Rising milk prices have coincided with declines in milk production, a trend that has accelerated in the first three months of 2004, according to a USDA report.

Insolvent Italian dairy company Parmalat Finanziaria has decided not to sell the main activities of U.S. dairy operation Farmland Dairies and it is looking for a new chief executive for the company.

Directly on the heels of its acquisition of a large chunk of National Dairy Holdings, HP Hood has acquired the trailblazing low-carbohydrate dairy brand LeCarb from Southwest Foods, Tyler Texas.

Cabot Creamery is this month putting the finishing touches on a new distribution center here in its hometown.

Marvel characters, sugar-free formulas aimed at kids and moms

The Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker® program celebrates its 10-year anniversary this year with the announcement of its newest graduate, Richard Glick, a veteran cheesemaker at Swiss Valley Farms' Mindoro, Wis., plant.

Ben & Jerry's is selling in Sweden.

Coke's Got Milk in Israel The Central Bottling Company (Coca Cola Israel) is buying out Israel's third-largest dairy for $39 million. Tara Diary Cooperative has annual sales of more than

Nestlé and New Zealand's Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd. are implementing the second phase of what they call Dairy Partners Americas (DPA).

Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Holdings, Inc., has broken ground on a $100 million expansion project that will triple the capacity of its Bakersfield novelty facility, while adding packed ice cream capabilities to the mix.