In the United States, over 70% of milk production is priced under Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs). A primary purpose of FMMOs is to facilitate orderly allocation of milk as a limited, perishable resource among alternative uses. Fundamental to FMMOs are the regulatory prices applicable to...

In Switzerland, there are separated value chains for dairy and cheese products, which differ in terms of industry concentration, value chain governance, and product characteristics. We analyze how milk prices are passed on along these different value chains. Using detailed price data on farm...

Long and complex supply chains are vulnerable to disruptions. One way to solve this problem is to successfully manage supply chain integration (SCI). A system dynamics simulation is thus applied to study a cheese supply chain with three individual firms: a producer, a logistics service provider...

In this research, anaerobic reactors were tested for the treatment and energy recovery of industrial and cattle-raising waste. Four plug flow reactors operated with concentrations of 20% ricotta cheese whey and 80% cattle manure; 40% ricotta cheese whey and 60% cattle manure; 80% ricotta cheese...