Weekly CWT Export Update

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Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has announced their updated export bids for the past week.

Two of the bids accepted were from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, Mo. One was for 300 metric tons (661,387 pounds) of anhydrous milkfat to South Korea. The second was 20 metric tons (44,092 lbs.) of whole milk powder to Honduras.

Two bids were accepted from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, Minn. One was for the export of 216 metric tons (476,199 lbs.) of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese to South Korea. Another was for 36 metric tons (79,366 lbs.) of butter to China.

And finally, the fifth bid was accepted from Upstate Niagara Cooperative of Buffalo, N.Y., for the export of 19 metric tons (41,888 lbs.) of butter to Syria. This is the first bid CWT has accepted from Upstate Niagara.

With these accepted bids, CWT’s total 2008 export obligations are: butter, 25,554 metric tons (56 million lbs.); cheese, 1,501 metric tons (3.3 million lbs.); whole milk powder, 748 metric tons (1.6 million lbs.); and anhydrous milkfat, 10,993 metric tons (24 million lbs.). The milk equivalent total of these products is 2 billion pounds.

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