Here’s the latest from Cooperatives Working Together:
Cooperatives Working Together announced Thursday that it has accepted three export assistance bids, two for whole milk powder, and a third for cheese. The first two bids for whole milk powder, from Humboldt Creamery of Fortuna, CA, are to facilitate the export of 150 metric tons (330,000 pounds) to Turkey, and another 16 metric tons (35,200 lbs.) to El Salvador. This is the first time CWT has exported product to El Salvador. The second bid, from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO, is to export 1.2 metric tons (2,640 lbs.) of individually-packaged Cheddar cheese to Panama.
Cooperatives Working Together announced Tuesday that it has accepted three export assistance bids for Mozzarella cheese. The first two are from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO, for a 36 metric ton (79,200 pounds) export to Taiwan, and a 19 metric ton (41,800 lbs.) export to South Korea. The third bid accepted was from Land O’ Lakes of Arden Hills, MN, for a 20 metric ton (44,000 lbs.) export to Mexico. CWT will pay an export bonus to each of the bidders, once completion of the cheese shipments is verified.
