Four more export assistance bids have been accepted by Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) for the sale of cheese and anhydrous milkfat.
One bid was accepted from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN, for 54 metric tons (119,050 pounds) of Cheddar cheese for export to South Korea.
The other three bids were all from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO, for exports of anhydrous milkfat to Mexico in the following amounts: 150 metric tons (330,693 lbs.), 100 metric tons 220,462 lbs.), and 36 metric tons (79,366 lbs.).
CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, only when delivery of the product is verified by the submission of the required documentation.
With these accepted bids, CWT’s total 2008 export obligations are: butter, 2,814 metric tons (6.2 million lbs.); cheese, 633 metric tons (1.4 million lbs.); whole milk powder, 170 metric tons (374,000 lbs.); and anhydrous milkfat, 556 metric tons (1.2 million lbs.).