Here we go folks, the first top 10 list of 2007! This one comes from our friends at Midwest Dairy Association and DMI and wraps up the top check-off gains from last year. Your investments have been hard at work! To read more detailed information about each numbered point, click here “Much of our success this year is due to … Read More
Dairy Packaging Demand
You’ve heard about the success of single-serve milk in plastic bottles. The nation-wide initiative to place milk vending machines in schools and public areas is certainly a big part of this report from Freedonia Group, Inc. Demand for dairy packaging is projected to expand 4.1 percent annually to $4.3 billion in 2010. Growth will be fueled by favorable trends in … Read More
Science Breakthrough
Science sure is an amazing thing isn’t it? The latest news in our industry is genetically engineered cows that don’t have the prions that cause BSE. An international team of researchers from the U.S. and Japan reported Sunday that they had “knocked out” the gene responsible for making the proteins, called prions. The disease didn’t take hold when brain tissue … Read More
International Ice Cream
Good to know you can stil enjoy great ice cream when you visit overseas! Cold Stone Creamery executives recently began Year 2 of their foray into selling ice cream overseas with the goal of growing the brand in markets such as Mexico, Canada and South America. So far per store sales at its 12 international stores in the Pacific Rim … Read More
Cows Make Me Feel Warm
I don’t know if you know Bob McCarty but he does have a sense of humor. In fact, Bob likes to share that sense of humor through some design work he’s done on a variety of subjects. He describes his online shop as the “home of creative, humorous and thought-provoking items.”
CWT Export Assistance Bids
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:
Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted six export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese and butter.
The first bid is from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO, for the export of 149 metric tons (327,800 pounds) of Cheddar cheese to Japan. The other bids are from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN: one for the export of 364 metric tons (800,800 lbs.) of butter to the Netherlands; one for 182 metric tons (400,400 lbs.) of butter to Singapore; one for 20 metric tons (44,000 lbs.) of Mozzarella cheese to China; one for 2.7 metric tons (5,980 lbs.) of mixed cheeses to the United Arab Emirates; and one for 1.8 metric tons (3,934 lbs.) of mixed cheeses to Saudi Arabia.
CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter and cheese shipments is verified.
Price of NY Gallon Rises
Here’s an important article for you to see. When the price of a gallon of milk rises, it usually causes an uproar. I think consumers forget that dairy producers are producing a nutritionally superior product at a relatively low cost (compared to say, a gallon of soda). Shoppers throughout the state will be forced to pay at least $3.14 for … Read More
Dairy Diet
Well, the holidays are officially over, and if you’re like me, you’ve piled on a few pounds enjoying all the decadent eats! Here’s the good news: those dairy products you work so hard to help produce could actually be the key to taking off those holiday pounds! Calcium is good for your bones and your blood pressure, and there is … Read More
Happy New Year
I’d like to welcome you all to a brand new year. I can’t wait to see what new techniques and technologies will pop up in the agricultural communications business. ZimmComm New Media is planning on continuing to develop various forms of social communications platforms like blogging and podcasting and we’ve got some exciting announcements coming up in the next week … Read More
Vince Carter Got Milk
Those Got Milk people keep cranking out the star power to promote milk. This time it’s Vince Carter, basketball star.