Processors
Earlier this week, a Borden Dairy processor informed its workers, vendors, and customers that they would be closing their doors this summer at their plant in Chembung, Ill.
Four months have passed since Kent and Coreena Meyer opened a letter from their milk processor, Wakefern Food Corp., owner of Readington Farms, informing them they no longer would pick up their milk.
U.S. average diesel prices up more than 70% year-over-year. Could this push processors to slow down powder production?
This ongoing Oregon water issue has become a headache for many farmers, like Jos Poland. Less water doesn’t only mean fewer aces for his cows to graze on. It has forced Poland to sell 40% of his herd earlier this year.
A fifth-generation Florida dairy farmer says that from PMVAP to immigration reform, there are real missed opportunities for congress to truly understand how to help dairy farms, like hers.
Texas milk production growth has steadily rose over the last two decades. The latest USDA March 2022 Milk Production report shows the Lone Star State pushed past Idaho, to now rank No. 3 for milk production.
The roads have been cleared and the sun is now peeking out in North Dakota after dairy farmers spent the bulk of their Easter weekend pushing snow when the storm of the century – Snowmageddon – plowed through.
Companies are wondering how they can compete with the recent announcement by Walmart, sharing that it’s upping starting annual salaries for the company’s truck drivers to around $100,000.
Nearly a year ago, dairy farmer Jamie Bansen received alarming news that the creamery her family ships milk to was on fire. Thankfully the McMinnville, Ore., creamery has since dusted off the ashes and began rebuilding.
With the mantra, ‘The best ideas are born out of collaboration,’ DFA offers a community that creates ideas to continue to help propel all avenues of dairy forward.
If any lessons were learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, it was how to walk on a tightrope while juggling various obstacles. Dairy CEOs spoke about how they managed challenges the last several years at IDFA Dairy Forum.
Tara Vander Dussen, also known as the New Mexico Milkmaid was the keynote closing speaker at the Maryland & Virginia’s Milk Producer Cooperative Association’s first-ever Leadership Conference.
From the adaptation of technology to increasing efficiencies and overcoming challenges that seem to come at a fast pace, a producer must sharpen more than their pencils to continue in this tough dairy industry.
Enriching communities and consumers’ lives is important to DFA, as it is one of their core values. To help those impacted by the current invasion and attack on Ukraine, DFA stepped up with a recent donation.
The nation’s largest dairy cooperative, Dairy Farmers of America, held its annual meeting on March 23 in Kansas City, Missouri. Amongst the challenges DFA is faced with, they also highlighted areas of growth.
Trucker shortages are real, and one area that draws concern and needed attention is with those hauling our country’s milk. A growing trend pressuring the efficient flow of milk is the declining number of milk haulers.
USDA announced it is making $80 million available to the Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives. The additional funding will expand the capacity of the four initiatives to provide technical assistance and sub-grants.
Once regarded as the low byproduct of cheese making, whey was often dumped down drains or spread on farm fields. Whey has since made huge strides due the growing health awareness among consumers, fueled by the pandemic.
Iowa State Dairy Association knows its farmers could use some help. Efforts are well underway to push legislation that would create free dollars to help its dairy producers automate various aspects of their 24/7 work.
Emily Yeiser Stepp, vice president of The National Dairy FARM Program and Dr. Eric Rooker with Dairy Doctors Veterinary Services in Plymouth, Wis., both offer tips to consider when reviewing FARM protocols.
More than 200 workers are now on strike in western New York with Saputo Dairy.
Schreiber Foods, one of Wisconsin’s largest milk processors, was recently hit by a possible ransomware attack.
While Richard Clauss is one of the dairy industry’s most notable individuals and recently named the 78th recipient of the Master Breeder award of the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA).
Darigold announced last week that they will build a $500 million processing plant in Pasco, Wash., under a new agreement with the Port of Pasco.
Hilmar Cheese Company Inc., Hilmar, Calif., announced last week their plans to build a new state-of-the-art cheese and whey protein processing plant in Dodge City, Kansas, this summer.
Dairy Farmers of America has finalized the sale of two former Dean Foods Company milk processing plants located in De Pere, Wis. and Harvard, Ill.
Despite the sharp drop in foodservice demand, demand for high-fat dairy products has held up.
Historically large butter inventories would be even larger without consumers’ embrace of high-fat dairy products.
Farmers are being required to pay back a portion of the money they received for milk sales during the “preference period” of the company’s bankruptcy proceedings.
This week, Chobani is launching its second, limited-edition charity flavor, called Farmer Batch, in partnership with American Farmland Trust (AFT).