Following are links to Cheese Market News' guest columns, which were added to this page beginning Oct. 1, 2006. (Prior articles can be found in the CMN article archive.)

To find a particular column, please click on the author's name.

Stan G. Andre
CEO of the California Milk Advisory Board.

• September 7, 2007 - Why a Real California Milk seal?
• June 1, 2007 - A new era in cheesemaking

Ken Bailey
Associate professor of agricultural economics at Penn State

• April 27, 2007 - Mandatory daily reporting: A possibility for the U.S. dairy industry?

Marc A.H. Beck
Senior vice president of marketing for the U.S. Dairy Export Council.

• March 14, 2008 - Setting our sights on the big cheese
• August 10, 2007 - The implications of 'agflation'
• June 8, 2007 - The world waits for the tipping point
• April 13, 2007 - The spice of life

Rusty Bishop, Ph.D.
Director of the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research and professor of food science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• April 18, 2008 - Opportunities and possibilities, but what is our destination?
• April 13, 2007 - The butterfly effect of dairy

Kathryn Boor
Professor of food science and serves as director of the Milk Quality Improvement Program at Cornell University

• February 29, 2008 - Listeria monocytogenes re-emerges as a dairy industry pathogen
• December 22, 2006 - Lessons from the spinach patch: the recent E. coli O157:H7 outbreak

Catherine W. Donnelly, PhD.
Co-director of the Vermont Institute for Artisan Cheese and a professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science at the University of Vermont.

• February 1, 2008 - Changes in the global assurance of cheese safety

Rodrigo Fernandez
Marketing Manager, U.S. Dairy Export Council’s Mexico Representative Office

• October 20, 2006 - Blue-chip Mexico

Tom Gaughan
Managing partner of Downes O’Neill LLC and its sister company, the consulting firm eDairy Inc.

• June 22, 2007 - The brave new world of dairy derivatives

Patrick Geoghegan
Senior vice president, corporate communications for the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board.

• July 27, 2007 - Dan Carter: Inspirational leader of the Wisconsin dairy revolution

John Jeter
President and CEO of Hilmar Cheese Co.

• October 12, 2007 - Opportunities? Maybe…

Rachel Kaldor
Executive Director, Dairy Institute of California

• January 5, 2007 - Playing for keeps: The school nutrition challenge

Jerry Kozak
President and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation.

• January 25, 2008 - Distinctions and differences
• November 30, 2007 - The whole truth
• September 28, 2007 - The ICEman cometh
• July 27, 2007 - Take me out to the Farm Bill
• May 25, 2007 - Got milkers?
• March 30, 2007 - Farm Bill needs team of big ideas
• January 26, 2007 - As rBST shows, producers must prepare for growing scrutiny
• November 24, 2006 - Congress' new direction may mean new direction for farm policy in 2007

Dave Kurzawski
Senior commodities broker with Downes-O’Neill LLC, Chicago.

• April 25, 2008 - Class III futures market not waiting for news
• February 22, 2008 - Got commitment?
• November 16, 2007 - Calling on call options
• September 21, 2007 - What a difference a few months can make
• May 18, 2007 - Forward Progress
• March 23, 2007 - Stable cheese prices are not a birthright by any means

Veronique Lagrange
Vice president of strategic research and business development, U.S. Dairy Export Council

• December 14, 2007 - Defending the dairy franchise

Brad Legreid
Executive Director, Wisconsin Dairy Products Association

• November 10, 2006 - The elephant takes a fall

Diane Lewis
Vice president of market access and regulatory affairs, U.S. Dairy Export council.

• October 12, 2007 - Minimizing your export risk

Chris Lindborg
Commodity Analyst, Downes-O’Neill LLC.

• January 19, 2007 - Don’t wait for March: cover your energy costs via futures today
• December 15, 2006 - Make sure you know how new make allowances impact hedging programs
• October 27, 2006 - The need for a dry whey futures contract

Matt McKnight
Vice President of Export Ingredients, Marketing and Industry Affairs for the U.S. Dairy Export Council.

• February 8, 2008 - Early adopters plus satisfied customers equals growth
• November 9, 2007 - A market no longer under the radar
• November 17, 2006 - Feeding more than humans

Shawna Morris
Trade policy advisor with the U.S. Dairy Export Council.

• March 9, 2007 - DR-CAFTA showing early payoff

Joseph O'Donnell
Executive Director, California Dairy Research Foundation

• February 15, 2008 - Somebody moved my market and sales are up!
• November 23, 2007 - Strong demand for dairy demands research to reach our full potential
• August 24, 2007 - Mik: it does a business, a country and a population good.
• July 6, 2007 - Support your local flora
• March 16, 2007 - Balancing nutrition and the environment
• December 15, 2006 - A vision for the future of dairy in California and beyond
• October 13, 2006 - Why lactose?

Phil Plourd
Vice president of research at Blimling and Associates, Cottage Grove, WI.

• January 18, 2008 - Market volatility won’t decrease without industry involvement
• June 15, 2007 - We didn't start the fire

Jeff Roberts
Member of the board of directors of Slow Food USA. Author of The Atlas of American Artisan Cheese (Chelsea Green: 2007) and co-founder and principal consultant to the Vermont Institute for Artisan Cheese at the University of Vermont.

• December 8, 2006 - Raw milk cheesemakers work together to develop standards, help each other

Jon Spainhour
Broker, Rice Dairy, Chicago.

• March 21, 2008 - ‘The globalization of dairy trade’
• August 17, 2007 - Enter 2008 with caution
• May 11, 2007 - International demand may force cheese market to 2004 highs

Margaret Speich
Vice president of communications and membership for the U.S. Dairy Export Council.

• January 12, 2007 - Dairy’s first responders

Dr. Mark Stephenson
Cornell Program on Dairy Markets & Policy

• March 2, 2007 - What is it about make allowances?

Tom Suber
President of the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC).

• April 11, 2008 - No choice but to supply the world
• January 11, 2008 - Less a perfect storm than a new weather pattern
• July 13, 2007 - Forging an international partnership
• February 9, 2007 - A decade of Export Tool Kits
• December 8, 2006 - Sold out: Now what do we do?

Dean Sommer
Cheese technologist for the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research.

• October 19, 2007 - Which whey to go?

Jim Tillison
Chief operating officer for Cooperatives Working Together and senior vice president of special projects for National Milk Producers Federation, Arlington, Va.

• March 28, 2008 - Working the plan

Connie Tipton
President and CEO, International Dairy Foods Association

• May 2, 2008 - Rising food costs demand more attention
• February 29, 2008 - Think growth, not restrictions
• October 19, 2007 - 2007 Farm Bill: Trick or treat?
• August 31, 2007 - A whey forward
• June 29, 2007 - Why milk and other dairy products are not like gasoline
• May 4, 2007 - Consensus is growing for new direction for dairy policy
• February 23, 2007 - Opportunity is knocking - Will we answer?
• December 29, 2006 - Perspective: Farm Bill
• October 27, 2006 - Use market fundamentals — not milk prices — to guide business decisions

Phillip S. Tong
Director of the Dairy Products Technology Center and professor or dairy science at California Polytechnic State University where he has been contributing to and driving innovation and dairy sector growth for the past 20 years.

• May 18, 2007 - Driving innovation in the dairy sector - the role of universities

John Umhoefer
Executive Director, Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association

• April 4, 2008 - Two milks
• March 7, 2008 - A week of clarity
• February 8, 2008 - Modern times
• January 18, 2008 - The California whey
• December 7, 2007 - USDA must act on make allowances
• November 2, 2007 - Success despite federal orders
• October 5, 2007 - Modest, affordable producer security
• August 3, 2007 - The dry whey gap
• July 13, 2007 - Feeding frenzy
• June 8, 2007 - Strategic diversity in the cheese industry
• May 4, 2007 - Life after federal orders
• April 6, 2007 - Federal orders: Enhancing prices, crushing margins
• March 2, 2007 - What USDA will decide
• February 9, 2007 - Dairy faces structural changes in milk, corn prices
• January 5, 2007 - WCMA chooses the free market
• December 1, 2006 - Stuffing federal orders
• November 3, 2006 - Securing producers
• October 6, 2006 - The race to better

Bill Van Dam
Joined the Alliance of Western Milk Producers as CEO and executive vice president in January 2007. The Alliance is made up of three California cooperatives which market about 62 percent of the milk produced in California.

• September 21, 2007 - Is the U.S. (or California) ready to be a long-term exporter of milk proteins?

Stan Woodworth
Senior vice president of channel marketing for the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, Madison, Wis.

• March 28, 2008 - Wisconsin specialty cheese blends create signature-style pizzas

Ben Yale
Recognized as an expert in dairy law and policy, represents dairy interests throughout the country in legislation, litigation and administrative issues

• February 2, 2007 - Take this quiz on the future of federal milk marketing orders