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Making a mark

Agri-Mark is the 2013 Exporter of the Year

Agri-Mark has demonstrated a long-time commitment to the export of dairy foods, including high-value cheese for the retail and foodservice markets, whey and permeate products, and nonfat dry milk. The cooperative trades with more than 30 countries.

September 6, 2013

Dairy Foods has selected Agri-Mark Inc., a dairy cooperative based in Lawrence, Mass., the 2013 Exporter of the Year. The magazine will present the Tom Camerlo Exporter of the Year award to the company at the annual meeting of the U.S. Dairy Export Council in Chicago in October.

The championship season

World Dairy Expo dairy products auction raises scholarship funds

Top O’ The Morn Farms, Tulare, Calif., received the first place award for its reduced-fat white milk.

September 5, 2013

All of the first-place entries from the contest will be auctioned off on Tuesday, Oct. 1 during the World Dairy Expo at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. In addition to milk, other categories included cheese, ice cream, yogurt and butter.

Acquisitions

DFA acquires Maryland's Dairy Maid Dairy

Dairy Maid has been owned and operated by the Vona family since 1946 and is currently led by brothers, Jimmy and Jody. The Vonas will continue to manage the day-to-day operations.

September 4, 2013

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) has acquired Dairy Maid Dairy. Located in Frederick, Md., Dairy Maid is a family-owned processor of milk, juice and fruit drinks. Dairy Maid has been owned and operated by the Vona family since 1946.

Powdered milk

Fonterra fires up milk powder dryer, called the world's largest

It will produce more than 700 metric tons - the equivalent of 45 shipping containers - each day.

September 3, 2013

The world's largest milk powder dryer at Fonterra's Darfield, New Zealand site kicked into gear last week producing its first batches of whole milk powder which will be exported to more than 20 markets worldwide including the Middle East, China and Southeast Asia.

Dairy exports

Darigold, Maryland & Virginia co-op to export 3.8 million pounds of cheese, butter

Darigold and Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association have a contract to sell Cheddar, Gouda and Monterey Jack and butter.

August 27, 2013

Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association and Northwest Dairy Association (Darigold) will sell 3.296 million pounds of Cheddar, Gouda and Monterey Jack cheese and 493,284 pounds of butter to customers in Asia and Europe.

Dairy Foods' membrane technology event was a hit

August 22, 2013

This year’s Practical Membrane Technology Short Course (PMTSC) drew record attendance, an increase of 52% from 2012. Dairy Foods and Filtration & Membrane World LLC have partnered to produce this event for eight years.

A Lou and Louie

Lou Gentine to retire from Sargento; son Louie will become CEO

Lou is a second-generation family owner of Sargento. He has served as CEO since 1981 and Chairman since 1996.

August 20, 2013

Lou Gentine, Chairman and CEO of Sargento Foods Inc., announced Monday that he will retire as Chief Executive Officer at the end of the year and that the Board of Directors has approved the promotion of Louie Gentine to CEO.

The cheese of the future

Cheese manufacturers and their suppliers will develop more pronounced flavors. They’ll use waterless mozzarella cookers and make cheeses entirely in their retail containers.

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

August 18, 2013

The dairy industry is an innovative field, always working to meet or anticipate consumer needs and adjust products and manufacturing practices to suit the marketplace. So, it comes as no surprise that we are already considering the cheeses of the future.

Can chocolate milk save the industry?

A supplier’s Dairy Index finds a surge in demand for ready-to-drink flavored milk. Who’s responsible? Busy and health-conscious consumers.

August 16, 2013

Flavored milk consumption will grow at more than double the rate of white milk globally between 2012 and 2015. Consumers are increasingly turning to tasty, nutritious and conveniently packaged flavored milk as an alternative to other beverages, creating opportunities for dairies to improve profitability.

Back to school

Cheese, yogurt, butter prices are on the rise; ice cream, milk show declines

As students head back to school, cheese sellers expect 'sharp increases' in demand; milk processors see increased activity.

August 12, 2013

Cheese shreds in 8-ounce packs were the most featured individual item this period, appearing in 12,755 ad features. The national price averaged $2.36, up 12 cents from two weeks ago. 8-ounce blocks, at $2.43, moved 7 cents higher from two weeks ago. Schools have reopened in the Southern tier of states across the nation sending an increasing number of milk loads to bottlers to meet the increased Class I demand.