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California Dairy Innovation Center awards grants

The grants are the first in the $1.8 million DBII award from the USDA.

January 6, 2023

The winners include Capstone Ranch/Wonder Cow (Madera County), Central Coast Creamery (San Luis Obispo County), Foggy Bottom Boys (Humboldt County), Nicasio Cheese Company (Marin County), Schoch Family Farmstead (Monterey County) and Weststeyn Dairy Farm (Glenn County).

This week in dairy

Hear that humming? Those are butter churns

Many butter plants are running at full capacity. Cheese production is active throughout the country, and demand picks up for milk in single-serve containers as schools return to session.

January 14, 2017

The USDA’s Dairy Market News finds that dairy processing plants are busy manufacturing butter, cheese and fluid milk.

Butter, cheese and milk

Butter prices weaken; cheese production increases; milk demand is low

Cheese demand continues to be good and manufacturers are striving to fill that need.

April 5, 2014

Butter prices are weaker as some international markets converge to U.S. prices. Improved milk supplies are helping cheese plants to increase production, while milk production varies throughout the states, reports the USDA’s Dairy Market News.

Dairy Market News

Milk processors 'on active duty'; cheese production mixed, USDA reports

Milk supplies remain heavy in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.

April 8, 2013

Milk handling over the holiday weekend went along planned schedules with processing plants on active duty with auxiliary plants being brought into action. Cheese production levels across the country were mixed this week. Production in the Midwest remains strong as larger milk supplies and good component levels add to inventories.

USDA's Dairy Market News

Football playoffs increase cheese demand; milk processors face transportation issues

Cheese prices firmed again this week despite the increased production. Butter manufacturers cleared holiday cream supplies in most regions without too many problems.

January 4, 2013

Cheese prices firmed again this week despite the increased production. NFL football playoffs are expected to increase demand in the short term as fans gather for parties. In fluid milk, transportation issues were not uncommon as trucks were backed up and used for storage

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USDA reports uncertainty in cheese markets, milk plants on 'heavy' schedules

June 8, 2012

In this week's Dairy Market News, the USDA reports cheese market price gyrations are creating more uncertainty, a tightening of milk supplies in the East, and firming butter prices. Foodservice orders are at good levels as restaurants prepare for the summer vacation season.

The global cosmetics market is undergoing a major shift towards the use of natural bioactive ingredients as consumers grow more skeptical of traditional formulations and demand greater transparency and sustainability.

Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are well established in dairy processing but continue to evolve to improve performance, reduce energy use, and increase operational longevity.