Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) have reached a settlement agreement in the class action lawsuit against DFA in the southeastern United States. DFA makes no admission of wrongdoing in this settlement. Under the terms of the settlement, filed yesterday with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, DFA will pay $140 million to the plaintiff class. An … Read More
Vande Zande Promoted
Congratulations to Tim Vande Zande who has been promoted to Hoof Specialist at ANIMART, Inc. Vande Zande brings extensive product knowledge and dairy experience to the Hoof Specialist position. “I am excited to provide assistance and solutions to hoof trimmers,” said Vande Zande. “I know the issues they face and I will be responsive to make their ANIMART experience the … Read More
Latest HSUS Poll Hacked
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “Should we sit down with HSUS in ‘common cause’?” The results of this poll are skewed due to the hacking by HSUS. In the end, the poll read that eighty one percent voted Definitely, fifteen percent said Never, and four percent thought we Should in some cases. The attempt to affect our poll results … Read More
CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 19 requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America, Northwest Dairy Association (Darigold), Foremost Farms USA, Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Michigan Milk Producers Association, United Dairymen of Arizona and Upstate Niagara Cooperative (O-AT-KA) to sell 3.814 million pounds (1,730 metric tons) of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese and 2.423 million … Read More
Gilmer One of Four Faces of Farming
Four farmers have been chosen as the “Faces of Farming & Ranching,” including dairy farmer Will Gilmer from Alabama. The Faces of Farming & Ranching program, sponsored by the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA®), cast a nationwide search in summer 2012 to help put real faces on the American agriculture industry. More than 100 applications were submitted from passionate, … Read More
NMPF Announce Staff Reorganizaton
National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) has announced a reorganized to its staff to better meet the challenges that are sure to come in the year ahead and promoted several staff members who will facilitate these efforts. As first announced in December, Jim Mulhern will start next week as NMPF’s Chief Operating Officer, a new position in the organization that will … Read More
Officers Elected at FarmFirst
FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative has announced the organization’s 2013 board of directors’ officers. The 2013 executive board of directors was selected during a board of directors meeting in Fond du Lac, Wis., on January 3, 2013. Elected to one-year terms, FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative board members are responsible for securing producer recommendations, discussing dairy policy and industry direction and establishing programs to … Read More
Drink Milk, Win Nobel?
A new study published in Practical Neurology suggests that countries whose people consume the most milk and dairy products, per capita, also win the most Nobel Prizes, per capita. Drinking milk makes you smart! Take Sweden, the country most associated with the Nobel prizes. For every 10 million Swedes, there are 31.855 Nobel prizes. The Swedes also consume about 772 … Read More
Drought Tops List of 2012 Stories
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, ” What do you think is top story of 2012?” Our poll results: It looks like the majority of you at fifty-seven percent felt like “The Drought” was the top story for 2012. “No Farm Bill” came in at fourteen percent and ten percent said “USDA Meatless Monday Uproar”. Our new ZimmPoll is now … Read More
CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 20 requests for export assistance from Bongards Creameries, Darigold, Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative, Michigan Milk Producers Association, United Dairymen of Arizona and Upstate Niagara/O-AT-KA to sell 1.864 million pounds (846 metric tons) of Cheddar, Gouda and Swiss cheese and 3.657 million pounds (1,659 metric tons) of butter to customers in Asia, the … Read More