Health and Wellness Editor Sharon Gerdes visited McCarty Family Farms, which supplies milk to Dannon’s yogurt processing plant in Fort Worth, Texas. The dairy farms are Validus-certified in four areas of social responsibility. 

Danone is selling its Stonyfield division to Lactalis for $875 million to fulfill a U.S. Department of Justice condition regarding Danone's acquisition of WhiteWave. 

Glanbia Nutritionals is one of several dairy processing and producing businesses honored in the U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards, sponsored by Dairy Management Inc. 

Nonfat dry milk markets are steady to higher across the country, while dry whey markets are showing signs of weakening, reports the USDA’s Dairy Market News this week.

It’s easy to get wrapped up in your day-to-day tasks. Perhaps you are testing finished products or running new concepts through a pilot plant. Or maybe you are making sales calls or purchasing ingredients. Whatever your job, you just want to get through today.

DairyAmerica, Fresno, Calif., appointed Dan Block as chief executive officer. He joined DairyAmerica in 2011, and most recently served as the organization’s chief commercial officer in charge of global sales strategy.

Cream supplies are plentiful, keeping butter churns active around the United States, reports the USDA's Dairy Market News. Producers in the center of the country are planning to pack away butter for the late summer and early fall.

Chobani’s mission has been clear from the start: make better food for more people. It emphasizes that just as much today as when the company was founded by chairman and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya in 2007.