For years, companies like Vietnam's Vinamilk have been ahead of the United States in robotic automation. But the gap may close. 

For the first time in more than a year, the top five dairy exporting countries produced less combined milk than they did 12 months ago. The most notable shift comes from the EU. 

USDEC has compiled U.S. and global dairy data for 10 charts and displayed them on one readable, printable and portable dashboard. 

USDEC projects an additional 100,000 tons of pizza cheese exports per year through 2020. Are U.S. cheesemakers poised to take advantage?

U.S. suppliers see continued improvement in May, led by whey, lactose and WMP.

Global dairy businesses endured ongoing weak markets the first half of 2016, but they kept active with acquisitions, mergers, plant construction and the launch of product lines.