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Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted five export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese, butter, anhydrous milkfat and whole milk powder.

On April 21, China notified the United States it would block imports of U.S. dairy products May 1 due to alleged deficient export certification. However, USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service is not saying what that “deficiency” is.

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted one bid from Darigold, one bid from Land O’Lakes, two bids from Foremost Farms, and two bids from Dairy Farmers of America for export assistance for a total of 2,452 metric tons (5.4 million pounds) of Cheddar cheese and Monterey Jack to the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Europe.

CLAAS introduces its new Moisture Meter to give producers an effective production management tool to ensure that their crop has reached its optimal point of harvest.

Diamond V announces the launch of its new website, www.DiamondV.com. The newly redesigned site provides agri-market customers the most comprehensive information related to nutrition, health and productivity. The site offers an abundance of technology, research and specie-specific information.

USDA reported this morning that dairy cow slaughter in March was 18,000 head higher than in March 2009, a 7.6% increase.

With the cheese market in flux, and butter and powder markets in freefall, dairy producers might want to consider putting a floor under their milk prices this spring by buying put options.

To help dairy producers better understand Johne’s disease and become acquainted with preventive measures, two online courses -- one in English, and the other in Spanish -- have been developed specifically for dairy producers.

Expecting a decline in its California milk volume this year, national dairy processor Land O’Lakes announced April 27 it will close its cheese manufacturing plant in Tulare, Calif., sometime in the last half of 2010.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Citizens’ Board voted unanimously yesterday to pull the permit of Excel Dairy, Thief River Falls, Minn.