Ranching families in Southwest Kansas affected by recent tornadoes still need your help! Dairy producers and those in the dairy industry are among the most generous in our society – let that generosity to extend to those in our extented agricultural community. The relief effort initiated by the Livestock Marketing Association (LMA) has benefited from many individual cattlemen, as well … Read More
New Powered Milk Plant Breaks Ground in Idaho
Yesterday, High Desert Milk, a six-member dairy cooperative in Burley, Idaho, broke ground on a new milk processing plant in Burley. The cooperative was formed in 2001, and its members currently milk 22,000 cows and farm 30,000 acres in Cassia dn Twin Falls, Idaho counties. The new plant will have the capacity to process more than 2 million pounds of … Read More
Discover Dairy Features Pa. Farms
A new online education series funded by the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program (PDPP), the local dairy checkoff-funded organization in Pennsylvania, will be available by late summer. Called “Discover Dairy”, the lesson plans will focus on the dairy industry in five topics: dairy and the community, dairy and the environment, milk safety, animal health, and dairy nutrition and health. Each lesson … Read More
CWT Export Assistance Bids
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together: Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted three export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese. All of the bids were from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN, for the export of small amounts of retail-packaged cheese products. These include 2 metric tons (4,400 lbs.) of cheese to Bahrain; … Read More
CRI to Market Internationally
Cooperative Resources International (CRI) and AMELIS, a French bovine genetics cooperative, have signed a memorandum of understanding with the intent to jointly market semen on an international basis. Management staff from both organizations will finalize the terms of the agreement in coming months as additional aspects of cooperation are further analyzed. The overall goal will be to promote growth and … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review Cheese prices keep marching higher. Block cheese closed the Memorial Day holiday shortened week at $1.8825 per pound, up 8 cents on the week, 68 1/4-cents above a year ago, and the highest it’s been since June 2004. Barrel closed Friday at $1.91, up 11 cents on the week, and 71 cents above a year … Read More