Women involved in agriculture are invited to celebrate past, present and future industry leaders during “Women in Agriculture Day,” from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 13, in the VIP Lounge, at the 2009 Pennsylvania Farm Show. For more information, contact Jean Lonie (jlonie@state.pa.us) at the Department of Agriculture at 717-346-0438. The tentative agenda is as follows: 10 … Read More
Dairy Checkoff Works to Accelerate Sales in Pizza Category
America’s dairy producers, through their investment in the dairy checkoff, are working to help reinvigorate the pizza category and increase sales for pizza products containing more cheese. Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), which manages the national dairy checkoff program, is facilitating an industry task force to develop action plans on how the dairy and pizza industries can reinforce pizza as the … Read More
Weekly CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has announced their updated export bids for the past week. Three of the bids were from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, Mo.: one for the sale of 18 metric tons (39,683 lbs.) of anhydrous milkfat to Panama, and the other for separate sales of whole milk powder to Mexico, in the amounts of 150 … Read More
Southern Regional Dairy Challenge Completed
A total of 54 students from 12 southern colleges and universities participated in the third annual Southern Regional Dairy Challenge, November 20 through 22 in Statesville, N.C. The Challenge is an innovative two-day event designed by professionals from allied industry and university educators to bring classroom training to life in the real world for students preparing for dairy careers. North … Read More
Dairyline Markets in Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review The hemorrhaging continues in the cash cheese market where 40-pound block closed Friday at $1.3025 per pound, down 21 cents on the week and 64 3/4-cents below a year ago. The blocks have lost 50 cents in three weeks. The 500-pound barrels closed at $1.3550, down 16 3/4-cents on the week and 54 1/2-cents below … Read More
SWCMA Offers Young Dairy Producer Scholarship
The Southwestern Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (SWCMA) is now accepting applications for its 7th Annual Young Dairy Producer Educational Scholarship. The scholarship in the amount of $2,000.00 is available to a young dairy producer or student whose Wisconsin-based dairy farm markets milk to any SWCMA member plant. Family members or farm employee family members are also eligible to apply. Acceptable … Read More
CWT to Continue
Cooperatives Working Together(CWT) has received commitments from its members that they will continue to fund the program in 2009, CWT officials said today. “Now more than ever, CWT is the only answer to the question of what can farmers do to positively impact their milk price,” said Jerry Kozak, President and CEO of NMPF, which manages CWT. “Both world and … Read More
Vilsack to Likely be Tagged Ag Secretary Wednesday
President-elect Barack Obama is expected to announce former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as his pick for Secretary of Agriculture on Wednesday. Sources spilled the beans to the Associated Press today. Vilsack, who was an early presidential contender (dropped out before the primaries) has little experience in agriculture other than being the governor of a farm-rich state. But, politically, he’s apparently … Read More
Fire at LOL Dairy Plant
A Land O’ Lakes dairy processing plant in Tulare, Calif. reported a three-alarm fire today. According to the Tulare Fire Department, the fire started in a building dedicated to maintenance, welding, cold storage and storage of cardboard boxes. The fire took about 1 1/2 to 2 hours to bring under control, Battalion Chief Willard Epps said. No injuries have been … Read More
DFA Settles with CFTC
The Board of Directors and management of Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA) announced today that DFA has reached a settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The settlement ends the CFTC’s investigation into DFA’s trading activities on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) in 2004. Without admitting or denying the CFTC’s findings in the administrative order, DFA and two … Read More