It’s annual meeting time for a lot of agricultural organizations like the Iowa State Dairy Association. They’ll be meeting on January 9, 2007 from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm at Americas Best Value Inn & Suites located in Waverly, Iowa. ISDA Board President Scott Niess will give the opening remarks.
Dairyline Markets In Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review
The cash dairy markets were pretty quiet the week of December 11. Block cheese closed the week at $1.32, unchanged on the week and 11 cents below that week a year ago. Barrel closed at $1.29, up a penny on the week, but 10 3/4-cents below a year ago. Five cars of block traded hands and six of barrel. The latest NASS-surveyed U.S. average block price hit $1.3808, up 0.7 cents. Barrel averaged $1.3898, down 2.7 cents.
Cash butter finished at $1.2550, up a half-cent on the week, but 10 1/4-cents below a year ago. 13 cars were sold. The NASS butter price averaged $1.2381, down 2.6 cents. Nonfat dry milk hit $1.0291, up 1.2 cents, and dry whey averaged 40.07 cents, down 0.1 cent.
Provided courtesy of Dairyline.
DEEP Savings For PG&E Customers
It looks like Pacific Gas & Electric is trying to help dairy farmers out a little bit by expanding their DEEP program.
Jim Leuenberger New Comm Manager at Holstein USA
The Holstein Association, USA has a new communications manager. He’s Jim Leuenberger. Jim’s going to work out of his home in Wisconsin for the Vermont-based organization.
I Ain't Saying She's a Gold Digger…
Singletons, here is your perfect opportunity to meet a wife – on TV! Just be sure to have her sign a pre-nup! The producers of American Idol are traveling around the country to find a different kind of television star. Farmers Only! Based on a hit overseas TV show, ‘The Farmer Wants a Wife’ matches a spirited farmer who doesn’t … Read More
Winning Chocolate Milk Display
Speaking of chocolate milk, here’s a picture of the winning display in a contest run by the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board.
Food Fear?
If you haven’t yet heard, the opinions and values of the American consumer are driving agriculture. Read this editorial, and you’ll start to realize how our markets and end-users are changing. The nation has a serious case of food phobia. Faster than you can say, “Hold the mayo,” food has become America’s great obsession. Folks want to think the food … Read More
Pour Milk on These New Cereals
Just when you thought the recent fruits and veggies wave would help make your New Year’s resolution to get in shape easier, two new chocolate cereals will be introduced in 2007. Quaker Oats will launch Life Chocolate Oat Crunch low-fat, high-fiber whole grain cereal in February based on consumer feedback that asked for a healthy cereal “that delivers nutrition [and … Read More
Bring Chocolate Milk Back!
This story was a pleasant surprise to me – parents in N.Y. have formed a coalition to bring flavored milk back into their children’s schools. Glad to hear people recognize that chocolate and strawberry milk are better choices than soda. Public school students are drinking 10% less milk than a year ago, which members of the coalition, Advocates for School … Read More
Cow Parade Auction Raises Big Moo-lah
The CowParade Wisconsin 2006 herd of artistically created fiberglass cows that grazed Madison and surrounding communities for nearly five months has raised more than $550,000 to benefit charity. The majority of the proceeds will help build the new American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison. Proceeds will also benefit more than 30 other non-profit organizations. The “Dazzle in Dairyland” live auction … Read More