New Organic Butter Introduced

News EditorButter, Industry News, Organic

Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA) has introduced an organic whipped butter manufactured by Keller’s Creamery, a division of DFA. Label under the name Breakstone’s®, the new product will be available at 21 grocery store chains in seven states east of the Mississippi – Alabama, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. DFA introduced the new product in … Read More

CWT Accepts Four More Bids

News Editorcwt, Export, Industry News

Four more export assistance bids have been accepted by Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) for the sale of cheese and anhydrous milkfat. One bid was accepted from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN, for 54 metric tons (119,050 pounds) of Cheddar cheese for export to South Korea. The other three bids were all from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, … Read More

Fonterra has New Corporate Headquarters

News EditorDairy Business, Industry News, International, Products

The New Zealand based dairy ingredients supplier company, Fonterra, recently opened their new North American corporate headquarters and laboratory in Chicago. The laboratory — an application and sensory technical and development centre — will be used to work more closely with North American customers developing products using NZ technology and ingredients. Fonterra’s US operations produce revenues of about $NZ2.67 ($NZ3.57) … Read More

DFA Plant Reaches Safety Milestone

News EditorAgribusiness, Dairy Business, Milk

The employees working at the Fort Morgan, Colo. Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA) plant can now brag about the safe of their dairy plants – five years with no lost-time accidents. This is a great achievement, especially since the plant doubled its capacity during that period. Congratulations! Since 1998, the plant has manufactured sweet cream, condensed milk and nonfat … Read More