The ninth annual World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest auction raised $39,160.00. The contest was sponsored by the Wisconsin Dairy Products Association.
Cheddar Cheese prices received for US 40 pound blocks averaged $1.76 per pound for the week ending October 1, 2011, a decrease of 4.2 cents from the previous week. Butter prices also dropped, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The National Cheese Institute is now accepting nominations for its
highest honor, the NCI Laureate Award, which will be handed out at a special ceremony during Dairy Forum 2012.
Friendly Ice Cream Corp., the Wilbraham, Mass., operator of Friendly's
restaurants and a nationwide distributor of ice cream products, and its
subsidiaries filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the United
States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
District of Delaware.
Dairy Forum 2012, which will take place Jan. 15-18 at La Quinta Resort
and Club in La Quinta, Calif., will take a big picture look at the
geopolitics of food thanks to influential thought leaders bringing a
fresh perspective to the changes to food supply and demand.
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