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The 17th annual World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest auction was held on Tuesday, Oct. 1 at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis.

In a move designed to support the farmers that supply milk to its dairy, Turkey Hill Dairy, a Conestoga, Pa.-based producer and distributor of ice cream and refrigerated drinks, said it joined forces with the Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Reston, Va., and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay to form the Turkey Hill Clean Water Partnership.

Idaho Milk Products, Jerome, Idaho, said it celebrated the completion of a $30 million expansion and new R&D facility in Jerome with a ribbon-cutting on Sept. 20, 2019.

As the Yasso brand prepares to hit $100 million in revenue in 2019, the company’s cofounders and current co-CEOs, Drew Harrington and Amanda Klane, are building the foundation for the next growth phase.

The ninth annual National Dairy Council (NDC) New Product Competition is seeking the next innovative dairy product from college students across the United States and Canada.

USDA said the Center for Dairy Research (CDR) and Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA), both based in Madison, Wis., were chosen to host a regional Dairy Business Innovation Initiative, serving Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota and Illinois.

The U.S. Dairy Export Council and the National Milk Producers Federation said they joined other agriculture groups and members of Congress from both sides of the aisle at a rally to tout the trade benefits of USMCA.

Wells Enterprises Inc., Le Mars, Iowa, said it signed a purchase agreement with Los Angeles-based Eden Creamery LLC to acquire the Halo Top brand.