Here’s the latest from Cooperatives Working Together:
Cooperatives Working Together announced Monday that it has accepted three export assistance bids for a variety of products. The first two are from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO: one to export 19 metric tons (41,800 pounds) of Cheddar, Colby, Monterey Jack cheese to Japan, and a second bid to export 40 metric tons (88,000 lbs.) of anhydrous milk fat to Canada. The third bid is from Agri-Mark of Methuen, MA, to export 150 metric tons (330,000 lbs.) of butter to Canada. The butter export is the first bid accepted from Agri-Mark, a CWT member. CWT will pay an export bonus to each of the bidders, once completion of the product shipments is verified.
Cooperatives Working Together announced Wednesday that it has accepted three export assistance bids for the export of butter and cheese. The first two are from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN: one to export 110 metric tons (242,000 pounds) of butter to Honduras, and a second bid to export 117 metric tons (257,400 lbs.) of butter to Hong Kong. The third bid is from Select Milk Producers of Artesia, NM, to export 592 metric tons (1.3 million lbs.) of Mozzarella cheese to Mexico. CWT will pay export bonuses to the bidders, once completion of the butter and cheese shipments is verified.
Cooperatives Working Together announced Friday that it has accepted four export assistance bids for a variety of products. The first two are from Land O’ Lakes of Arden Hills, MN, to export 160 metric tons (352,000 pounds) of whole milk powder to Guatemala, and an additional 20 metric tons (44,000 lbs.) of whole milk powder to El Salvador. The third bid is from Tillamook County Creamery Association of Tillamook, OR, to export 66 metric tons (145,200 lbs.) of Cheddar cheese to South Korea, and the fourth bid is from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO, to export 100 metric tons (220,000 lbs.) of anhydrous milk fat to Canada. The cheese export is the first bid accepted from Tillamook, and the milk fat export is the first destined for Canada. CWT will pay an export bonus to each of the bidders, once completion of the product shipments is verified.
Cooperatives Working Together announced Friday that it has accepted two export assistance bids for the export of butter and whole milk powder. The first is from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN, to export 250 metric tons (550,000 pounds) of whole milk powder to the Dominican Republic. The second accepted bid is from California Dairies Inc., of Artesia, CA, to export 25 metric tons (55,000 lbs.) of butter to Saudi Arabia. CWT will pay export bonuses to the bidders, once completion of the butter and powder shipments is verified. This is the first CWT-facilitated export to the Dominican Republic.
