The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB), Tracy, Calif., announced the launch of a consumer promotion focused on holiday breakfast traditions with dairy.

Reston, Va.-based Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA) said it released its 2022 scholarship application for the cooperative’s scholarship program. 

The competition, created in 2019 by the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB), Tracy, Calif., and New York-based VentureFuel to fuel innovation in new dairy product development, is a global search for the very best emerging products to bring to market using California milk and dairy ingredients, the CMAB said.

Rosemont, Ill.-based Batory Foods, a distributor of commodity and specialty food ingredients, said it acquired DMH Ingredients, a food and beverage ingredients distributor, along with its sister company, Naturestock Foods. 

Califf previously led the agency from 2016 to 2017.

Saputo Inc., Montreal, said Lyne Castonguay will step into the role of deputy president and chief operating officer, Dairy Division, USA, effective Feb. 5, 2021. 

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), Kansas City, Kan., said applications are now being accepted for the 2022 DFA CoLAB Accelerator program, which will begin in April and run through June 2022.

The California State University and Fresno Foundation, in partnership with the California Dairy Innovation Center (CDIC), announced the receipt of a $1.8 million award from USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service to create a “Pacific Coast Coalition” to support dairy businesses in California, Oregon and Washington in the development, production, marketing and distribution of dairy products.

On Nov. 11, the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA), Madison, Wis., applauded USDA’s announcement of $20.2 million in support for the Dairy Business Innovation Initiative, including $6.13 million for a program administered by WCMA and the Center for Dairy Research (CDR).