Agricultural students from Alfred State College will appear on the cover of the DairyBusiness Communictaions Dairy University directory. Great photo! The Alfred State College’s CAL (Collegiate Agricultural Leaders) Club have placed first in the National Intercollegiate Photo Contest for the 2006 College Directory, and will appear on the cover. In 2006, Holstein World and DairyBusiness Communications will present their 21st … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review
Cash dairy product prices remain depressed. Block cheese closed Friday at $1.32 per pound, unchanged on the week, but 11 1/2-cents below a year ago. Barrel closed at $1.28, down 2 cents on the week, and also 11 1/2-cents below a year ago. Nine cars of block traded hands on the week and five of barrel. The latest NASS-surveyed U.S. average block price hit $1.3737, up 2.7 cents. Barrel averaged $1.4170, up 2.2 cents.
Butter closed Friday at $1.25, down 2 3/4-cents on the week, 12 cents below a year ago, and the lowest price since late July. 35 cars were sold. Extra Grade nonfat dry milk hit $1.45, up a nickel on the week, while Grade A remained at $1.65. The NASS butter price averaged $1.2644, down 0.6 cent. Nonfat dry milk hit $1.0167, up 1.9 cents, and dry whey averaged 40.13 cents, up 2.6 cents.
Provided courtesy of Dairyline.
Cookie Scents Sour
A few days ago, we posted on bus shelters in San Francisco being cookie scented as a way to increase milk consumption. It’s too bad that the city’s residents weren’t receptive to the idea! But, I ran across this editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle that seems to suggest not everyone was agaisnt the campaign. We’re a little puzzled at … Read More
Increasing Dairy Exports Help US Producers
U.S. dairy exports have doubled in the past decade to now represent about eight percent of dairy production. California dairy producer Kimberly Clauss, who is secretary of the National Dairy Board, says exports continue to increase. “We’re already 14 percent above where we were a year ago at this time,” said Clauss. That includes a 28 percent increase in cheese, … Read More
Milk 2006: New Values Mean a More Useful Equation
The new Milk 2006 equation for silage corn from the University of Wisconsin reflects important modifications to the Milk 2000 version, according to Dr. Bill Mahanna, coordinator of global nutritional sciences for Pioneer Hi-Bred. Neutral digestive fiber (NDF) values can now be entered from any time point. Milk 2000 accommodated only a 48-hour value. Also, starch digestibility values can now … Read More
Haagen-Dazs Co-Founder Dies
Rose Mattus, 90, co-founder of the Haagen- Dazs ice cream empire has died. In 1959, Rose and her husband, Reuben spotted the market for a luxury ice cream and shunned the artificial flavours and non-fat dry milk favoured by the supermarket brands of the day, opting instread for a recipe high in butterfat, egg yolks and real cream. They made … Read More
Troops to Get American Milk
American troops in Iraq are getting an unusual Christmas present – extended shelf-life milk from America with their cookies. Currently, troops drink reconstituted milk purchased from foreign suppliers. Starting Dec. 14, the military will begin an unusual taste test to let the troops decide which they like better: the powdered milk purchased from a Middle Eastern firm or the extended … Read More
3rd Quarter Import Watch
The National Milk Producers Federation has its Third Quarter Import Watch now available.
You can find it on their website. (pdf file)
The USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service has released its import data for dairy products for the first three quarters of 2006. Regarding the dairy products
NMPF tracks for Import Watch, most categories are down with MPC the exception. Butter substitutes and American cheese imports up compared to the same period in 2005 as well.
Ivy Leaguers Get Their Cow Back
The students at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY will once again be greeted by Cornellia the cow when they stop by the Dairy Store for their milk fix. Wonder if Cornellia spent her time away at the beach or maybe in a certain frat house’s basement? The fiberglass creature reappeared early Thursday. A small group of people in a black … Read More
Lawsuits Dismissed Against Dairy Groups
It looks like the dairy industry won this battle. So feel good about including dairy in your efforts to maintain a healthy weight. A U.S. District Court judge in Virginia has dismissed the two lawsuits brought last year by the animal rights group Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) that challenged the healthy weight with dairy marketing program. The suits … Read More