Processors

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).
Michael Doyle to retire after more than 20 years in food industry.
Gov. Sam Brownback extended a welcome to Kansas for Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) during the cooperative’s annual meeting this week in Kansas City, Mo.
The Kansas dairy cow population has seen a large increase in 15 years and new milk processing opportunities look to further that growth.
World’s most popular sports event gets fourth Chinese sponsor.
In April, Grassland Dairy Products, located in Greenwood, Wisc., notified its producers they had until the end of the month to find a new processor.
Yoplait’s sales are free falling, and its parent company is about to face even more competition in the dairy case.
Upstate NY dairy farmer co-op to buy Kraft Heinz plant
A commercial distributed by Arla Foods as part of a $30 million marketing campaign is now at the heart of a lawsuit by Eli Lilly and its subsidiary Elanco.
Federal authorities are investigating a former Cabot cheese employee suspected of stealing machine parts from the Vermont-based company and using them in his side business selling maple syrup production equipment.
A handful of Minnesota dairy farms that faced losing their buyer because of a trade dispute with Canada will keep the buyer after all.
Even with record U.S. demand, organic dairies look for buyers.
Yili also cancels plan to raise 9 billion yuan in placement.
Wisconsin agriculture officials say most Wisconsin farmers whose Canada market evaporated in a trade dispute have new buyers.
Yogurt maker’s sales growth the weakest in at least a decade.
A handful of Wisconsin dairy farmers whose Canada market evaporated in a trade dispute were weighing offers from new buyers on Tuesday, but others were running out of time before an expiring contract risked putting them out of business.
According to Milk Magazine, Mullins Cheese is picking up eight of the dairies that were recently displaced by Grassland Dairy Products.
19 Minnesota dairy farms affected by US-Canada trade dispute
Nonfat dry milk futures are down 12% amid trade war concerns.
An Idaho conservation group has filed a complaint to several state agencies asking officials to inspect a wastewater pit used by a Nampa cheese-making plant.
A small, all-natural dairy isn’t being deceptive when it calls it’s skim milk “skim milk,” a federal appeals court ruled Monday in a victory for the creamery that’s fighting the state’s demand to label the product “imitation” because vitamins aren’t added to it.
Greek yogurt passed General Mills’ top brand in popularity.
CEO Scozzafava open to deals to diversify as milk volume drops.
Use of proceeds includes paying for 37 percent Shengmu stake.
The state Senate in Wisconsin is proposing a bill to aid a cheese distributor.
A Wisconsin cheese distributor has been approved for extended tax incentives.
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