Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:
Cooperatives Working Together announced that it accepted seven export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese and butter.
One bid was from Darigold for the export of 300 MT (660,000 lbs) of butter to Belgium.
Another bid was from Foremost Farms for the export of 36 MT (79,200 lbs) of Mozzarella cheese to South Korea.
The other five bids were from Land O’Lakes for the export of retail-packaged cheese and butter products. These include 4.8 MT (10,560 lbs) of cheese to China, 1.6 MT (3,520 lbs) of butter to Bermuda; 0.815 MT (1,793 lbs) of cheese to Panama; 0.12 MT (264 lbs) of butter to China; and 0.05 MT (119 lbs) of butter to Trinidad & Tobago.
These accepted bids increase CWT’s total 2007 export obligations for cheese to 5,265 MT (11.6 million lbs), its YTD export obligations for butter to 5,117 MT (11.3 million lbs) and its YTD anhydrous milkfat exports to 1,680 MT (3.7 million lbs).
Through these bids, the total milk equivalent for 2007 is 470 million pounds.