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.

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.

Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take action on the national milk carton shortage hitting dairy farmers and schools in New York and states across the ...

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.

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, ...

New York is home to more than 3,200 dairy farms and is the country’s fifth largest dairy state, producing 15.66 billion pounds of milk in 2022, according to information provided by Schumer's office.

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.

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 ...