Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:

Cooperatives Working Together announced today (Monday) that it accepted seven export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese, anhydrous milkfat and butter. One bid was accepted from California Dairies Inc. of Artesia, CA, to export 500 metric tons (1.1 million pounds) of butter to Egypt.

Four bids were accepted from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO: 150 metric tons of Cheddar cheese to (330,000 lbs.) to Morocco, and three bids to export anhydrous milkfat – 300 metric tons (660,000 lbs.) to the Netherlands, 250 tons (550,000 lbs.) to Egypt, and 200 tons (440,000 lbs.) to Saudi Arabia.

Two bids were accepted from Foremost Farms of Baraboo, WI: 180 tons (396,000 lbs.) of butter to the United Arab Emirates, and 113 tons (248,600 lbs.) of Mozzarella cheese to South Korea. CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter, milkfat and cheese shipments is verified.