Russian dairy Wimm-Bill-Dann said last month that profit dropped 36% in the first half of the year, despite higher sales of baby food and dairy items. The company attributed the decline to rising raw material costs, lower benefits from currency translation, and a higher tax rate.
Dairy Council of California recently reached a milestone of having reached 5 million adults and children with messages about dairy nutrition. The five million figure was established five years ago, in an effort to double the organization's reach by 2005.