CWT Export Assistance Bids

Chuck ZimmermanDairy Group, Export

Cooperatives Working TogetherHere’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:

Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted two export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese and butter.

Both bids were accepted from Foremost Farms of Baraboo, WI: one for 500 tons of butter (1.1 million lbs.) to the Netherlands, and another for 190 tons (418,000 lbs.) of Cheddar cheese, also to the Netherlands.

These accepted bids increase CWT’s total 2007 export obligations for cheese to 5,720 metric tons (12.6 million lbs.), its YTD export obligations for butter to 9,930 metric tons (21.8 million lbs.), and its YTD anhydrous milkfat exports to 2,280 tons (5 million lbs.).