The Dairy Business Association (DBA) announces the results of their board of directors elections, held Thursday, December 4th, in Madison, Wis. Jerry Meissner was re-elected to DBA’s board of directors for a third term. Meissner owns Norm-E-Lane, Inc., a 2,000-cow operation near Chili, Wis., with his brother David, son Josh, and nephew Jeremy. The farm has been in the Meissner … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review The cash dairy markets continue to garner a lot of attention, particularly butter. The 40-pound block cheese price closed the first Friday of December at $1.79 per pound, down 1 1/4-cents on the week, and 40 1/4-cents below that week a year ago. The 500-pound barrel price closed at $1.7475, down 4 1/4-cents on the … Read More
Holstein Association USA Hosting Regional Member Meetings
Holstein Association USA, Inc. announces their annual Regional Member meetings. Members are encouraged to attend the meeting in their area to provide input on the Association’s business and programs. Staff members and directors will be in attendance at each meeting to present the latest news of the Association and answer questions from members. The dates and locations for the meetings … Read More
Annual Northeast Regional Dairy Challenge
The Northeast Regional Dairy Challenge held its sixth annual competition October 30-November 1 in Harrisburg, Pa. Nearly 110 students participated from the following colleges: Alfred State College, Cornell University, Delaware Valley College, Morrisville State College, The Pennsylvania State University, SUNY Cobleskill, University of Maine, University of New Hampshire, University of Vermont, Vermont Technical College, University of Guelph from Ontario, Canada, … Read More
Lee Joins Progressive Dairy
Congratulations to Karen Lee who has been named as an editor of Progressive Dairy Publishing. Lee, whose roots grow deep in Wisconsin agriculture, will broaden the scope of editorial coverage for all four of the company’s agricultural magazines. Most recently, Lee served as managing editor of Agri-View, the leading weekly agricultural newspaper in Wisconsin. She held that position for two … Read More
Sapuyo Acquires Weston Foods
Saputo, based in Canada, has completed the transaction to acquire Neilson Dairy, the dairy division of Weston Foods also of Canada. The C$465m (US$372m) acquisition, first announced on 22 October, will enable Saputo to increase its presence in Ontario in the markets for fluid milk and cream, the company said yesterday (1 December). Weston Foods manufactures, sells and distributes – … Read More
December is the New July?
‘Tis the season for ice cream and the folks over at the Turkey Hill Ice Cream Journal have a lot going on! Be sure to check in with their blog this month to keep up-to-date on all their ice cream happenings! The finalists in our Ultimate Holiday Recipe Contest will be posted here on December 8-11 and voting will begin … Read More
NMPF Send Comments in Response to EPA
National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) joined a coalition of agricultural groups in opposing a tentative plan to tax livestock in order to mitigate the greenhouse gases they emit. In comments submitted in response to an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR), NMPF pointed out the negative consequences that could occur if EPA proceeds to rulemaking with this ANPR. NMPF expressed … Read More
Ten Young Jersey Breeders Honored
Ten young people have been honored for their accomplishments in the National Jersey Youth Achievement Contest. The association provides cash awards totaling $3,000, with the winner receiving $600. The contest honors outstanding achievement by junior Jersey breeders in four areas: work with Registered Jerseys™, related dairy activities, relative progress, and future goals. They were selected from 14 outstanding youth nominated … Read More
Weekly CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has announced their updated export bids for the past week. All four bids were accepted from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, Mo. One was for the export of 72 metric tons (158,733 lbs.) of butter to Mexico. Another was for 60 metric tons (132,277 lbs.) of whole milk powder to Mexico. And two bids … Read More