TILLAMOOK, Ore.-Tillamook Cheese looked all over the country for the best macaroni and cheese, but this year, the company found it right in its home state.

Twenty-three U.S. companies brought home 43 medals from the prestigious World Cheese Competition in London in June.

Londonderry, NH-More details have emerged about Stonyfield Farm's new overseas efforts, which Dairy Foods Newsline reported on in June.

PLYMOUTH, Wis.-Sartori Food Corporation has acquired The Antigo Cheese Co. and the Blackfoot Cheese Company-employee-owned manufacturers of aged Italian cheese located in Antigo, Wisconsin and Blackfoot, Idaho.

SymBoba, a ready-to-drink probiotic bubble tea, took the top award in Danisco USA's 2006 Danisco Knowledge Awards.

Dallas-based Fairmont Food Group, which is operated by former Dean Foods veteran Bing Graffunder, has acquired G&G Foods of Santa Rosa, Calif., as it continues to build its portfolio of specialty cheesemakers.

UK's Dairy Crest is buying rival Express Dairies for about $60 million (US) in an effort to secure the future of its declining milk delivery business.

Shares in CoolBrands International Inc. dropped to a 4 1/2-year low last month after the Canadian company took an $11.8-million quarterly net loss as costs rose while sales of its frozen desserts melted.

Half a dozen lawmakers, including New York Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles E. Schumer, have asked for an investigation of cheese trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which affects milk prices nationwide.

MEDFORD, Wis.-It's a warm afternoon in June and Mike Tomandl guides a pasture walk through the lush grassy fields of his family's farm while describing one of the attractions of grazing.