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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Voter Polling on Milk in School Meals, Conducted by Morning Consult

Voters in New York City and across the country widely support offering low-fat flavored milk in public...

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Modernizing U.S. Milk Pricing: An Exploration

Modernizing U.S. Milk Pricing: An Exploration, authored by Dr. Marin Bozic and Blimling and Associat...

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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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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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IDFA Vaccine Prioritization and Distribution Poll, Conducted by Morning Consult

In an International Dairy Food Association (IDFA) poll conducted by Morning Consult from December 4-...

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IDFA Policy Priorities for the Biden Transition Teams

On Nov. 23, 2020, IDFA leadership shared our short- and medium-term policy priorities with President...

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IDFA Essential Worker Poll, Conducted by Morning Consult

More than three-quarters of Republican, Democrat and Independent voters support extending temporary....

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Morning Consult – IDFA National Tracking Poll on Fluid Milk Preferences

IDFA partnered with Morning Consult to conduct a national tracking poll of 2,200 Americans to better...

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The Evolving Perspectives and Strategies of Dairy Executives

A study by McKinsey & Company in partnership with IDFA finds declining domestic dairy consumptio...

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A Winning Growth Formula for Dairy

Modest growth forecasts, shifting consumer tastes, and increased competition at home will force exec...

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Case Study: While Reducing Print Costs and Downtime, Baker Cheese Meets Consumer Expectations with Consistent and Exceptional Code Dates

Baker Cheese needed to reduce downtime and increase print consistency in order to meet consumer expe...

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National Ice Cream Survey

In 2017, Research America conducted the latest IDFA National Ice Cream Survey of ice cream processor...

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