A sculpture made from nearly 1,000 pounds of butter was unveiled today at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, paying tribute to Pennsylvania’s diverse agriculture industry. The sculpture, sponsored by Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association and Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program, features PA Preferred®, the official brand of agriculture products grown or made in Pennsylvania. It depicts several of the state’s top commodities including milk … Read More
Butter Institute Elects Officers
Congratulations to David Riemersma of Butterball Farms, Inc. for being elected the president of the American Butter Institute. Two new officers were also seated. Irv Holmes of Challenge Dairy Products, Inc. was elected to serve as First Vice President, and Dean Van Tuinen of Darigold, Inc. was elected Second Vice President. Each officer will serve a two-year term. The ABI … Read More
Ohio Butter Sculpture Revealed
The 162nd annual Ohio State Fair kicked off this week with the annual butter sculpture, sponsored by Ohio Dairy Farmers. The 2012 sculpture features a giant birthday cake to celebrate Columbus’ 200th birthday! Visitors to the butter sculpture can enter the Tweet to Win Contest! Tweet a picture with the butter cow to @OHdairyfarmers and include #buttercow to be entered … Read More
Are You Bold Enough For Butter
Are you bold enough to go with butter? “Go Bold With Butter” is a social media campaign of the American Butter Institute. Here’s how it’s doing. Note the results correlation between increased content on their blog and “fostering increased butter usage.” How about that blogging thing! ABI’s social media campaign “Go Bold With Butter” was launched on March 19th, just … Read More
Butter Rises to the Top
As consumers continue to seek foods that are pure and simple, butter seems to be rising to the top. In its race against margarine, butter is winning — and even outpacing olive oil of late — as consumers seek pure, simple, flavor-rich ingredients. But butter seems to be gaining favor for people who still like to grease things up a … Read More
Joint Annual Conference to be Held
The 2012 Annual Conference of the American Butter Institute (ABI) & the American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI) will be held April 29-May 1, 2012 at the Chicago Marriott Downtown. Conference registration and agenda can be found online. The 2012 Conference will feature two days of speakers and programs on various industry topics. On Monday, don’t miss two panel discussions by … Read More
LOL Highlights Farmers
Land O’Lakes is highlighting the commitment of their dairy farmers with videos and photos. Asking their customers: “Do you know where your butter comes from?” opens the discussion on how the cooperatives farms are an integral part of fresh sweet cream butter. Land O’Lakes is a farmer owned cooperative that produces the pure, sweet cream that’s fresh-churned into Land O … Read More
Go Bold! With Butter
A new website and blog, “Go Bold With Butter,” has launched. The campaign is presented by America’s Dairy Farmers® in partnership with the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. “Go Bold With Butter” will serve as a virtual kitchen where consumers can interact with a team of butter enthusiasts who will tout the value and versatility of butter. Nine dedicated bloggers were … Read More
Butter Sculpture Unveiled
The Pennsylvania Farm Show unveiled it’s 22nd annual butter sculpture today. The sculpture depicting a young 4-H member showing his prized calf at a county fair pays tribute to the 100th anniversaries of the Pennsylvania 4-H and Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs. Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association and the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program, the sculpture was crafted from … Read More
Ohio Butter Sculpture Revealed
The butter has been shaped and revealed! The 2011 butter display, sponsored by the American Dairy Association Mideast, at the Ohio State Fair pays tribute to the nation’s space program and recognizes the retirement of NASA’s space shuttle program. The retirement of the space shuttle program marks the end of an era. Throughout most of the history of the space … Read More