WASHINGTON D.C.-In a letter last month to President George W. Bush, 46 dairy industry leaders encouraged the White House to continue to press for meaningful reform of agricultural subsidies within the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Round.
Brown's Dairy, a New Orleans-based dairy serving the Gulf Coast region, has completed repairs to its facility and has returned to full pre-Hurricane Katrina operations and business level.
A new cheese plant and a facility expansion at an aseptic food and dairy plant were announced by Hilmar Cheese Co. and Steuben Foods last month, and a group of co-ops says it is considering building a brand new milk plant in Kansas.
BARABOO, Wis.-Foremost Farms USA, and Stacyville Cooperative Creamery, Stacyville, Iowa, have agreed to the merger, whereby Foremost Farms will assume the equity investments of Stacyville members.
For the 6,294 food- and beverage-related companies that exhibited at the world's largest food fair-ANUGA-in Cologne, Germany, from October 8 to 12, the fair was an opportunity to establish contacts and conduct business with companies from every corner of the world.
A federal administrative judge says USDA has been making HP Hood pay too much for milk used in its Carb Countdown, and the agency plans to pay back about $2 million to the company.
The 2006 Dairy Forum is set for January 15-18 at the La Quinta Resort and Club in La Quinta, Calif., near Palm Springs. Registration is still available.
Dairy industry representatives increasingly view the next round of WTO talks as critical for the U.S. dairy industry, as it seeks to open global markets to more dairy products. U.S. negotiators attending this month's Doha Round in Hong Kong are pushing for lower tariffs and fewer subsidies, but in the past have run into stiff opposition, especially in Europe.
Dairy owner, and Illinois gubernatorial candidate Jim Oberweis has been accused of hiring a subcontractor who paid janitorial workers $3.50 an hour to clean Oberweis ice cream and dairy stores.
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