America’s Dairy Farmers have partnered with ‘Pizza 4 Patriots’ to deliver more than 10,000 pizzas and 7,000 bottles of Honey Milk to some 30,000 servicemen and women stationed in Iraq for the upcoming Super Bowl. Working with DHL, the world’s leading express delivery and logistics company and The Original Gino’s East of Chicago and Edwardo’s Natural Pizza, more than 10,000 … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review The cash market saw block cheese move higher for the third week in a row while butter and nonfat dry milk plunged the final week of January. Cash block cheese closed Friday at $1.5150 per pound, up 3 1/2-cents on the week and 36 1/2-cents above a year ago. Barrel closed at $1.5050, unchanged on … Read More
Santa Susana High School Wins Mildonkulous Giveaway
And the winner to White Gold’s Milkdonkulous Givewaway is: Santa Susana High School! Watch the winning video below. Santa Susana High School in Simi Valley won the grand prize of $20,000 in the GOT MILK? “Battle for Milquarious, White Gold Milkdonkulous Giveaway.” The contest was designed to encourage teens to get creative with their video-making skills for a chance to … Read More
New Technologies for Silage Traits
New technologies make data sampling easier and more efficient. Bill Curran, Pioneer research scientist, discusses some of the technologies that measure silage traits. Curran also talks about how this information benefits producers. Listen to the podcast here: [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://zimmcomm.biz/pioneer/pioneer-podcast-69-wdd.mp3] Bill Curran on new technologies for data sampling (5:00 min MP3) To see all archived Pioneer Forage Forum podcasts, click here. Subscribe … Read More
Jersey Youth Can Apply for Stout Experience
The American Jersey Cattle Association is calling for high school graduates and college students to apply for the annual Fred Stout Experience Awards. Those eligible will be preparing for a career in managing and/or marketing Registered Jersey(tm) cattle. Two awards are offered for 2010: (1) a two- or three-month summer internship with Jersey Marketing Service, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, and (2) an … Read More
Department of Justice Files Lawsuit
The Department of Justice has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Dean Foods Company challenging its April 2009 acquisition of Foremost Farms USA’s Consumer Products Division. The department said that the merger eliminates substantial competition between the two companies in the sale of milk to schools, grocery stores, convenience stores and other retailers in Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. The Department … Read More
Yogurt is Top Trend
The Dairy Council of California is encouraging Americans are eating more of the food trend of the decade: yogurt! Yogurt was named the food trend of the decade by Harry Balzer, Vice President with the market research firm NPD Group. “It’s very convenient. It’s very individualized …” said Balzer of yogurt in a Jan. 1 interview with National Public Radio. … Read More
Time Again for Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board Elections
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has announced a call for nominations for the upcoming Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (WMMB) director elections. Each year, dairy producers elect a portion of the 25-member WMMB to a three-year term. Board nominees consist of producers who are actively engaged in the production and sale of milk within the district … Read More
Jersey Seminar to Address Jersey Performance Index
The American Jersey Cattle Association is offering a free seminar/webinar for Jersey breeders: Changes that have occurred in the U.S. Jersey population because of breeders’ mating choices and their impact in an updated Jersey Performance Index™ will be discussed at a seminar, March 13 in Columbus, Ohio. The program will be presented by Dr. Ronald E. Pearson, emeritus professor at … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review Cash dairy prices were mixed in the Martin Luther King Day holiday shortened week. Block cheese closed Friday at $1.48 per pound, up 6 1/2-cents on the week and 40 1/2-cents above a year ago. Barrel closed at $1.5050, up 4 cents on the week, and 40 1/2-cents above a year ago. Four cars of … Read More