Here’s the latest announcements from Cooperatives Working Together:
Dairy Will Be Difficult For 2007 Farm Bill
The next farm bill was the main focus of eDairy Inc.’s third annual Outlook Conference held recently in Chicago. One of the speakers was James Webster, eDairy Inc. Washington analyst and editor of the Webster Agricultural Letter, who told participants that “divisions within the dairy industry—between processors and producers, among farms of varying size—create a ‘crazy quilt of cross currents’ … Read More
Aussie Decorate a Cow Contest
Twenty dairy cows decorated by Australian school children will be on display September 21 through October 1 at the Royal Melbourne Show. The cows are part of Dairy Australia’s ‘Decorate a Cow’ competition. The competition was open to primary schools across Victoria and 20 schools were chosen from scores of entries to receive a blank cow from Dairy Australia to … Read More
Grand Champion Ice Cream
Louis Trauth Dairy, Newport, KY was selected as the Grade A & Ice Cream Grand Champion of the World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest. Wisconsin Dairy Products Association sponsored this year’s competition and Executive Director Brad Lagreid said entries were up 50 percent from last year. “Considering it’s only the fourth year for this contest, the quantity and quality … Read More
Grand Champion Winner
Alto Dairy Cooperative in Waupun, WI was selected as the Cheese and Butter Grand Champion of the World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest. This year’s contest, sponsored by the Wisconsin Dairy Products Association, received a record number of 332 entries for cheese, butter, fluid milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, ice cream, sour cream, sherbet, buttermilk, sour cream dips, whipping cream, … Read More
Drive-In For Single Serve Milk
Dairy producers, through their checkoff investment, are teaming up with SONIC, America’s Drive-In® to introduce new milk offerings at the chain. Starting this month, SONIC is offering low-fat (1 percent) white and chocolate milk in resealable, 8-ounce plastic bottles. According to the Midwest Dairy Association, the bottle label will include the 3-A-Day™ of Dairy logo, which is part of a … Read More
World Dairy Innovators
Dairy Australia has announced the opening of a “new centre designed to place the Australian dairy industry at the forefront of world dairying innovation and thinking.” Dairy Australia managing director Mike Ginnivan said the new centre would replace the existing manufacturing sector centres and that it was the most exciting collaborative initiative for the sector in more than a decade. … Read More
YDLI Class Reunion At World Dairy Expo
I guess my 30-year high school reunion which takes place at the end of the week of World Dairy Expo won’t be the only reunion taking place that week. Monsanto will be sponsoring a Young Dairy Leaders Institute reunion at Expo on Tuesday, October 3, 2006 starting at 1:00 p.m. The event is open to all past YDLI class members, YDLI class nominees and anyone interested in attending. The Holstein Foundation made the announcement.
2nd Quarter Import Watch
Here’s one of Jim Tillison’s first projects to oversee at the NMPF. It’s their quarterly “Import Watch” report. The second quarter report is now out.
Tillison Moving to NMPF
Jim Tillison is the new Senior Vice President of Special Projects for the National Milk Producers Federation. He will take over the position on October 1st and has been serving as the EVP and CEO of the Alliance of Western Milk Producers. He’ll also be moving to Washington, DC.