Cheese For The Holidays

Chuck ZimmermanCheese, Dairy Group, Nutrition

CrostiniI know we’re not a recipe site but sometimes when something looks this good you’ve got to pass it along. This is from the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board and a good example of the way they’re working to provide people with great ideas to combine dairy in their diet. So get your holiday cheese plan in gear.

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 three export assistance bid last week for the sale of anhydrous milkfat and cheese. The bids are all from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO: one for the export of 907 metric tons (1.99 million pounds) of milkfat to Mexico, a second for the export of another 900 metric tons (1.98 million lbs.) of anhydrous milkfat to Mexico, and a third for the export of 120 metric tons (264,000 lbs.) of Cheddar cheese to Japan. CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidder, once completion of the milkfat and cheese shipments is verified.

Dairy Policy Paper

Chuck ZimmermanDairy Group, Policy

IDFAThe IDFA is happy to point out a Cato Institute paper that calls for dairy policy changes. The paper was released just over a week ago and will be quoted a lot I’m sure as we lead up to a new farm bill.

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 three export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese and anhydrous milkfat. One bid is from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO, for the export of 35 metric tons (77,000 pounds) of anhydrous milkfat to Mexico. The other two bids are from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN: one for the export of 40 metric tons (88,000 lbs.) of Mozzarella cheese to South Korea, and another for 20 metric tons (44,000 lbs.) of Mozzarella cheese to Japan. CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the cheese and milkfat shipments is verified.

New NMPF Board Members

Chuck ZimmermanDairy Group, General

Several new members were seated at the recent 2006-07 NMPF Board of Directors meeting. They include: Bill Blalock, of Cooperative Milk Producers Assn.; Les Hardesty, Jerrel Heatwole and Doug Nuttelman of Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.; Rich Ghilarducci of Humboldt Creamery; Adrian Boer of Northwest Dairy Association; and Ken Nobis of Michigan Milk Producers Association (who will serve as the … Read More

Dairy Success in Meeting "Unmet Demand"

Chuck ZimmermanDairy Checkoff, Dairy Group, General

About 1,000 dairy industry representatives got an update on activites funded by the national dairy checkoff program last week at the 2006 National Dairy Board/United Dairy Industry Association/National Milk Producers Federation Joint Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. Tom Gallagher, chief executive officer of Dairy Management Inc., told the group that dairy promotion is helping the entire industry convert unmet demand … Read More