It’s annual meeting time for a lot of agricultural organizations like the Iowa State Dairy Association. They’ll be meeting on January 9, 2007 from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm at Americas Best Value Inn & Suites located in Waverly, Iowa. ISDA Board President Scott Niess will give the opening remarks.
Jim Leuenberger New Comm Manager at Holstein USA
The Holstein Association, USA has a new communications manager. He’s Jim Leuenberger. Jim’s going to work out of his home in Wisconsin for the Vermont-based organization.
Winning Chocolate Milk Display
Speaking of chocolate milk, here’s a picture of the winning display in a contest run by the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board.
North Dakota Dairy Awards
Thanks to the Midwest Dairy Association I just found out that the Milk Producers Association of North Dakota has honored three industry leaders.
The group’s prestigious Milky Way awards were presented to Char Heer, Hazelton, N.D. and Al Nielsen, Rugby, N.D. A Merit award was given to Curt Hanson, Pettibone, N.D. The Milk Producers Association of North Dakota presents the awards annually to individuals in appreciation for, and in recognition of, outstanding contributions to North Dakota’s dairy industry. The group made the presentation during the North Dakota Dairy and Pork Convention in late November in Fargo.
You can still see the program from that convention here (pdf file). I can’t seem to find a website for the dairy group though.
CWT Export Assistance Bids
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:
Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted 12 export assistance bid last week for the sale of butter, cheese and milkfat.
The first two bids are from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO: one for the export of 152 metric tons (334,400 pounds) of anhydrous milkfat to Panama, and a second for the export of 72 metric tons of mixed cheeses to Japan.
The other ten bids accepted are from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN: two for the export of .04 metric tons (90 lbs.) of butter and 1 metric ton (2,200 lbs.) of cheese to Panama; two more for the export of 20 metric tons (44,400 lbs.) of Mozzarella cheese and 6 metric tons (13,200 lbs.) of mixed cheese to South Korea; two for the export of 8 metric tons (17,600 lbs.) of mixed cheeses and .5 metric tons (1,100 lbs.) of butter to China; two for the export of 5 metric tons of mixed cheeses (11,000 lbs.) and .4 metric tons (880 lbs.) of butter to the Philippines; one for the export of 7 metric tons (15,400 lbs.) of mixed cheeses to the United Arab Emirates; and one for .5 metric tons (1,100 lbs.) of mixed cheeses to Egypt.
CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter and cheese shipments is verified.
New Leaders For Dairy Business Association
Here’s the latest news from the Dairy Business Association from their meeting recently.
3rd Quarter Import Watch
The National Milk Producers Federation has its Third Quarter Import Watch now available.
You can find it on their website. (pdf file)
The USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service has released its import data for dairy products for the first three quarters of 2006. Regarding the dairy products
NMPF tracks for Import Watch, most categories are down with MPC the exception. Butter substitutes and American cheese imports up compared to the same period in 2005 as well.
CWT Export Assistance Bids
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:
Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted five export assistance bid last week for the sale of butter and cheese. The first three bids are from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO: one for the export of 114 metric tons (250,800 pounds) of Cheddar cheese to the Netherlands, a second for the export of 110 metric tons (242,000 lbs.) of Cheddar cheese Japan, and a third for another 110 metric tons (242,000 lbs.) of Cheddar cheese to Japan.
The other bids accepted are from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN: one for the export of 1 metric ton (2,200 lbs.) of mixed cheeses to Trinidad and Tobago, and another for 0.09 metric tons (198 lbs.) of butter to Trinidad and Tobago. CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter and cheese shipments is verified.
Smell The Cookies and Bums
Thanks to Chris Thilk at Adjab who found a story in the San Francisco Chronicle about an interesting new marketing campaign by the California Milk Processor Board. It involves artificially creating the smell of fresh baked chocolate chip cookies at bus stops in the hopes that people will want to go home and have some with a glass of milk.
Help Recognize a Great Jersey Breeder
You have until January 15th to nominate a great Jersey breeder or breed backer for recognition at this year’s American Jersey Cattle Association Annual Meeting. Four awards are presented at the confab, held this year in Sioux Falls, SD. The awards include: