Dairy Business News
National Milk Producers Federation’s annual event was the first cheese competition that utilized grading standards to improve cheese quality.
Safe Quality Food award recognizes DFA plant’s commitment to quality.
This month’s announcement that Thiel Cheese & Ingredients of Hilbert was acquired by the Irish Dairy Board might have struck some people as a bit odd. Have the Irish run out of dairyfarmers or lost their historic knack for making cheese?Fear not. Cheese-making in Ireland is in tip-top shape, as they might say in Dublin. The purchase of a Wisconsin company by the Irish Dairy Board, a commercial cooperative, represents a strategic investment in a high-quality partner with strong research and innovation tools. For Thiel Cheese and its 66 employees, it means better access to markets in North America and abroad.
Executives shared how working through the dairy checkoff and its Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy helps drive dairy sales and protect dairy’s image.
Randy Mooney, from Rogersville, Mo., was re-elected chairman. Ken Nobis, from St. John, Mich., was elected First Vice Chairman. Nobis had been serving as NMPF Treasurer.
Minnesota congressman also tells dairy groups to keep the pressure on EPA.
Dairy manufacturers’ group says the proposed dairy legislation does not “significantly improve the short-term and long-term fiscal imbalance” of government’s budget.
‘The U.S. is dead last by a lot on research and development. Suppliers in Oceania and Europe work with our teams to tailor products to our needs. If we need something difficult, we don’t go to the U.S.’
MONTREAL - Saputo Inc. says cross-border shopping and higher dairy prices at home have caused a continued reduction in its milk and cheese sales volumes in Canada.
Mikhalevsky brings more than 35 years of leadership experience to CDI.
New Jersey’s raw milk lovers head to Pennsylvania and New York weekly or biweekly because, they say, pasteurization kills beneficial bacteria along with potentially dangerous bacteria such as E. coli and salmonella. And they cross borders because New Jersey is one of 11 states where the sale of raw milk is illegal.
Patrick Doyle, CEO of Domino’s Pizza, announced yesterday at Dairy Today’s Elite Producer Business Conference that his company was making a $1 million contribution to the GENYOUth Foundation.
They outlined the negative effects the act would have on domestic and global dairy markets and said it has no place in deficit-reduction talks.
“No one’s interests are well served when the debate surrounding efforts to reform federal dairy policy is subjected to selective or less than complete reporting of pertinent research,” said Jerry Kozak, NMPF CEO and president.
The highest all-milk price was reported in Florida, at $25.50. The lowest was $18 in California.
As states waver in face of pressure, national dairy group says feds need to hold fast in defense of food safety.
Swiss Valley Farms has moved its Swiss cheese production operation from Platteville to Shullsburg, in nearby Lafayette County.
Lower farmgate milk price forecast reflects a continued softness in commodity prices and a stronger New Zealand dollar.
The reforms could lower the U.S. all-milk price by 92¢/cwt, trigger supply management programs 40% to 45% of the time and lower cumulative net farm operating income 32% to 48%.
In 2011, CWT has assisted members in making export sales of Cheddar, Monterey Jack and Gouda cheese totaling 35,774 metric tons (78.9 million pounds) to 23 countries on four continents.
A civil lawsuit claims the nation’s milk producers, including Arden Hills-based Land O’Lakes Inc., conspired to thin cowherds and raise prices.The federal lawsuit filed last month in Northern California says members of the National Milk Producers Federation financed a “herd retirement” program that removed more than 500,000 dairy cows from production between 2003 and 2010.
Dairy producers would be able to choose between signing up for Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) payments or subsidized Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy insurance at the $1.50 deductible level for not more than 3 million lb. of milk each year.
Casey’s Dairy Advancement Act would not include any supply or growth management component, but would continue the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program or allow dairy producers to enroll in the Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy program.
CWT has accepted 10 requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America and United Dairymen of Arizona to sell Cheddar cheese to customers in Asia, North Africa and the Middle East.
Dairy Today’s Jim Dickrell and National Milk Producers Federation’s Jerry Kozak discuss new dairy policy, the Dairy Security Act of 2011.
The International Dairy Foods Association commends legislation that would allow for the implementation of the pending free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama.
TV and print campaign educates consumers about the negative economic impact of the Federal Milk Marketing Order system.
Some would prefer to keep the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program over Foundation for the Future. But these statistics about MILC may be surprising.
The U.S. has made the wrong products, used the wrong specifications, had weak or no customer relationships, and has been an inconsistent supplier.
Dean Foods won the award for implementing innovative products, initiating management programs and developing long-term sustainability technologies.