Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has announced their updated export bids for the past week. All four bids were accepted from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, Mo. One was for the export of 72 metric tons (158,733 lbs.) of butter to Mexico. Another was for 60 metric tons (132,277 lbs.) of whole milk powder to Mexico. And two bids … Read More
Weekly CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has announced their updated export bids for the past week. Two of the bids accepted were from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, Minn.: 1800 metric tons (3,968,321 lbs.) of butter to South Korea, and 36 metric tons (79,366 lbs.) of Cheddar cheese to South Korea. Three bids were accepted from California Dairies Inc., of Artesia, Calif.: … Read More
Weekly CWT Export Update
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
CWT Adds 71-cents to Producer Checks
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has generated an average return on investment of 71 cents per hundredweight so far in 2008, according to an independent economic analysis of the voluntary dairy farmer-funded and managed self-help program. That evaluation was released Wednesday at the 2008 NMPF annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn., by Dr. Scott Brown of the University of Missouri, a nationally-known … Read More
Weekly CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has announced their updated export bids for the past week. Seven of the bids accepted were from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, Mo., for the export of the following products: 400 metric tons (881,849 lbs.) of butter to South Africa; 20 metric tons (44,092 lbs.) of butter to Guatemala; 140 metric tons of anhydrous … Read More
CWT Announces Second Herd Retirement
Cooperatives Working Together(CWT) will conduct a new herd retirement program this fall, the organization announced Friday. This will be the second herd retirement round conducted this year; the previous one was initiated in June. Detailed information can be found at the CWT website, including a bid application, a calculator to help estimate a farmer’s bid, and answers to frequently-asked questions. … Read More
Weekly CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has announced their updated export bids for the past week. Two bids were accepted from California Dairies Inc. of Artesia, Calif., for the following butter exports: 100 metric tons (220,462 pounds) to Mexico, and 10 metric tons (22,046 lbs.) to China. One bid was accepted from Darigold of Seattle, Wash., for a butter export of 100 … Read More
Weekly CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has announced their updated export bids for the past week. Eight bids were accepted from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, Mo., five of them for the following AMF exports: 108 metric tons (239,099 lbs.) to Kazakhstan; two separate bids for 54 metric tons (119,050 lbs.) to Mexico; 18 metric tons (39,683 lbs.) to Saudi … Read More
Weekly CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has announced their updated export bids for the past week. Nine bids were accepted from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, Mo., eight of them for the following AMF exports: 54 metric tons (119,050 lbs.) of to Panama, another 54 metric tons (119,050 lbs.) of to Panama, 18 metric tons (39,683 lbs.) to Panama, 72 … Read More
CWT Announces Retirement Numbers
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has completed the farm audits of its fifth herd retirement round conducted earlier this summer, resulting in the removal of 24,860 cows representing 436 million pounds of milk. At the end of the on-farm auditing process, CWT removed 203 herds in 37 states. It had received 607 bids from 41 states during the bidding process. As … Read More