Though overall milk sales are still struggling, whole milk brings good news. Unit sales are up and dollar sales are growing faster than those of skim/low-fat milk.
Snowville Creamery, Pomeroy, Ohio, received approval by the Ohio Department of Agriculture to label its products as coming from pastured cows fed only non-GMO (genetically modified organisms) feeds and forage.
On the marketing side, the dairy industry is defending the nutrition of its products, and having a little fun in doing so. On the operations side, dairies are investing in automation and storage capacity.
Europe’s Arla Foods established a new business region in Asia. The company said it is integrating its markets in China and South East Asia in a new regional market called Business Unit Asia.
TIC Gums expands its portfolio, DSM is winner of Environmental Excellence Award, Harpak-ULMA partners with Cryovac Sealed Air, plus more dairy supplier and people news.
During last year’s Pack Expo Show in November, PMMI (The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies), Reston, Va., and Pack Expo owner and producer, released its 2014 Secondary Packaging Market Research Study.
Continued investment in plants, personnel and products geared specifically for exports are tangible indicators of the dairy industry’s long-term focus on developing and sustaining international markets.