Jim Oberweis, owner of Oberweis Dairy, is making another run for public office-this time seeking the Republican nomination for Illinois governor.

DALLAS-Fairmont Food Group, the Dallas-based company led by dairy veteran Bing Graffunder, has acquired DCI Cheese Co., Mayville, Wis., makers and marketers of brands that include Black Diamond and Great Midwest.

Dutch dairy firm Campina and Danish-Swedish co-operative Arla Foods have abandoned merger talks, at least for now.

This is the underlining theme for this year's International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association's™ (IDDBA) conference, June 5-7 in Minneapolis: easy preparation, Easy clean-up, easy packaging, easy cooking, and easy eating.

Know of a great dairy processor that ought to be recognized? Dairy Foods is seeking nominations for our 2005 Processor of the Year.

Degussa Food Ingredients has built a new blending unit in Shanghai to expand its activities in the Chinese region. In January the business line texturant systems of Degussa Food Ingredients

Farmland Dairies LLC said last month that it has completed its emergence from bankruptcy.

Yogurt Immigration Greek dairy company, Fage Dairy Industry S.A., will invest $27 million to build a yogurt facility in Johnstown, N.Y. Fage has been making and marketing yogurt, and related

WASHINGTON - The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) claims that the dairy industry has used "false and misleading" advertising in its multimillion-dollar "Healthy Weight With Dairy" campaign, and petitioned the Federal Trade Commission, asking it to put an immediate stop to a related series of advertisements.

McLEAN, Virginia- The membership of the International Association of Food Industry Suppliers (IAFIS) recently elected four new members and reelected one member to the organization's Board of Directors. Elections were held March 11-12 at the IAFIS 2005 Annual Conference in San Francisco.