The new standards for school meals announced Wednesday by First Lady Michelle Obama and Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack standards for the first time in more than 15 years and are said to improve the health and nutrition of nearly 32 million children that participate in school meal programs every school day.

Milk production in the 23 major milk-producing states during December totaled 15.4 billion pounds, up 2.7% from December 2010,

A Dean Foods sweepstakes offers a grand prize of $25,000, and the winner can select a school or charity to receive $5,000.

Kraft 's re-org will eliminate approximately 1,600 positions in North America this year.

Butter prices averaged $1.60 per pound for the week ending Jan. 7, 2012, an increase of 1.4 cents from the previous week.