Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has announced their updated export bids for the past week.
One bid was accepted from California Dairies Inc., of Artesia, Calif., for the export of 132 metric tons (291,010 lbs.) of butter to Mexico.
Another bid was accepted from Humboldt Creamery of Fortuna, Cailf., for the export of 20 metric tons metric tons (44,092 lbs.) of whole milk powder to Indonesia.
Finally, four bids were accepted from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, Mo. One bid was accepted for the export of 36 metric tons (79,366 lbs.) of anhydrous milkfat to Mexico. The other three bids were for whole milk powder in the following amounts: 80 metric tons (176,370 lbs.) to Mexico, another 20 metric tons (44,092 lbs.) to Mexico; and 80 metric tons (176,370 lbs.) to Haiti.
With these accepted bids, CWT’s total 2008 export obligations are: butter, 25,427 metric tons (56 million lbs.); cheese, 1,285 metric tons (2.8 million lbs.); whole milk powder, 1,588 metric tons (3.5 million lbs.); and anhydrous milkfat, 10,477 metric tons (23 million lbs.). The milk equivalent total of these products is 1.96 billion pounds.