Pretty soon it’ll be Super Bowl party time. I’m betting a lot of people are doing playoff parties. If so, hopefully cheese is on the menu. Apparently it is according to the Dairy Checkoff. With the football playoffs underway, some may be surprised to know that many Americans offer pizza as a key game-day menu item. But in addition to … Read More
Organic Milk Being Dropped From Starbucks Menu
Why sell organic when you’ve got artificial-hormone-free dairy products? Good question and according to a story on The Seattle Times that’s what Starbucks has decided. The story says they’ll stop offering organic milk in U. S. stores next month. The Seattle-based coffee company began making organic milk available at an extra cost in 2001 to satisfy customers who wanted dairy … Read More
CWT Export Assistance Bids
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together: Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted an export assistance bid last week for the sale of whole milk power. The bid was from Humboldt Creamery of Fortuna, CA, for the export of 75 metric tons (165,000 pounds) of whole milk powder to Egypt. CWT will pay an export bonus to … Read More
Dannon Introduces New Yogurt
Dannon will introduce new yogurt offerings that will have benefits beyond basic nutrition, including probiotics. The two new products are called Light & Fit 0% Plus and DanActive Light, a new version of DanActive that has fewer than half the calories. The two products, hitting stores this month, are the latest manifestation of the company’s “high-health strategy,” a concept of … Read More
Dairy Today Getting New Look
There’s a reason we were taught in college journalism classes to “never work with animals or small children.” In this video from the Pentagram website you’ll see what I’m talking about. I’ve watched this done now quite a few times at livestock shows. I don’t envy DJ the challenge of working with a prima donna who’s only interested in the … Read More
Wendt's Dairy to Close
Wendt’s Dairy located in Niagara Falls, N.Y. will be shutting its doors in May 2008 after almost 60 years of operation. The plant was opened in 1948 and is currently owned by Upstate Niagara Milk Cooperative. The milk manufacturing site is part of Upstate Farms Niagara and is being closed to avoid a duplication of operations, said Eva Balazs, communications … Read More
Aurora Dairy to Reduce Footprint
Colorado based Aurora Organic Dairy, has announced a partnership with the University of Michigan to measure and reduce its company’s carbon footprint. The reduction of energy and material use will be across the entire product lifecycle, from cattle feed to cartons in retail dairy cases. Aurora Organic Dairy Foundation, a new not-for-profit organization formed to fund research, market-development initiatives and … Read More
Dairyline Markets in Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review The crash you heard January 7th was a 40-pound block of cheese at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. We have seen several large single-day drops in the past two to three months only to see it rally a few days later. This time it was a 15 1/4-cent plunge and, while it regained almost a nickel … Read More
New Brazil Dairy Plant to Open
Nestle SA, the world’s largest food company, and New Zealand’s Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd. plan to open a dairy in Brazil in the first half of this year. The companies will invest as much as 70 million reais ($39.5 million) in the plant, according to a statement sent from Nestle’s Brazil unit. The factory will be located in Palmeira das … Read More
Jersey Association Declares 2007 Greatest
The American Jersey Cattle Association has declared 2007 “the greatest year in the history,” for U.S. Jerseys! The association continues to see record numbers in all areas of its operation. “It’s hard to imagine how 2007 could have been better for members of the USJersey organizations,” said Neal Smith, Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the AJCA and National … Read More