Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA) honored members during it’s Annual Meeting. Congratulations to all the honorees! During DFA’s annual banquet, seven Members of Distinction were recognized for their vision, leadership and innovation in the dairy industry. The 2009 honorees, one from each of DFA’s regional areas, include Gillins Dairy, Inc., Minersville, Utah; Koepke Farms, Inc., Oconomowoc, Wis.; Koster Dairy, … Read More
DFA Holds Annual Meeting
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA) recently held it’s Annual Meeting in Kansas City, March 24-25. More than 1,200 members and industry guests attended the meeting. Board Chairman Tom Camerlo kicked off the meeting with a look at the Cooperative’s key initiatives and how these activities are positioning DFA and its members to push through the industry’s current down cycle … Read More
Dairy Crest Sells Yogurt Portion
Dairy Crest has taken a big step in easing its debt position by selling its 49% stake in yogurt group Yoplait Dairy Crest for £63.5m. Following the sale, the dairy products group now expects its net debt at year end to be about £435m. Dairy Crest, whose brands include Country Life butter and Cathedral City cheese, said the sale was … Read More
Moo-ving and Shaking: Smart Dairy Farmers and Electric Co-Ops Make Hay with Manure
My neighbors up at Morris, Minn. are up to good things with their 12,000 dairy cow operation. They will soon be creating renewable energy for electric generation for Great River Energy. Two local dairy operations have installed anaerobic digesters in their facilities to help control methane emissions. Could this be the new wave for livestock producers? It keeps popping up … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review Hopes of a cheese price recovery suffered a setback early this week following a couple weeks of gains. However, Friday’s session ended on an up note with the block price closing at $1.29 per pound, after dipping to $1.25 on Wednesday. The Friday close was down a quarter-cent on the week and 52 cents below … Read More
Leprino Foods to Work With O'Neill Consulting
The world’s largest mozzarella producer has retained O’Neill Consulting Group LLC, a Wakefield-based executive search firm, to support the expansion of its manufacturing facilities in California. In its partnership with Denver-based Leprino Foods Co., O’Neill Consulting will recruit 15 Front Line Managers for one of the company’s plants in Lemoore, California. According to Jim Nellis, Director of Client Development with … Read More
USDA and Vilsack Announce Plans for Nonfat Dry Milk
The USDA and Agricultural Secretary Vilsack announced today that 200 million pounds of nonfat dry milk will be directed to the federal school lunch program and to food banks, helping low-income families and dairy farmers hit by high feed costs and low prices. Additional quantities of powdered milk may also be directed for use in foreign food aid programs. The … Read More
Join the Big Discussion at AgWired!
Yesterday, I posted a call to action on AgWired, and the blog post was titled, “A Special Cause: Vote for ACMA Entertainer of the Year.” The HSUS is trying to slip one past country music fans by getting its members to secretly head on over and vote Carrie Underwood in as Entertainer of the Year. Underwood is a fan of … Read More
Vilsack to Make Announcement Tomorrow
Stay tuned to World Dairy Diary for the latest news on this announcement. On Thursday, March 26th at 1:00pm Eastern, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will hold a news teleconference call to make an announcement benefiting both the dairy farmers and domestic nutrition programs. Representatives from National Milk Producers Federation and Feeding America will also take part.
Pa. Dairy Farmer Featured in USA today
Many of you may have already seen the USA Today article on dairy farmer milk prices. If you haven’t, be sure to take the time to read it, and be sure to leave a comment at the end of the article. Walt Moore, a dairy farmer in Pennsylvania is featured in the article, as well as in a nicely-done video. … Read More