The newly formed All-American Dairy Foundation will support youth exhibitors with educational and training opportunities. The first $500 grant is to secure the $1,000 United States savings bond won by the Grand Champion Holstein of the Premier National Junior Show. The All-American Dairy Show is set for Sept. 18 – 23 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center … Read More
CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted four requests from Darigold for assistance in selling American cheeses to customers in Asia. The product will be delivered September through December 2010. Since CWT reactivated the Export Assistance program in March 18, 2010, it has assisted members in making export sales of Cheddar, Monterey Jack, and Gouda cheese totaling 19,847 metric tons (43.8 million … Read More
Wisconsin Cheese is Honored
Two Wisconsin cheese makers were honored with wins at the 2010 American Cheese Society competition. With a record-breaking 1,462 entries in this year’s American Cheese Society competition, entries came from 225 producers in 34 states, Canada and Mexico. Klondike Cheese took two First Place awards and a Second Place award, while Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics took four awards. Klondike Cheese … Read More
Fonterra Opens Chicago Distribution
Fonterra has rented a big new warehouse just down the highway from its United States headquarters near Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. Fonterra has taken 46,500 square metres of space in the Heartland Corporate Centre at Shorewood, 66km from Chicago and is expected to channel significant amounts of its billion-dollar exports to the US through the site. The warehouse has been vacant … Read More