Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:

Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted four export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese and butter. The first three bids were from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO: 185 metric tons (407,000 pounds) of Cheddar cheese to Japan, 19 metric tons (41,800 lbs.) of Cheddar cheese to El Salvador, and 19 metric tons (41,800 lbs.) of Mozzarella cheese to Morocco. The fourth bid was from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN, for 39 metric tons (85,800 lbs.) of butter to the United Kingdom. This is the first CWT-facilitated export to the UK.

CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter and cheese shipments is verified.