Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:

Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted seven export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese, anhydrous milkfat and butter.

The first two bids are from Darigold of Seattle, WA: one for 250 metric tons (550,000 pounds) of Cheddar cheese to Egypt, and another for 200 metric tons (440,000 lbs.) of butter to Saudi Arabia. Three bids from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN, were accepted: 40 metric tons (88,000 lbs.) of Mozzarella cheese to Jordan; 20 metric tons (44,000 lbs.) of butter to the Netherlands; and another 20 metric tons (44,000 lbs.) of butter to Bermuda (the first CWT export to that country).

One bid from Foremost Farms of Baraboo, WI, was accepted, to export 38 metric tons (83,600 lbs.) of butter to Kyrgyzstan (the first CWT export to that country). Lastly, a bid from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO, was accepted for 19 metric tons (41,800 lbs.) of anhydrous milkfat to Indonesia. CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter, milkfat and cheese shipments is verified.

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