Albert Straus, Dorothy Farrell, Cindy Sorensen, Lynn Dean Pack and Jay Hurren Dairy are dairy people making the news this month.

IFCN’s dairy conference in India finds that farmers need access to market and a value-creating dairy-farming model.

Prairie Farms Dairy and Swiss Valley Farms announced today that they have entered into a merger agreement.

A round-up of international dairy processing news, including Mataura Valley Milk, Fonterra and Cooperoeste.

Today’s monthly update of the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report released today by the USDA sees higher milk prices and lower milk production. The export outlook is mixed.

Dairy processors need to keep an eye on their clean label and clear label practices. These are global trends, according to Innova Market Insights, a research firm based in Arnhem, The Netherlands.

General Mills has re-aligned its dairy strategic brand unit (SBU). The Dairy SBU, led by Olivier Faujour, will report to President and COO Jeff Harmening.

The Wells Enterprises’ ice cream plant runs 20 hours a day, seven days a week. Because of this heavy-duty schedule, once a year the maintenance crew takes apart and rebuilds each piece of equipment.

The competitive grocery retail landscape is quickly changing and there are two primary trends behind this changing environment: a changing consumer, who is bringing new purchase decision triggers into the marketplace, and a changing competitive marketplace which has put new pressures on traditional grocery retailers.