Congratulations to Jim Wegner, who has been named president and chief executive officer of Northwest Dairy Association (NDA) and Darigold. Darigold, a marketing and processing subsidiary of the NDA, said the new president and CEO will replace John Underwood, who will retire from the company. Underwood will serve as special executive to the board of directors and will assist with … Read More
Country Classic Joins Northwest Dairy Association
Northwest Dairy Association (NDA) and its marketing subsidiary, Darigold, Inc., have announced that it will be combining its respective business operations with the Montana dairy cooperative Country Classic Dairies (CC). Under the agreement, current CC members will become part of the larger cooperative, NDA. Country Classic’s sales and marketing, along with its plant operation, will be incorporated into Darigold, Inc. … Read More
CWT Accepts Bids to Export Cheese
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted four bids from Darigold and two bids from Foremost Farms for export assistance for a total of 959 metric tons (2.1 million pounds) of Cheddar cheese to the Middle East. Product will be delivered in April and May 2010. CWT reactivated the Export Assistance program on March 18, 2010. Economic analysis clearly indicated that … Read More
CWT Weekly Export Update
Your weekly Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) export update. CWT has accepted ten export assistance bids for the sale of butter, cheese and anhydrous milkfat. Four of the bids were from Darigold of Seattle, WA, for butter exports in the following amounts to the following destinations: 500 metric tons (1,102,312 pounds) to Morocco; 125 metric tons (275,578 lbs.) to Japan; 50 … Read More
CWT Export Bids
Cooperatives Working Together has accepted seventeen export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese and butter. One bid was accepted from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO, for the export of 108 metric tons (237,600 pounds) of Monterrey Jack cheese to Japan. All sixteen other bids accepted were for butter. Seven separate bids were accepted from … Read More