As the shortage may persist longer and access to cartons may be harder to come by the American Dairy Association is focused on providing alternatives that will deliver milk in other forms to schools.

A shortage of small milk cartons is sending the industry scrambling. The disruption doesn't mean there's not enough milk to go around. But it does introduce distribution problems.

The little milk cartons go not only to schools, but to other institutions like nursing homes and correctional facilities. It has about 500 institutional customers buying these items.

The problem is not a shortage of milk itself. New York state is home to more than 3,200 dairy farms, and produced 15.66 billion pounds of milk in 2022, the senator said.

USDA standards require that milk be offered with breakfast and lunch at schools. “Milk is an essential part of our students’ school lunches and the lifeblood of our Upstate NY agricultural economy, ...

The little milk cartons go not only to schools, but to other institutions like nursing homes and correctional facilities. It has about 500 institutional customers buying these items.

Dairy farmers struggled to immediately shift to supplying supermarkets instead of foodservice providers, and as a result many had to dump out their milk supplies.Industry experts aren't expecting ...

The little milk cartons go not only to schools, but to other institutions like nursing homes and correctional facilities. It has about 500 institutional customers buying these items.