Processors
USDA issued a proposed rule for the mandatory, electronic price reporting for cheese, butter, whey and nonfat dry milk today.
The recommendations for dairy are three cups per day of fat-free or low fat milk
12 meetings in July and August will bring together dairy producers and other key industry representatives
Hearing will consider proposed pricing changes from California Dairies Inc., Land O’Lakes.
CWT accepted 10 requests for export assistance from Darigold and Dairy Farmers of America to sell 2,579 metric tons of Cheddar, Gouda, and Monterey Jack.
The request would increase the current cheese price minimum by $1/cwt.
The CIAA qualified program will be eligible to receive up to 2.5 cents of the fee paid by importers
In 2009, the loss of $300,000 in dairy exports would have meant the loss of some 2,000 jobs.
Layoffs at the former Country Classic plant come after the plant’s owner, Seattle-based co-op Darigold, decided to send milk to Salt Lake City for pasteurization.
CWT accepted four requests for export assistance from Darigold, Dairy Farmers of America, and United Dairymen of Arizona
Record net earnings exceed $100 million; Net sales of nearly $3.5 billion.
CWT accepted seven requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America, Darigold, and Foremost Farms to sell a total of 1,362 metric tons (3.0 million pounds) of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheeses
The National Milk Producers Federation and the National Mastitis Council have both submitted proposals to lower the current federal SCC limit to 400,000 cells/ml.
Delegates to the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) voted 25 for, 26 against a proposal to lower the U.S. Grade A standard to 400,000 cells/ml.
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted five requests for export assistance from Bongards Creamery, Dairy Farmers of America, Darigold, and Foremost Farms
The National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) is moving forward with a National Milk Producer Federation proposal
The divestiture is part of the recent Department of Justice settlement.
EPA analysis shows a level of 8.9 picoCuries of iodine-131 (I-131) per liter of milk.
The co-op agrees to a $56,000 fine.
OSHA has cited Associated Milk Producers, Inc. for safety violations in its milk plant in Blair, Wis. The fine for the violation is $72,500.
The milk marketing and processing co-op reports “great financial health.”
IDFA cautioned that USDA has nearly reached its underwriting capacity for the program, and urged senators to fund the program for the remainder of the year.
Currently at 67%, NMPF needs to reach 75% participation for continuation of the program.
EPA detected 0.8 pCi/L of iodine-131, which is 5,000 times lower than the Derived Intervention Level
Steve Schlangen, a dairy farmer from Albany, Minn., is stepping up to lead the 3,000-member Associated Milk Producers Inc.
The concern of the Department of Justice was that Dean’s acquisition would eliminate competition and could result in higher milk prices for school districts.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it will ban imports of dairy products and vegetables from an area near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, citing “radionuclide contamination."The measure will cover products such as milk and spinach from Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, the FDA said.
CWT accepted three requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America and Darigold to sell Cheddar cheese to customers in Asia.
Cow numbers are also up 68,000 head over a year ago.
And as milk volumes increase, hauling charges per cwt. decline.