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As part of the company’s continued strategic growth initiative, Chobani plans to open a second domestic manufacturing plant that will sit on 200 acres of agricultural and industrial land.

The Dannon Co., Inc.forged a new and unique relationship with McCarty Family Farms to help reduce the impact of the volatility of the price of milk and continuously improve on environmental sustainability.

Leavitt Partners, Faegre & Benson and B&D Consulting are joining forces to provide food manufacturers and others in the global food supply chain with a collaborative solution to food safety management. This joint effort will provide guidance for companies seeking to navigate the shifting food safety challenges of today's systems and those required to comply with new regulations resulting from the passage of the 2011 Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act.

A new Double Spindle Pump from Knoll America is a safe pump system for plasticizing and pumping high-viscosity media in solid block form. Typical block materials include: butter, cheeses, margarine, palm fat, chocolate, fondant, mincemeat, and fruit fillings.

Dairy Foods analyzed the latest Interstate Milk Shippers List to find those operations with a score of 100.

Here is a sneak peek at what dairy suppliers are up to this week.

U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA), a farmer- and rancher-led organization representing virtually all aspects of agriculture, released findings of two national surveys about food and how it is grown and raised.

Ecolab received the 2011 International Dairy Foods Association Innovation Sustainability Award for its recently introduced Envirocid Plus clean-in-place cleaner.