Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:

Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted thirteen export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese, anhydrous milkfat and butter. The first eight bids are from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO: 594 metric tons (1.3 million pounds) of Mozzarella cheese to Japan: 190 metric tons (418,000 lbs.) of Cheddar to Egypt; 152 metric tons (334,400 lbs.) of Cheddar to South Korea; 114 metric tons (250,800 lbs.) of Cheddar to the Netherlands; 111 metric tons (244,200 lbs.) of Cheddar to
Panama; 38 metric tons (83,600 lbs.) of Cheddar to South Korea; and 38 metric tons (83,600 lbs.) of anhydrous milkfat to the Dominican Republic.

Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN, had four bids accepted: 130 metric tons (286,000 lbs.) of Cheddar cheese to South Africa (the first CWT export to that country); 3 metric tons (6,600 lbs.) of retail packaged cheese to Bahrain; 2.9 metric tons (6,380 lbs.) of retail-packaged cheese to Qatar; and 76 metric tons (167,200 lbs.) of butter to Turkey.

The last two bids were from Darigold of Seattle, WA, for the export of two separate shipments of 250 metric tons (550,000 lbs.) of butter to Saudi Arabia. CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter, milkfat and cheese shipments is verified.

CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter and cheese shipments is verified.