Dean Foods' net income rose 37% for the fourth quarter of 2003 thanks to acquisitions, higher selling prices and a strong performance by subsidiary White Wave.

Parmalat USA Corp., a unit of the troubled Italian dairy company Parmalat Finanziaria SpA, filed for bankruptcy-court protection from creditors late last month, listing assets and debts of at least $100 million U.S. each.

A consumer research group has concluded a survey of 1,800 U.S. adults and determined that as many as 30% of American are either participating in or contemplating a low-carb diet.

The Dairy Distribution and Fleet Management Conference will not take place this year, due primarily to health issues faced by the conference's organizer.

Upstate Farms Cooperative, Buffalo, N.Y., is planning to build a new plant in nearby West Seneca.

Kraft Foods Inc., plans to axe 6,000 jobs or 6% of its staff, and close up to 20 plants over the next three years in a global turnaround plan expected to cost $1.2 billion.

Having already authored a diet book, relationship guru Dr. Phil McGraw is now getting his feet wet in dairy.

The dairy industry now has its own Enron.

A new label claim related to the Healthy Weight with Dairy campaign is being licensed to processors through IDFA and Dairy Management Inc.

The dairy industry appears to have remained unscathed after the first U.S. case of Mad Cow disease was discovered in the U.S. in December