Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has announced their updated export bids for the past week. Two of the bids accepted were from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, Mo., for the export of anhydrous milkfat to Mexico in the following amounts: 369 metric tons (813,506 lbs.), and an additional 36 metric tons (79,366 lbs.). Two bids were accepted from California … Read More
National Guernsey Convention is Soon
The National Guernsey Convention is only a few weeks away! The annual gathering will be held in Middleton, Wis. this year from June 26 through June 30 at the Madison Marriott West Hotel. The convention is being hosted by the Wisconsin Guernsey Breeders Association, and complete event details and registration forms are available on their website. Be sure to sign-up … Read More
Keller's Recognized as Outstanding Supplier
Today is a day for butter news! Keller’s Creamery, a division of Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), was named the 2007 Outstanding Supplier by Auntie Anne’s Pretzels. Keller’s Creamery manufactures butter and butter products and has supplied Auntie Anne’s for nearly a decade. DFA’s Winnsboro, Texas, plant manufactures the product for Auntie Anne’s and works with the Keller’s Creamery sales … Read More
Wis. Welcomes Two New Masters
The cheese state has added two new masters to its rank of 44 certified cheesemakers. Tom Torkelson of Pasture Pride Cheese, Cashton, Wis. and Bruce Workman of Edelweiss Creamery, Monticello, Wis. have completed the Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker® Program. The program is the only advanced certification program of its kind outside of Europe. The Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker® Program is administered by … Read More
Alaska Welcomes New Plant
Alaska has a new processing plant, Matanuska Creamery, that will turn 1,100 gallons of local Alaskan milk into cheddar cheese. This marks the first time residents in the Matanuska Valley will have access to cheese made with local milk. Matanuska Creamery CEO Kyle Beus has worked diligently since December to get this business off the ground. “We have, as a … Read More
Bagel-fuls a New Morning Offering
A new breakfast food is set to be unveiled, Bagel-Fuls, a frozen breakfast bagel stuffed with cream cheese. Kraft Foods Inc. is banking on the new product to help revive its cheese category. Kraft Foods Inc. which has been working to reignite growth in its cheese business, plans to launch a new line of frozen breakfast offerings called Bagel-Fuls. Kraft’s … Read More
CWT Export Assistance Bids and News
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together: In the next herd retirement round conducted by Cooperatives Working Together, dairy producers submitting bids to retire their herds of milk cows also will have the option of selling all their bred heifers, CWT officials announced today. A flat rate per bred heifer will be established by CWT to be paid to … Read More
New Cheese Introduced at Whole Foods
Whole Foods Market is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Rogue Creamery’s Oregon Blue Cheese by introducing a hand-selected special reserve edition of the raw milk cheese this month. Rogue Creamery’s skilled cheese makers and apprentices hand make wheels of raw milk Oregon Blue the same way it was done 50 years ago. Wheels of Oregon Blue are quarter-turned daily and … Read More
Deans to Lay-off
Dean Foods, the nation’s largest milk processor, announced last week that it would cut 600 to 700 jobs, or roughly 2 percent of its workforce, to offset high input costs. “Rapidly increasing and record-high dairy commodity costs have created a very challenging operating environment, and 2007 results have been well short of our expectations,” says Dean CEO Gregg Engles. For … Read More
Vt. Group Gains Backing
A group of Vermont dairy farmers has gain momentum for a plan to help stabilize milk prices – two large California cooperatives has expressed interest in backing the plan. The proposal would call for dairy producers to pay 15-cents per hundred weight of milk sold. A grass-roots group of Vermont dairy farmers has won backing from two California dairy cooperatives … Read More