MEDFORD, Wis.-It's a warm afternoon in June and Mike Tomandl guides a pasture walk through the lush grassy fields of his family's farm while describing one of the attractions of grazing.

Smith Dairy Products Co., Orrville, Ohio, marked national ice cream month in July by taking a look back at some of its famously successful, and just plain infamous flavor ideas. Some were quite surprising, others...well, duh.

There's a new CEO at Kraft Foods again. Just 2½ years after Roger Deromedi was given full leadership control of the nation's largest food company, he has been replaced by Irene Rosenfeld, a former Kraft executive who most recently served as CEO of the Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo Inc.

Sandwich chain Subway redefined the spokesperson with Jared, the real life everyman who lost weight by eating Subway's food. Well, meet Robin, the dairy industry's Jared.

Country music superstar LeAnn Rimes joins Dairy Queen® in celebrating the first-ever North American "Miracle Treat Day."

Cold Stone Creamery has reportedly inked a deal with Target Corp. to open four test stores inside the discounter's stores starting this fall. Locations have not been determined.

Wisconsin still takes the cheese in cheese production, but the Dairy State is also the nation's leader in specialty cheeses. Last month Wisconsin Agriculture Secretary Rod Nilsestuen announced that specialty cheese production in the state for 2005 rose 7% above the previous year totaling 355 million lbs.

Roberts Dairy, Omaha, Neb., is celebrating 100 years in the milk business with activities throughout the year.

Wal-Mart is adding more organic goods to the aisles of its stores nationwide, and retail analysts say the result will be that organic food will be more widely available and at lower prices.

Three of Vermont's largest cooperatively-run grocery stores have launched a joint venture milk brand named "Vermont Co-op Milk."