Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) weekly export update. CWT announced that it accepted eight export assistance bids last week for the sale of butter, cheese and anhydrous milkfat. Three of the bids were from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO, for the export of anhydrous milkfat to Mexico in the following amounts: 436 metric tons (959,200 pounds), 200 metric … Read More
Leprino to Open New Cheese Plant
A new cheese plant is being planned for Greeley, Colo. Leprino Foods, the nation’s biggest maker of mozzarella cheese made the announcement last week. Greeley’s former Western Sugar Cooperative site has been in the running for the site of Leprino’s 10th plant for several months, and the City Council in January approved a special taxing district for the location. Privately … Read More
Wis. Still Number 1 in Cheese
The happy cows of California may be a little sadder this summer, it looks like Wisconsin will remain number 1 in cheese production for quite some time. This according to Dick Groves, longtime owner of the Madison, Wis. based trade publication, Cheese Reporter. Groves helped spark the friendly competition between the states 10 years ago with an editorial predicting California … Read More