The organization is now known as Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin.

The company will invest more than $15 million in an expansion that includes a refrigerated/freezer warehouse.

Over the past decade, the dairy industry has experienced a boom in the production of Greek-style yogurt (GSY). While in 2004 GSY accounted for less than 2% of all yogurt types produced domestically, by 2015 this number skyrocketed to almost 40%.

Expert speakers will address dairy and human health, trends and opportunities, and more.

Jarrod McCarroll, president and CEO of Weber Inc., is now chairman.

For 2018, the Breakthrough Award for Dairy Ingredient Innovation, a competition hosted by the Elmhurst, Ill.-based American Dairy Products Institute and Dairy Foods, goes to Caloris Engineering and Lone Star Dairy Products LLC.

Every few days or so, I come across a dairy industry-related news item that stands out among all the standard PR about acquisitions, plant upgrades, personnel changes, marketing campaigns and regulatory happenings. Whether that news is sad, funny or simply bizarre, it generally is excluded from our regular online coverage.

Previous expectations for the extent of pressure on global markets in the second quarter of 2018 have moderated, with a global rebalance looming in the second half 2018.

You won't find any fancy-looking equipment at the creamery operated by Phoenix-based Danzeisen Dairy LLC. Tucked into a mixture of farm, industrial and residential properties in Phoenix's Laveen neighborhood, the creamery relies on retrofitted vintage milk processing equipment, much of it from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and all of it from U.S. manufacturers, to produce its craft dairy products.

The Dairy Council of California added the educational component with an award from the CalAgPlate Grant Program.