A new cheese plant has been approved for construction in Fresno county, California. The Blue Ribbon Cheese Company, Bakersfield, Calif. will start construction of the $300 million facility in later this year. Planned types of cheese include cheddar, jack, mozzarella and provolone. The $300 million facility is expected to begin operations in 2010 and employ 300 local residents, Blue Ribbon … Read More
Wells Dairy to Sell Yogurt Plant
Wells Dairy, Inc., Le Mars, Iowa, has announced its decision to sell it yogurt facility in Omaha, Nebraska to Mexican company called Grupo LaLa. Late last month the company also announced that it is selling milk plant to Dallas-based Dean Foods Co. Today, it announced the sale of its yogurt facility in Omaha to a Mexican company called Grupo LaLa. … Read More
House Cafeteria Serves New Menu
Why should you care about this article? Because before several of House of Representative legislators spoke up, other legislators and important policymakers in Washington D.C. were exposed to misleading information about milk and dairy products in the one place you wouldn’t expect – the House cafeteria. Just another reason that dairy producers should make the effort to form relationships with … Read More
Accelerated Genetics Excited About Jersey Sire
Accelerated Genetics is excited about a young Jersey sire that reached the top ten JPI during the January 2008 Dairy Sire Summary. The stud comes out of the company’s PACE young sire program. 014JE00431 Oomsdale Jace Grat Grieves-ET is an early Jace son from the Excellent Gratitude cow at Oomsdale Farm in Volatie, N.Y. Grieves is +233 JPI. Grieves enters … Read More
World Dairy Diary Survey 2008 Contest Giveaway
We’d like to encourage you to take our first ever (maybe annual) World Dairy Diary Survey. There’s only about 12 easy questions so it will only take a minute and we’d really appreciate your participation. Our supporters would just like to get a better idea of who our readers and subscribers are and we want to provide you with another … Read More
New Animal Activist Group Formed
Keep your eye out for a new animal rights activist group called the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association (HSVMA). The group was from through a “corporate combination agreement” by the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) and the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights. It is crucial that dairy producers are even more transparent with consumers on the humane treatment … Read More
Pa. Revises Label Guidelines
The state of Pennsylvania has announced that it will revise its original plan to ban milk processors from using labels that such as “No BST” from milk and dairy products. Instead, new guidelines will require that labels not be misleading and that there be a paper trail that can verify the claims made on the labels. For instance, a label … Read More
Three Dairy States Working Together
The states of New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont have re-signed an agreement to work together to improve the dairy industries in all three states. The memorandum was signed during the Northeast Dairy Leadership Team meeting held in Oneonta, N.Y. New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont comprise one of the three major milk-producing regions in the United States. Collectively, the three states … Read More
N.D. Producer Meetings
Dairy producers in North Dakota take note – the Midwest Dairy Association has scheduled its district meetings in conjunction with North Dakota State University’s Dairy Cow College the week of January 28. Midwest Dairy Association, which manages the dairy checkoff for North Dakota and eight other states, holds its meetings to update dairy farmers on how current programs are helping … Read More
DBA Offers Expansion Symposium
The Wisconsin Dairy Business Association (DBA) is hosting their third annual Expansion Symposium at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. on January 30 & 31, 2008. Help grow Wisconsin’s dairy industry. It’s a simple goal, a goal that benefits us all … and DBA is leading the charge! The 3rd Annual Expansion Symposium is a one-stop shop for producers serious … Read More