Cooperatives Working Together(CWT) has announced their updated export bids for the past week.
One bid was from California Dairies Inc. of Artesia, Calf., for the export of 400 metric tons
(881,849 pounds) of anhydrous milkfat to Mexico.
One bid was accepted from Humboldt Creamery of Fortuna, Calif., for the export of 300 metric
tons (661,387 lbs.) of whole milk powder to Cameroon – the first time a CWT-assisted export
has gone to that nation.
Finally, two bids were accepted from Darigold of Seattle, Wash., for the export of 25 metric tons
(55,116 lbs.) of butter to Kuwait, and another 25 metric tons of butter to Indonesia.
With these accepted bids, CWT’s total 2008 export obligations are: butter, 25,604 metric tons
(56 million lbs.); cheese, 1,501 metric tons (3.3 million lbs.); whole milk powder, 1,048 metric
tons (2.3 million lbs.); and anhydrous milkfat, 11,393 metric tons (25 million lbs.). The milk
equivalent total of these products is 2.03 billion pounds.