Schuman Cheese buys plant from its co-packer. Agropur acquires assets of Scotsburn Co-op. Nestle moves its USA headquarters to Virginia.

Klay Thompson of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors is the new face of the Built With Chocolate Milk campaign by the Milk Processor Education Program, the checkoff program better known as MilkPEP.

The U.S. Dairy Export Council selected former U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack as president and CEO, effective Feb. 1.

Hochland SE bought U.S. cream cheese maker Franklin Foods Holdings, which operates dairy processing plants in Arizona and Vermont.

Prairie Farms Dairy and Swiss Valley Farms announced today that they have entered into a merger agreement.

The Wells Enterprises’ ice cream plant runs 20 hours a day, seven days a week. Because of this heavy-duty schedule, once a year the maintenance crew takes apart and rebuilds each piece of equipment.

Retail sales of branded butter showed gains on private label butter in the last year. Though dollar sales of private label butter increased 3.4%, unit sales decreased 1.3%, suggesting that retailers raised prices.

Dairy processors report quarterly sales. They increased for Lifeway Foods, Kraft Heinz and Land O’Lakes.

In searching for signs of life in the fluid milk category, one can find a pulse. Sales of whole milk rose 4.1% from 2014 to 2015. Sales also increased for 1% milk (4.6%), whole flavored milk (6.4%), other flavored milk (1.3%) and buttermilk (5.2%). These segments represent opportunities for fluid milk processors.