The Pennsylvania Center for Dairy Excellence invites all sales and service representatives who work closely with Pennsylvania dairy producers to their upcoming Dairy Advocacy and Resource Team (DART) meetings. This series of meetings will focus on an environmentally friendly new approach to lowering feed costs. The DART meeting are scheduled for April 17, 22-24, and 29-30 at various dairy processing … Read More
Mike Wright New Dir. of Global Marketing for Diamond V
It sounds like Mike Wright will be doing a little bit of traveling. Diamond V announced that he’s their new Director of Global Marketing. In his role Wright will oversee sales and marketing efforts, with special emphasis on the dairy business. Wright joins Diamond V with 17 years of feed industry sales and marketing experience. Prior to joining Diamond V … Read More
Shamrock Farms in Teeter Dairy Case
Shamrock Farms milk is now be available nation-wide in the grocery store Harris Teeter. The store will sell Shamrock Farms 12-ounce varieties of chocolate milk, whole milk, and 2% white milk, as well as “Shamrockers(R), individual 8-ounce milks. “Across the country, people are discovering that milk is a great-tasting, healthy beverage option they can feel good about drinking,” said Sandy … Read More
Protesters in N.J. Keep Garden Here
Farmers in New Jersey brought tractors and animals to downtown Trenton, N.J. last week to protest the state’s plan to close the Department of Agriculture. Organized by the New Jersey Farm Bureau, the state’s farmers want their lawmakers to know it’s important to “Keep the garden in the Garden State.” The proposal to eliminate the Agriculture Department is part of … Read More
NAIDC Announces Winning Teams
College students from across the country and Canada gathered in Madison, Wis. this weekend to compete in the annual North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge (NAIDC). First Place Platinum awards were given to teams from the University of Minnesota, Michigan State University, University of Illinois and Purdue University. The seventh annual NAIDC was hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and attracted … Read More
SMI to Close Altanta Plant
Southeast Milk Inc. (SMI), a Florida-based milk cooperative has announced that it will close its Atlanta Dairy facility. SMI’s decision to close the facility was announced to employees on March 10. According to Calvin Covington, Chief Executive Officer, SMI anticipated operating the facility through May 9, 2008, but a recent tornado in the Atlanta area forced them to accelerate plans … Read More
Ohio Makes Decision on rBST
The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) has revised their state milk labeling regulations, giving dairy processors 120 days to comply with the new rules regarding rBST-free claims. The ODA’s revision, which reduces the size of an on-label FDA-mandated disclaimer, came after a March 12 public meeting in which industry, processors and consumers expressed concern about the mooted rules that control … Read More
Farm Bill Update
The latest news on the Farm Bill. The chances to enact a new U.S. farm law before an informal April 18 deadline hinge on providing “very solid” funding for anti-hunger programs, the Senate Agriculture Committee chairman said on Thursday. Chairman Tom Harkin told reporters he hoped for agreement within two days on how to pay for a $10 billion spending … Read More
Guinness Record Attempt at Whole Foods
All cheese lovers out there – get ready for 3:00 p.m. EST April 12, when 270 Whole Foods Market stores will attempt a Guinness World Record for “Most Parmigiano Reggiano Wheels Ever Cracked” at the same time. Sounds like a fun Saturday afternoon to me! Check out a video and recipes featuring Parmigiano Reggiano. Whole Foods cheesemongers will demonstrate the … Read More
Dairyline Markets in Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review There was no “April fools” in the cash markets the first week of April. Block cheese closed Friday at $1.8125 per pound, up a quarter-cent on the week, and 39 1/4-cents above that week a year ago. Barrel closed at $1.7550, up a half cent on the week, and 34 cents above a year ago. … Read More