Chocolate milk has been a hot topic lately, and with the addition of an omega-3 fortified version produced by Omega Farms, even more press could be coming its way. According to the company, Omega Farms Low-Fat Chocolate Milk provides kids the added benefits of Omega-3s needed for brain development and athletes the perfect combination of carbohydrates and protein needed for … Read More
Good Night Milk
There’s a new milk on the production line, one to help your baby settle down for a good night’s sleep. Called Good Night Milk, it is marketed by Cow & Gate, a company based in the UK. Suitable for bottle-fed babies from six months onwards, Cow & Gate Good Night Milk is a nutritionally tailored milk which contains a special … Read More
Pioneer's Integrated Forage Program
Managing the gaps in today’s agriculture can be an issue, says Dr. Bill Mahanna, coordinator of global nutritional sciences for Pioneer. When visiting an operation, several factors come into play before a crop becomes feed. Pioneer can offer expertise to deal with the full continuum – managing the gaps between growing and cutting the feed to packing the silo and … Read More
Kraft Names New Head of Cheese Division
Kraft Foods Inc. has named Rhonda Jordan the new head of its cheese and dairy division. The cheese and dairy division she now oversees accounted for 17% of Kraft’s $37.2 billion in sales last year but is losing sales to private-label grocery-store cheese brands. Ms. Jordan began her Kraft career 21 years ago as a cheese marketer. As head of … Read More
Michigan Dairy Provides Kosher Milk
Vreba-Hoff Dairy, located in Hudson, Michigan, has announced it will be providing kosher milk to an Israeli food distributor. The dairy will ship 9.5 million pounds (1.15 million gallons) of whole milk to a kosher processing facility in Kentucky, which will convert the milk into powder and then ship to Israel. Once there, the powder will be used in kosher … Read More
Alaska Welcomes New Plant
Alaska has a new processing plant, Matanuska Creamery, that will turn 1,100 gallons of local Alaskan milk into cheddar cheese. This marks the first time residents in the Matanuska Valley will have access to cheese made with local milk. Matanuska Creamery CEO Kyle Beus has worked diligently since December to get this business off the ground. “We have, as a … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review Cheese trading turned heads the second week of April. Tuesday saw the block price top the barrel price by 16 cents. That’s not a record. There was a 22 1/2-cent spread in August 2000, according to brokers at Downes-O’Neill. Block closed Friday at $1.8350 per pound, up 2 1/4-cents on the week, and 41 cents … Read More
Grilled Cheese Memories
Break out the tomato soup – April is National Grilled Cheese month, and Kraft Cheese is celebrating! Submit your favorite grilled cheese memory on April 16, and you may receive a coupon for a free package of Kraft Singles. The first 1,000 people who submit their favorite grilled cheese memory on April 16 will receive a coupon for one free … Read More
Jersey Cows Long on Productive Life
Good news for Registered Jersey breeders! The Jersey breed remains first for Productive Life among the six dairy breeds based on USDA genetic summaries. Data published by the USDA Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory show that for cows born in the years 1997 through 2001, Jerseys have the longest average productive life of 33.7 months, or 1,029 days. A total of … Read More
Look for Your Johne's Survey
A national Johne’s survey is now under way. Surveys were mailed to about 15-percent of each state’s dairy producers. The goal is to identify barriers and incentives for participating in the Voluntary Bovine Johne’s Disease Control Program. The information will be used to improve Johne’s-control efforts. For more information