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The presentation took place at a press conference on Oct. 10 at Process Expo, held at Chicago’s McCormick Place.

HP Hood LLC, Lynnfield, Mass., said its Agawam, Mass., plant received the first-ever Energy Star certification given to a fluid dairy processing plant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), receiving a perfect score.

The company said it believes it is the fastest, most technologically advanced retort beverage line in the industry, with the broadest set of manufacturing capabilities.

The 17th annual World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest auction was held on Tuesday, Oct. 1 at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis.

In a move designed to support the farmers that supply milk to its dairy, Turkey Hill Dairy, a Conestoga, Pa.-based producer and distributor of ice cream and refrigerated drinks, said it joined forces with the Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Reston, Va., and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay to form the Turkey Hill Clean Water Partnership.

Rich Products, Buffalo, N.Y., announced an executive leadership transition that activates the company’s decade-long succession plan.

The United States currently faces a 5% tariff on dairy products to Indonesia, IDFA noted. New Zealand and Australia benefit from low or zero tariffs on dairy products as a result of preferential trade agreements with Indonesia.

Idaho Milk Products, Jerome, Idaho, said it celebrated the completion of a $30 million expansion and new R&D facility in Jerome with a ribbon-cutting on Sept. 20, 2019.

Rani brings nearly 25 years of integrated marketing experience across consumer packaged goods companies and marketing agencies to the fluid milk promotion program.