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AMPI is top winner in NMPF’s cheese competition for aged Asiago

Select Milk Producers’ smoked Gouda deemed second-best cheese.

November 2, 2020

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) said Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI), New Ulm, Minn., won the 2020 NMPF Chairman’s Award for the best cheese — an aged Asiago — in its 2020 Cheese Quality Competition.

Bipartisan Congressional letter calls for stronger U.S. approach to preserving common food and wine terms

A coalition of farm and agricultural groups is applauding a bipartisan letter sent today by 111 members of Congress urging stronger protections for American-made food and wine exports using common terms.

November 2, 2020

The letter asks the U.S. Trade Representative and USDA to make safeguarding common food and wine terms a core policy objective in all current and future trade negotiations.

Hispanic Cheese Makers-Nuestro Queso celebrates plant expansion

The expansion project will help meet increased demand for the company’s Mexican, Caribbean and Central American cheeses and cremas.

October 30, 2020

Hispanic Cheese Makers-Nuestro Queso said it is celebrating a significant expansion at its facility in Kent, Ill.

2020 State of the Industry: Cheese is flying high

But the category also has had to contort around high retail demand and extreme losses in foodservice/commodity sales.

Anna Boisseau

October 29, 2020

Americans' love affair with cheese is defying gravity. According to Chicago-based market research firm IRI, over the 52 weeks ending Sept. 6, 2020, natural cheese retail sales were swinging high through the air.

CheeseExpo Global Online to take place April 6-8, 2021

The virtual event will offer compact, focused seminars, exclusive showcases from exhibitors and more.

October 27, 2020

For the welfare and benefit of dairy industry personnel, a new event, CheeseExpo Global Online, will offer industry innovations, world-class technical and marketing seminars, and supplier connections April 6-8, 2021.

U.S. Center for Dairy Excellence opens in Singapore

The new USDEC facility solidifies the U.S. dairy industry’s in-region base, elevating a customer-centric, innovation-driven approach to collaboratively seize ‘future-of-food’ opportunities.

October 21, 2020

The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), Arlington, Va., said it unveiled the start of an exciting new chapter for its presence in Southeast Asia on Oct. 21 with a virtual event officially launching the new U.S. Center for Dairy Excellence (U.S. CDE).

Prairie Farms cream cheese named Grand Champion in Miscellaneous category at NCCIA cheese contest

Prairie Farms Cheese Division’s ‘Caves of Faribault’ also finished strong with St. Pete’s Select.

October 16, 2020

Prairie Farms cream cheese produced in Luana, Iowa, was named Grand Champion of the North Central Cheese Industries Association (NCCIA) annual cheese contest held in Norwood, Minn.

Cheese snacks get innovative

Consumers want convenient, healthy and tasty snack options.

John A. Lucey Ph.D., Director, Center for Dairy Research

October 8, 2020

There has been a tremendous amount of innovation in the cheese snack category. This innovation is driven by consumers, who are increasingly choosing convenient, ready-to-eat snack options.

IDFA: August data on US dairy exports shows sustained growth to top global markets

Year to date, the United States is on track to break $6 billion in dairy exports this year, IDFA President and CEO Michael Dykes said.

October 7, 2020

Michael Dykes, D.V.M., president and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), issued the following statement on October 6 regarding the August 2020 agricultural export data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Trade System:

CMAB launches California Dairy Innovation Center

The CDIC will feed dairy innovation efforts for the state with collaborations between California dairy producers, processors and universities.

October 5, 2020

The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB), the marketing order representing California dairy producers, announced the development of the California Dairy Innovation Center (CDIC), a collaborative effort to further product-oriented innovation and enhance productivity for California dairy.