Schreiber Foods Inc., Green Bay, Wis., will close its cream cheese facility in north St. Louis over the summer, laying off more than 200, as it moves production to lower-cost facilities. The closing will shut the last remaining former local operation of Raskas Foods Inc., which Schreiber acquired in 2002.

TILLAMOOK, Ore.-Members of the Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) have voted 2-1 to stick with a no-rBST policy that has been developed and approved by the organization's board of directors, the co-op says.

Farmland Dairies LLC announced last month that a U.S. bankruptcy court in New York has confirmed the company's plan of reorganization.

Since Stonyfield Farm launched its YoBaby line of baby yogurt in 1999 a steady stream of cute baby pictures has filled the company's mailbox in Londonderry, N.H.

Value America is buying the flavors and ingredients business of Zipps Manufacturing, Cleveland. The transaction was expected to close March 30. Value America plans to fully integrate product lines and

Lactaid® Brand has formed a new partnership with 3-A-Day of Dairy, the nutrition-based marketing and consumer education campaign managed through the National Dairy Council. As part of this new relationship, Lactaid becomes a major sponsor of programs designed to educate Americans on the benefits of eating a healthy diet that includes 3 servings of dairy a day.

A bi-partisan group of dairy state lawmakers is pushing a measure through the U.S. Senate to double the size of the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) subsidy, which provides payments to producers when milk prices fall. Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) and Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI), the measure's co-sponsors, say it would extend MILC through September 2007 and increase the cap to 4.8 million gallons per year. Coleman says the measure has quickly gained support in the Senate - and beyond.

Dean Foods Co. reported lower earnings for 2004, although sales were on the rise. Executives said volatile raw milk prices caused the Dairy Group, which accounts for 80% of Dean's business to underperform. They also pointed to stronger fourth quarter performance as a sign of good things to come.

Cargill Dow, the company that makes the proprietary, corn-based plastic resins marketed under the NatureWorks® PLA and Ingeo™ fiber brand names will be known as NatureWorks LLC. The name change

Brand Fever? Popular, branded milk products are beginning to elbow out private-label milk in grocery store dairy cases, according to a recent article in Supermarket News. One dairy case manager