Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:
Cooperatives Working Together accepted eight export assistance bids last week for the sale of butter and cheese.
The first bid was from Michigan Milk Producers Association for 190 MT (418,000 lbs) of butter to Egypt.
The second bid was from Darigold for the export of 300 MT (660,000 lbs) of butter to Saudi Arabia.
The other six bids were from Land O’Lakes for: 400 MT (880,000 lbs) of butter to the Netherlands, along with another 100 MT (220,000 lbs) of butter also destined for the Netherlands; two bids for 11.3 MT each (24,860 lbs) for Parmesan cheese to South Korea; 8.3 MT (18,260 lbs) of retail-packaged cheese to the United Arab Emirates; and .54 MT (1,188 lbs) of retail-packaged cheese to Egypt.
These accepted bids increase CWT’s total 2007 export obligations for cheese to 5,307 MT (11.7 million lbs); its YTD export obligations for butter to 7,994 MT (17.6 million lbs) and its YTD anhydrous milkfat exports to 2,180 MT (4.8 million lbs).