Wisconsin has a strong dairy business, that we know. But, in what areas of the industry does the state lead the nation? Find out below. We’d love to hear from other states too! The Wisconsin dairy industry is big business. Dairy producers across the state continue to modernize and enhance their dairy farms, and cheese and dairy production plants are … Read More
Publix Goes rbST Free
Another U.S. dairy is going rbST free for its milk supply. Publix Super Markets Inc., a Florida based grocery store, bottles its own milk for their more than 900 stores. Bowing to rising consumer health concerns, Publix Super Markets Inc. banned synthetic growth hormones from its entire line of store-brand milk effective today. Publix brands from whole milk to fat … Read More
Dairy Leaders Conference Successful
The 2007 National Dairy Leaders Conference in Stevenson, Washington was a huge success! The conference, hosted by National Milk Producers Federation, hosted almost 200 industry leaders. The three-day conference focused on many of the high-profile issues affecting the dairy industry today, including the development of the next Farm Bill, organic marketing trends, animal biotechnology, cheese industry economics, and the push … Read More
Doyle Joins Foremost Farms
Congrats to Michael Doyle, the new vice president-finance and chief financial officer of Foremost Farms USA. Doyle is a former Land O’Lakes executive. Doyle most recently served as the chief financial officer of Creekstone Farms Premium Beef L.L.C. of Arkansas City, Kan. Prior to that, he spent more than 11 years with Land O’Lakes, Arden Hills, Minn. He joined Land … Read More
CWT Export Assistance Bids
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together: Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted two export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese. Both bids were from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN, for identical volumes of retail-packaged cheese: 3.4 metric tons (7,480 lbs.) of cheese to Qatar, and another 3.4 tons of cheese to Saudi … Read More