Foremost Farms USA and Michigan Milk Producers Association announced today that the two cooperatives have formed a strategic alliance for the purpose of balancing and adding value to their members’ milk supplies in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

The Wisconsin Dairy Products Association, Madison, elected its 2015 officers at its annual meeting in July. Richard Roush was named dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences at Pennsylvania State University.

Universities with dairy departments reach out to the dairy processing industry with training and educational programs. Two examples are Cornell University and Ohio State University.

Agropur, Canada's largest dairy cooperative, is acquiring Davisco Foods International, a U.S.-based cheese and dairy ingredients company.

Smith Brothers Farms, a fluid milk processor, has been selected to receive the Plant of the Year award from Dairy Foods. Its plant was one of 12 dairy processing plants throughout the United States nominated by Dairy Foods. 

Entry forms for the World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest have been sent out to dairy plants in North America. This contest, sponsored by the Wisconsin Dairy Products Association, is the only dairy product contest of its kind in North America.