The Center for Dairy Excellence is offering 50 scholarships for first-time participants to attend the Pennsylvania Dairy Summit, scheduled for Feb. 7 – 8, 2007, at the Lancaster Host Resort in Lancaster, Pa. The scholarships offset the registration cost by $100 per participant, giving producers a valuable educational opportunity. The Dairy Summit, hosted by the Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania … Read More
CWT Export Assistance Bids
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:
Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted five export assistance bid last week for the sale of butter and cheese. The first three bids are from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO: one for the export of 114 metric tons (250,800 pounds) of Cheddar cheese to the Netherlands, a second for the export of 110 metric tons (242,000 lbs.) of Cheddar cheese Japan, and a third for another 110 metric tons (242,000 lbs.) of Cheddar cheese to Japan.
The other bids accepted are from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN: one for the export of 1 metric ton (2,200 lbs.) of mixed cheeses to Trinidad and Tobago, and another for 0.09 metric tons (198 lbs.) of butter to Trinidad and Tobago. CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter and cheese shipments is verified.
Fortified Milk Improves Health
Milk, fortified with four minerals and three vitamins, cut the occurrence of respiratory infections and days with severe illness, and could be a well accepted means of improving health, especially amongst pre-schoolers in the developing world, says new research. According to the United Nations World Food Programme, iron deficiency is the most common form of malnutrition, affecting 4.5 billion people … Read More
Milk, Cookies & a Bus Ride?
Here’s some more information on the previous post…cookies and a bus ride…Sounds like a good idea to me! Milk anyone? It’s the brainchild of marketers for the California Milk Processor Board, who are hoping the captive crowds waiting for a bus will be enticed to go home and grab a glass of milk after they take a whiff of the … Read More
Smell The Cookies and Bums
Thanks to Chris Thilk at Adjab who found a story in the San Francisco Chronicle about an interesting new marketing campaign by the California Milk Processor Board. It involves artificially creating the smell of fresh baked chocolate chip cookies at bus stops in the hopes that people will want to go home and have some with a glass of milk.
Against NAIS
I’ve mentioned Google news alerts before. They’re handy and you get some interesting results. Like this morning when I checked and found a link to a post done by a lady who calls herself the Henwhisperer. She is dedicated to the defeat of the NAIS (National Animal Identification System).
Dairyline Markets In Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review
The cash cheese market finished the last week of November with a down turn. The block price closed December 1, at $1.32 per pound, down 6 1/4-cents on the week, and 9 3/4-cents below a year ago. Barrel closed at $1.30, down 12 3/4-cents on the week, and 8 3/4-cents below a year ago. Sixteen cars of block traded hands and 10 of barrel. The latest NASS-surveyed U.S. average block price hit $1.3467, up 6.1 cents. Barrel averaged $1.3949, up 6.1 cents.
Butter closed at $1.2775, down a quarter cent on the week, and 9 3/4-cents below a year ago. Eleven cars sold. NASS butter averaged $1.2703, down 1.5 cents.
Provided courtesy of Dairyline.