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Cheese bites

Cellars at Jasper Hill honored at 29th annual World Cheese Awards

Leelanau Raclette from Leelanau Cheese Co. in Michigan won a Super Gold medal.

December 29, 2016

Cellars at Jasper Hill, Leelanau Cheese Co. and Baker Cheese are making news in the U.S. cheese processing industry.

People in the news

Dairy people: Straus Family Creamery founder receives Leadership Award

Dorothy Farrell retires from Sargento Foods; Midwest Dairy Association promotes Cindy Sorensen to SVP.

December 27, 2016

Albert Straus, Dorothy Farrell, Cindy Sorensen, Lynn Dean Pack and Jay Hurren Dairy are dairy people making the news this month.

Boardroom

After re-org, General Mills dairy unit reports to president/COO

The Dairy strategic brand unit, led by Olivier Faujour, will report to President and Chief Operating Officer Jeff Harmening.

December 5, 2016

General Mills has re-aligned its dairy strategic brand unit (SBU). The Dairy SBU, led by Olivier Faujour, will report to President and COO Jeff Harmening.

Organic growth

Dean Foods to process, distribute Organic Valley milk

George Siemon, CEO of Organic Valley, says more Organic Valley milk will be on more grocery shelves across the country.

November 15, 2016

Dean Foods and the dairy cooperative CROPP (owner of the Organic Valley brand), are partnering in to bring organic milk to retailers through Dean Foods' processing plants and direct store delivery distribution system.

Scanning

Ads for cream cheese are up 48% compared to last week

You should have bought ice cream last week. This week the average price is up 8 cents to $3.07.

June 10, 2016

The USDA’s Dairy Market News reports on what retailers are advertising this week, and what they are charging for cream cheese, cheese, yogurt, milk and ice cream.

Supply-demand

Cheese up, milk down going into the Memorial Day weekend

The USDA’s Dairy Market News reports that cheese inventories are long.

May 27, 2016

The holiday weekend sparked additional retail promotions, aiding sales of cheese. But as schools let out, milk processors plan to re-route volumes to their balancing plants.

Tipping point

Connie Tipton tells Dairy Forum that she’s retiring as CEO of IDFA at the end of this year

A transition team will launch a search for a new leader. Including the tenure of her late husband, a Tipton has led the association for 50 years.

January 25, 2016

Connie Tipton, president and CEO of IDFA, announced today that she will retire at the end of this year after 35 years of service to the dairy industry.

As the world churns

East Coast snowstorms and the upcoming Super Bowl keep dairy processors busy

Transportation delays are anticipated to grow into cancellations as the snow storm further develops.

January 23, 2016

Butter is active, cheese is steady and milk processors pull out all the stops to get milk to retail, as a winter storm beats down on the East Coast, according to the USDA.