Transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 Virus Through Dairy Food

Background Questions have arisen about the potential transmission and infectivity of the SARS-CoV-2....

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Beyond COVID-19: The Future of Dairy Plants

COVID-19 continues to disrupt our world, but the dairy industry is experiencing massive change due to o...

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The Dairy Download - Season 2, Episode 1: The Writer Side of Dairy

Where did that gallon of milk come from? And why are there so many ice cream flavors? In the season two...

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Trade Policy 101 for the U.S. Dairy Industry

U.S. trade policy is critical to growing U.S. dairy exports, and growing U.S. dairy exports is critical...

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