Posted: June 3, 2007 at 3:35 pm
By News Editor
Cooperative Resources International (CRI) and AMELIS, a French bovine genetics cooperative, have signed a memorandum of understanding with the intent to jointly market semen on an international basis. Management staff from both organizations will finalize the terms of the agreement in coming months as additional aspects of cooperation are further analyzed. The overall goal will be to promote growth and economic efficiency while providing a high-quality product to improve the profitability of dairies worldwide.
Posted: May 30, 2007 at 9:17 am
By Chuck
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:
Cooperatives Working Together announced that it accepted seven export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese and butter.
One bid was from Darigold for the export of 300 MT (660,000 lbs) of butter to Belgium.
Another bid was from Foremost Farms for the export of 36 MT (79,200 lbs) of Mozzarella cheese to South Korea.
The other five bids were from Land O’Lakes for the export of retail-packaged cheese and butter products. These include 4.8 MT (10,560 lbs) of cheese to China, 1.6 MT (3,520 lbs) of butter to Bermuda; 0.815 MT (1,793 lbs) of cheese to Panama; 0.12 MT (264 lbs) of butter to China; and 0.05 MT (119 lbs) of butter to Trinidad & Tobago.
These accepted bids increase CWT’s total 2007 export obligations for cheese to 5,265 MT (11.6 million lbs), its YTD export obligations for butter to 5,117 MT (11.3 million lbs) and its YTD anhydrous milkfat exports to 1,680 MT (3.7 million lbs).
Through these bids, the total milk equivalent for 2007 is 470 million pounds.
Posted: May 7, 2007 at 1:58 pm
By Chuck
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:
CWT announced today it accepted three export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese.
All of the bids were from Land O’Lakes, and all were destined for South Korea. The first bid was for the shipment of 111 MT (244,200 lbs) of Monterey Jack cheese; the second bid was for the shipment of 74 MT (162,800 lbs) of Cheddar cheese and the third was for the shipment of 10.8 MT (23,760 lbs) of Parmesan cheese.
These accepted bids increase CWT’s total 2007 export obligations for cheese to 5,331 MT (11.7 million lbs); its YTD butter exports to 4,573 MT (10.1 million lbs) and its YTD AMF exports to 1,642 MT (3.6 million lbs).
With these accepted bids, the milk equivalent is 440 million lbs in FY 07.
Posted: April 3, 2007 at 2:08 pm
By Chuck
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:
CWT announced today that it accepted nine export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese and butter.
Five bids were accepted from Darigold: 250 MT (550,000 lbs) of butter to Saudi Arabia; 50 MT (110,000 lbs) of butter to the United Kingdom and another 50 MT (110,000 lbs) of butter to Egypt; 200 MT (440,000 lbs) of Cheddar cheese to Egypt; and 75 MT (165,000 lbs) of Cheddar to the United Kingdom.
Three bids were accepted from Land O’Lakes: 150 MT (330,000 lbs) of butter to Morocco; 0.3 MT (660 lbs) of retail-packaged butter to China and 8 MT (17,600 lbs) of retail-packaged cheese to China.
The last bid accepted was from Foremost Farms USA to export 180 MT (396,000 lbs) of butter to Morocco.
These accepted bids increase CWT’s total 2007 export obligations for cheese to 5,002 MT (11 million lbs); its YTD butter export obligations to 4,423 MT (9.7 million lbs) and its AMF export obligations to 1,623 MT (3.6 million lbs). That is the milk equivalent of 390 million pounds.
Posted: March 19, 2007 at 12:45 pm
By Chuck
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:
Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted nine export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese and butter.
Five bids were accepted from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN: 237 metric tons (521,400 pounds) of butter to the United Arab Emirates; 6 tons (13,200 lbs.) of retail-packaged cheese to the Philippines; 6 tons (13,200 lbs.) of retail cheese to Bahrain; 3 tons (6,600 lbs.) of retail cheese to Kuwait; and 0.5 metric tons (1,100 lbs.) of retail cheese to Qatar.
Three of the bids were from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO: 19 metric tons (41,800 lbs.) of Cheddar cheese to South Korea; 18 tons (39,600 lbs.) of Mozzarella cheese to Japan; and 15 tons (33,000 lbs.) of Mozzarella to Israel.
Finally, a bid from Foremost Farms of Baraboo, WI, was accepted to export 36 tons (79,200 lbs.) of butter to the United Arab Emirates. CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter and cheese shipments is verified.
CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter, milkfat and cheese shipments is verified.
Posted: March 15, 2007 at 7:21 pm
By News Editor
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) announced the results of its latest herd retirement effort today. According to CWT, the accepted bids will remove more than one billion pounds of milk.
CWT announced today that it is tentatively accepting 343 bids from 39 states, representing 54,000 cows which produced 1.03 billion pounds of milk last year. A total of 1,397 bids were submitted to CWT in this round, a larger sum than the combined number of bids submitted in rounds 2 in 2004 (736 bids) and 3 in 2005 (651 bids).
CWT will remove more than one billion pounds of milk, or 0.6% of the nation’s dairy supply, in an effort to help strengthen and stabilize farm-level milk prices. USDA projects a 2.3 billion pound increase in milk production for 2007 and this action by CWT effectively reduces that projection by 45 percent.
The total number of bids accepted by region in this round includes:
Northeast 138 million pounds, 48 farms accepted, 13% of total milk reduction, 7,195 number of cows
Southeast 92 million pounds, 64farms accepted, 9% of total milk reduction, 5,710 number of cows
Midwest 101 million pounds, 122 farms accepted, 10% of total milk reduction, 5,902 number of cows
Southwest 280 million pounds, 56 farms accepted, 27%of total milk reduction, 14,519 number of cows
West 416 million pounds, 53 farms accepted, 41% of total milk reduction, 20,611 number of cows
TOTALS 1.03 billion pounds, 343 farms accepted, 100%of total milk reduction, 53,937 number of cows
Posted: March 12, 2007 at 11:19 am
By Chuck
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:
Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted nine export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese and butter.
Three of the bids were from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO: 296 metric tons (651,200 pounds) of Mozzarella cheese to Guatemala; 140 metric tons (308,000 lbs.) of Cheddar cheese, also to Guatemala; and 100 metric tons (220,000 lbs.) of Cheddar to South Africa.
Two bids were accepted from Darigold of Seattle, WA: 250 metric tons (550,000 lbs.) of butter to Belgium, and 250 metric tons (550,000 lbs.) of Cheddar to Egypt.
Finally, four bids were accepted from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN, all bound for China: 6 metric tons (13,200 lbs.) of retail-packaged cheese; another 3 tons (6,600 lbs.) of retail cheese; and two bids together totaling .45 metric tons (990 lbs.) of retail-packaged butter. CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter and cheese shipments is verified.
CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter, milkfat and cheese shipments is verified.
Posted: March 6, 2007 at 10:20 pm
By Chuck
It looks like the work of the U.S. Dairy Export Council is paying off in China. We’ve got a report from their radio news service that says that exports to China have quadrupled over the past eight years.
The report contains quotes from Marc Beck, Senior VP, Market Development, USDEC who says about the upcoming 2008 Olympics in Beijing, “China is already on a path, having increased its dairy consumption fairly dramatically, but we think with the advent of the Olympics that will provide an enormous boost in dairy product consumption amongst the Chinese.”
USDEC Report (1 min MP3)
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Posted: March 5, 2007 at 9:43 pm
By Chuck
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:
Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted ten export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese, butter and anhydrous milkfat.
Six of the bids were from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO: 259 metric tons (569,800 pounds) of Cheddar cheese to the Netherlands; three bids for 19 metric tons (41,800 lbs.) each of Cheddar cheese to South Korea; and two bids for 108 metric tons (237,600 lbs.) each of anhydrous Milkfat, one destined for the Netherlands, the other for Panama.
Two other bids were accepted from Darigold of Seattle, WA: 250 metric tons (550,000 lbs.) of Cheddar cheese to the Netherlands, and 250 metric tons (550,000 lbs.) of butter to Belgium (the first time CWT exports have gone to that country).
Finally, one bid was accepted from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN, for 167 metric (367,400 lbs.) tons of butter to Kyrgyzstan, and one was accepted from Foremost Farms of Baraboo, WI, for 36 metric tons (79,200 lbs.) of butter to the Netherlands.
CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter, milkfat and cheese shipments is verified.
Posted: February 12, 2007 at 12:41 pm
By Chuck
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:
Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted thirteen export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese, anhydrous milkfat and butter. The first eight bids are from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO: 594 metric tons (1.3 million pounds) of Mozzarella cheese to Japan: 190 metric tons (418,000 lbs.) of Cheddar to Egypt; 152 metric tons (334,400 lbs.) of Cheddar to South Korea; 114 metric tons (250,800 lbs.) of Cheddar to the Netherlands; 111 metric tons (244,200 lbs.) of Cheddar to
Panama; 38 metric tons (83,600 lbs.) of Cheddar to South Korea; and 38 metric tons (83,600 lbs.) of anhydrous milkfat to the Dominican Republic.
Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN, had four bids accepted: 130 metric tons (286,000 lbs.) of Cheddar cheese to South Africa (the first CWT export to that country); 3 metric tons (6,600 lbs.) of retail packaged cheese to Bahrain; 2.9 metric tons (6,380 lbs.) of retail-packaged cheese to Qatar; and 76 metric tons (167,200 lbs.) of butter to Turkey.
The last two bids were from Darigold of Seattle, WA, for the export of two separate shipments of 250 metric tons (550,000 lbs.) of butter to Saudi Arabia. CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter, milkfat and cheese shipments is verified.
CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter and cheese shipments is verified.
Posted: February 8, 2007 at 8:29 pm
By Chuck
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:
Cooperatives Working Together announced today (Feb. 5) that it accepted four export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese and butter. The first three bids were from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN: one for 432 metric tons (950,400 lbs.) of Mozzarella cheese to Saudi Arabia; one for 20 metric tons (44,000 lbs.) of Mozzarella to Jordan; and one for 100 metric tons (220,000 lbs.) of butter to Israel. The fourth bid was from Darigold of Seattle, WA, for the export of 160 metric tons (352,000 lbs.) of butter to the Netherlands. CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter and cheese shipments is verified.
CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter and cheese shipments is verified.
Posted: January 29, 2007 at 7:40 pm
By Chuck
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:
Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted four export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese and butter. The first three bids were from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO: 185 metric tons (407,000 pounds) of Cheddar cheese to Japan, 19 metric tons (41,800 lbs.) of Cheddar cheese to El Salvador, and 19 metric tons (41,800 lbs.) of Mozzarella cheese to Morocco. The fourth bid was from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN, for 39 metric tons (85,800 lbs.) of butter to the United Kingdom. This is the first CWT-facilitated export to the UK.
CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter and cheese shipments is verified.
Posted: January 23, 2007 at 6:45 pm
By News Editor
Basketball, milk and China? It seems an unlikely parntership, but yesterday the NBA announced an extensive marketing deal with Mengniu Milk, China’s top producer of milk by sales volume. We’ve been reading about how China’s large population is increasing the country’s milk consumption. This campaign will further that increase even more.
The league’s presence in China has increased steadily since the Washington Bullets played the national team in exhibition games there in 1979. It is raising its profile further in the run-up to the Olympic Games next year with a local partner that markets aggressively all over the country.
The deals underscore the explosive growth of milk-drinking in China, which has been jump-started by improvements in transportation and technology. To take advantage, both Mengniu and Yili have been promoting the benefits of milk — especially to young people. Mengniu, for example, sponsors a television show called “Among the Cities” that will capitalize on China’s pre-Olympic frenzy by searching for the country’s best amateur athletes. The program’s slogan: “Drink more milk and play more sports — everyone will be his own health champion.”
The NBA campaign will combine elements of American glitz — retired NBA great George Gervin will attend the news conference — with a grass-roots effort to create more milk drinkers. The company will provide a free carton of milk to children at 500 schools in poor and rural areas of China, along with educational materials promoting its products.
Posted: January 22, 2007 at 1:24 pm
By Chuck
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:
Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted nine export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese and butter.
The first five bids were from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO: 114 metric tons (250,800 pounds) of Cheddar cheese to South Korea; a second bid of 57 metric tons (125,400 lbs.), again bound for South Korea, of mixed cheeses; another 57 metric tons (125,400 lbs.) of mixed cheeses for Panama, and a third shipment of 57 tons (125,400 lbs.) of mixed cheeses for El Salvador; and 12.3 metric tons (27,060 lbs.) of mixed cheeses for Japan.
The other four bids were from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN: 200 metric tons (440,000 lbs.) of butter to Turkey; 80 metric tons (176,000 lbs.) of Mozzarella cheese to South Korea; 38 metric tons (83,600 lbs.) of Cheddar cheese to El Salvador; and 8.7 metric tons (19,140 lbs.) of Parmesan cheese to South Korea.
CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter and cheese shipments is verified.
Posted: January 2, 2007 at 9:52 pm
By Chuck
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:
Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted six export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese and butter.
The first bid is from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO, for the export of 149 metric tons (327,800 pounds) of Cheddar cheese to Japan. The other bids are from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN: one for the export of 364 metric tons (800,800 lbs.) of butter to the Netherlands; one for 182 metric tons (400,400 lbs.) of butter to Singapore; one for 20 metric tons (44,000 lbs.) of Mozzarella cheese to China; one for 2.7 metric tons (5,980 lbs.) of mixed cheeses to the United Arab Emirates; and one for 1.8 metric tons (3,934 lbs.) of mixed cheeses to Saudi Arabia.
CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter and cheese shipments is verified.
Posted: December 18, 2006 at 2:55 pm
By Chuck
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:
Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted four export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese and milkfat.
The first three bids are from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO: one for the export of 114 metric tons (250800 pounds) of Cheddar cheese to Poland (the first CWT-facilitated export to that country), 18 metric tons (39,600 lbs.) of Monterey Jack cheese to Japan, and 320 metric tons (704,000 lbs.) of anhydrous milkfat to Indonesia, Panama and the Philippines. The fourth bid was from Foremost Farms of Baraboo, WI, for the export of 46 metric tons (101,200 lbs.) of Mozzarella cheese to Korea.
CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the milkfat and cheese shipments is verified.
Posted: December 6, 2006 at 11:45 am
By Chuck
U.S. dairy exports have doubled in the past decade to now represent about eight percent of dairy production.
California dairy producer Kimberly Clauss, who is secretary of the National Dairy Board, says exports continue to increase.
“We’re already 14 percent above where we were a year ago at this time,” said Clauss. That includes a 28 percent increase in cheese, 24 percent more whey proteins and 18 percent more lactose.
“Our biggest export market is Mexico,” according to Clauss. “But we also have major markets in Asia, Japan, China, the Middle East and Russia.”
Since 95 percent of the world’s population lives outside of the U.S., more markets for U.S. dairy products mean higher prices for U.S. dairy producers.
Listen to an interview with Kimberly Dairy exports (3:30 min MP3)
Pictured is Cindy (left), my wife, who interviewed Kimberly at the recent National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention.
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Posted: December 5, 2006 at 6:47 pm
By News Editor
American troops in Iraq are getting an unusual Christmas present – extended shelf-life milk from America with their cookies. Currently, troops drink reconstituted milk purchased from foreign suppliers.
Starting Dec. 14, the military will begin an unusual taste test to let the troops decide which they like better: the powdered milk purchased from a Middle Eastern firm or the extended shelf-life milk distributed by Diversified Foods and its Utah milk supplier. Our military troops will taste test thousands of half-pint containers of what Diversified Foods calls “whole white,” low-fat chocolate, low-fat strawberry and low-fat vanilla.
Sgt. Daniel Oliver in Iraq thanked Diversified for shipping him a free case of different varieties of its milk products, including chocolate milk. “You made a lot of soldiers happy,” he wrote.
Tom Daley, a deputy director at the Defense Supply Center in Philadelphia, which handles the distribution of supplies to troops, promised a fair and honest taste test followed by a detailed cost analysis. He expects a decision on future milk contracts in Iraq by the end of the year.
Posted: December 4, 2006 at 6:24 pm
By Chuck
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:
Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted five export assistance bid last week for the sale of butter and cheese. The first three bids are from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO: one for the export of 114 metric tons (250,800 pounds) of Cheddar cheese to the Netherlands, a second for the export of 110 metric tons (242,000 lbs.) of Cheddar cheese Japan, and a third for another 110 metric tons (242,000 lbs.) of Cheddar cheese to Japan.
The other bids accepted are from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN: one for the export of 1 metric ton (2,200 lbs.) of mixed cheeses to Trinidad and Tobago, and another for 0.09 metric tons (198 lbs.) of butter to Trinidad and Tobago. CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the butter and cheese shipments is verified.
Posted: November 6, 2006 at 6:11 pm
By Chuck
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together:
Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted ten export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese and anhydrous milkfat.
Four bids are from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO: one for the export of 48 metric tons (105,600 pounds) of anhydrous milkfat to Mexico; a second for the export of 19 metric tons (41,800 lbs.) of Cheddar cheese to Panama; a third for the export of 13 metric tons (28,600 lbs.) of Monterey Jack cheese to Japan; and a fourth for the export of 3 metric tons (6,600 lbs.) of Mozzarella cheese to Japan.
The other six bids are from Land O’Lakes of Arden Hills, MN: four for mixed consumer-packaged cheeses to the following destinations: 17 metric tons (37,400 lbs.) to Saudi Arabia; 11 metric tons (24,200 lbs.) to the United Arab Emirates; 3 metric tons (6,600 lbs.) to Bahrain; and 3 metric tons (6,600 lbs.) to Kuwait. The fifth accepted bid from Land O’Lakes is for 40 metric tons (88,000 lbs.) of Mozzarella cheese to Jordan, and the sixth is for 20 metric tons (44,000 lbs.) of Mozzarella cheese to El Salvador.
CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, once completion of the cheese and milkfat shipments is verified. This is the first CWT-facilitated export to Bahrain.
These accepted bids increase CWT’s Year to Date export obligations for cheese to 5,330 metric tons (11.7 million lbs.), and its YTD anhydrous milkfat export obligations to 2,087 metric tons (4.59 million lbs.). In addition, CWT’s YTD butter export obligations are 5,884 metric tons (12.9 million lbs.), and its YTD whole milk powder export obligations are 1,738 metric tons (3.8 million lbs.).
Previous shipments facilitated by CWT’s export assistance program have gone to Algeria, Barbados, China, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Oman, Qatar, Panama, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Trinidad, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam.
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