Group Danone, Paris, said its first-half sales increased 4.6%, led by increases in the company’s water, early life nutrition and medical nutrition business lines. Zhongding to build massive Sino-Russian dairy project in Heilongjiang, China.
 

For 33 years, the International Dairy Foods Association has been having an ice cream arty on Capitol Hill. The most recent edition was on June 18.

Mintel says China has overtaken the United States as the world’s biggest ice cream market.

Enter the World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest. The deadline to return entry forms is July 17.

Dairy Foods is looking for the 2015 Exporter of the Year. U.S.-based dairy companies that export dairy foods, beverages or ingredients are eligible to enter the annual awards program

Quality Chekd honors Alqueria Dairy, Hiland Dairy Foods Co., Prairie Farms and Umpqua Dairy Products Co. for excellence in dairy processing and marketing.

The Kroger Co.’s Mountain View Foods plant in Denver is the 2015 Plant of the Year. It was one of 11 plants nominated. More than 5,100 votes were cast on dairyfoods.com.

The record-low milk price was the hot topic at the IFCN Dairy Conference in Kiel, Germany. And Rabobank finds the world is producing more milk than the market currently needs.

Temperatures affect milk production; milk bottling demand is down except in Northeast. Western, Midwest cheese plants are running at capacity, reports the USDA.