Dairy Processor News - Articles - Page 184

Grass-fed dairy products raising the profile for dairy processors

January 5, 2017

Dairy marketers take note. Milk from cows fed a grass diet can create a distinguishable value-added niche in the dairy case. Organic Valley and Maple Hill Creamery, two dairy brands using the grass milk label, were in the news at the end of 2016.

From moo to you

Kilby Cream gets fresh: a look inside the dairy processor's operation

Consumers want local, fresh and minimally processed foods. A dairy farmer in rural Maryland said, ‘I can do that,’ and built a plant to process milk and ice cream. Meet the owners of Kilby Cream.

James Carper

January 4, 2017

Maryland's Kilby family has been farming for 100 years. To position itself for success into the next century, it built a dairy processing plant that bottles milk and churns ice cream under the name Kilby Cream.

USDA forecasts milk supplies to grow in 2017

January 4, 2017

But it is going to cost more. The USDA forecasts less milk in 2017 but a growing supply through the year 2024 along with steadily increasing prices. Its economic assumptions include moderate growth in GDP and inflation, and low unemployment.

Cheese bites

Cellars at Jasper Hill honored at 29th annual World Cheese Awards

Leelanau Raclette from Leelanau Cheese Co. in Michigan won a Super Gold medal.

December 29, 2016

Cellars at Jasper Hill, Leelanau Cheese Co. and Baker Cheese are making news in the U.S. cheese processing industry.

People in the news

Dairy people: Straus Family Creamery founder receives Leadership Award

Dorothy Farrell retires from Sargento Foods; Midwest Dairy Association promotes Cindy Sorensen to SVP.

December 27, 2016

Albert Straus, Dorothy Farrell, Cindy Sorensen, Lynn Dean Pack and Jay Hurren Dairy are dairy people making the news this month.

Passage to India

India’s dairy farmers need market access

At a regional conference, the views differed wildly. Will India be an importer or an exporter? Either way, the rules of the game have changed.

December 17, 2016

IFCN’s dairy conference in India finds that farmers need access to market and a value-creating dairy-farming model.

Swiss Valley Farms headquarters Davenport Iowa

Co-operation

Dairy co-ops Prairie Farms, Swiss Valley Farms plan merger

The merger will give Prairie Farms a cheese and dairy powders business, and ready-made access to export markets.

December 16, 2016

Prairie Farms Dairy and Swiss Valley Farms announced today that they have entered into a merger agreement.

International update

Fonterra’s Anchor brand launches UHT milk products in China

Mataura Valley Milk's new plant in New Zealand will process fresh milk and ingredients into nutritional, skim milk and whole milk powders.

December 13, 2016

A round-up of international dairy processing news, including Mataura Valley Milk, Fonterra and Cooperoeste.

USDA headquarters building in Washington DC

Looking ahead

USDA report sees 2017 milk prices at $16.85 to $17.65 per cwt

USDA lowers its milk production forecast for 2017 as slower growth in cow numbers more than offsets slightly higher growth in milk per cow.

December 9, 2016

Today’s monthly update of the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report released today by the USDA sees higher milk prices and lower milk production. The export outlook is mixed.

Dairy processor news from DMI, DFA, Sargento and more

December 9, 2016

The national dairy checkoff is in a partnership with Yum! Brands (the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell) to grow U.S. dairy sales in Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean.