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Five hundred Wisconsin families in need receive 2 lb. cheese gifts from Crave Brothers Farmstead Classic Cheeses.
One vote margins pass the national supply management program and mandating California’s higher milk solids in fluid milk.
$500,000 grant from Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association will renovate university’s dairy production facility.
Cooperatives Working Together accepted 17 requests for export assistance to sell Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese to the Middle East and Asia.
There may be fewer foodborne illness in the country than we previously thought -- almost 40% less, in fact. It’s not that the numbers of foodborne illnesses have suddenly decreased, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says its counts have become more precise.
USDA reported this afternoon that November milk production was up an estimated 2.7% nationally (3.1% in the top 23 dairy states).
Korean investors and North Dakota cattle ranchers plan a $90 million beef plant in the state that could process about 1,200 animals each day for overseas and domestic markets.
WASDE report projects higher dairy exports next year.
State Agriculture Department investigators Tuesday seized hundreds of gallons raw milk and other food produced by a Gibbon dairy farm that has kept churning out product despite a state order to stop.
Holiday bakers could experience sticker shock at the grocery store as a variety of factors have sent the price of butter soaring in recent weeks.
A Portland couple has donated $860,000 to Oregon State University, part of which will endow a dairy professorship in the food science and technology department.
The new company will be part of the firms’ existing Dairy Partners of America (DPA) joint venture and is to be called DPA Chile.
A total of 2,629 cheeses competed this year, coming from more than 29 countries. 29 U.S. companies received 79 medals.
Bravo Farms widens its recall to all cheeses.
A panel of global dairy insiders says that the first half of 2011 could be troublesome for producers, but things will improve markedly by the second half—maybe.
The checkoff group says The New York Times and numerous media outlets have reports wrong .
Cooperatives Working Together accepted 11 requests for export assistance from Foremost Farms, Darigold, and Dairy Farmers of America to sell 1.8 million pounds of Cheddar cheese and Monterey Jack cheese.
LAS CRUCES ? The New Mexico Department of Health’s Scientific Laboratory Division has confirmed the outbreak strain of E. coli in an intact sample of Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda Cheese from Costco.
The U.S. dairy market has the potential to compete in the global markets, according to a new podcast released by Rabobank.
CWT accepted 10 requests for export assistance 2.4 million pounds of Cheddar cheese and Monterey Jack cheese to customers in the Middle East and Asia.
The New York Times, in a major article published in Sunday’s edition, took on Dairy Management Inc.’s all-out effort to grow cheese sales through partnerships with the likes of Domino’s Pizza.
Cooperatives Working Together assists Dairy Farmers of America and Darigold in selling cheese to the Middle East, Asia, and Central America.
All were made ill by raw milk from a renegade Minnesota dairy farm, which is under investigation for selling contaminated milk.
Highlights from the Dairy Checkoff’s 2010 Annual Meeting
Over the next three years, Domino’s outlets in Australia and New Zealand will be serving 12 million pounds of California mozzarella cheese to their customers.
Effective October 29, 2010, DFA has acquired Houston-based Castro Cheese Company, Inc.
The following information was released by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington:The U.S. Marshals Service seized all cheese products at Estrella Family Creamery (Estrella) in Montesano, Washington, Thursday, October 21, 2010, after repeated tests by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Washington State Department of Agriculture (WADA) over the last several months showed the persistent presence of a pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes, in Estrellas cheese products and facilities. The pathogen can cause the illness listeriosis which can be life threatening for the aged, infirm, very young or immune compromised individuals. The pathogen can be especially dangerous for pregnant women. U.S. District Court Judge Benjamin Settle authorized the seizure.
Byline: Benzinga Staff American Dairy Changes Corporate Name to Feihe International, Inc. PR Newswire BEIJING and LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13 BEIJING and LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire Asia-FirstCall/ -- American Dairy, Inc. (NYSE:ADY; the “Company”), one of the leading producers and distributors of premium infant formula, milk powder and soybean, rice and walnut products in China, today announced that, at theCompany’s annual meeting on October 12, 2010, shareholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to change itscorporate name to “Feihe International, Inc.” Promptly following theapproval, the Company filed Articles of Amendment with the state of Utah to implement the change in name. The change in name is effectiveimmediately but the Company’s ticker symbol will remain “ADY.”
Through the first three quarters of 2010, U.S. milk production is running 2.1 billion pounds ahead of the same period last year.
Dairy analyst Robin Schmahl urges the U.S. to address its dairy trade issues with Russia and China.