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Ice cream sales are climbing

Ice cream sales are climbing

Sales of packaged ice cream rise 6.5% , while unit sales of frozen novelties are stuck in a rut.

Sarah M. Kennedy

January 10, 2017

Sales in the ice cream category look promising as dollars and units rose in the last year. Meanwhile unit sales in the frozen novelties category were frozen in place.

LED's in retailers’ milk display cases can help to preserve milk's flavor

January 9, 2017

LED lights in retailers’ milk display cases do more than just reduce energy bills. They also help milk taste better, according to researchers at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg.

U Penn doctor wins the AGA-Dannon research prize

January 6, 2017

The AGA Research Foundation and The Dannon Co. presented the 2017 AGA-Dannon Gut Microbiome in Health Award to Dr. Gary D. Wu for his research on microbiota in the human gut.

Grass-fed dairy products raising the profile for dairy processors

January 5, 2017

Dairy marketers take note. Milk from cows fed a grass diet can create a distinguishable value-added niche in the dairy case. Organic Valley and Maple Hill Creamery, two dairy brands using the grass milk label, were in the news at the end of 2016.

USDA forecasts milk supplies to grow in 2017

January 4, 2017

But it is going to cost more. The USDA forecasts less milk in 2017 but a growing supply through the year 2024 along with steadily increasing prices. Its economic assumptions include moderate growth in GDP and inflation, and low unemployment.

Cheese bites

Cellars at Jasper Hill honored at 29th annual World Cheese Awards

Leelanau Raclette from Leelanau Cheese Co. in Michigan won a Super Gold medal.

December 29, 2016

Cellars at Jasper Hill, Leelanau Cheese Co. and Baker Cheese are making news in the U.S. cheese processing industry.

People in the news

Dairy people: Straus Family Creamery founder receives Leadership Award

Dorothy Farrell retires from Sargento Foods; Midwest Dairy Association promotes Cindy Sorensen to SVP.

December 27, 2016

Albert Straus, Dorothy Farrell, Cindy Sorensen, Lynn Dean Pack and Jay Hurren Dairy are dairy people making the news this month.

IFCN Regional Workshop in Anand, India

Passage to India

India’s dairy farmers need market access

At a regional conference, the views differed wildly. Will India be an importer or an exporter? Either way, the rules of the game have changed.

December 17, 2016

IFCN’s dairy conference in India finds that farmers need access to market and a value-creating dairy-farming model.

Swiss Valley Farms headquarters Davenport Iowa

Co-operation

Dairy co-ops Prairie Farms, Swiss Valley Farms plan merger

The merger will give Prairie Farms a cheese and dairy powders business, and ready-made access to export markets.

December 16, 2016

Prairie Farms Dairy and Swiss Valley Farms announced today that they have entered into a merger agreement.

Cooperoeste packages from Combibloc

International update

Fonterra’s Anchor brand launches UHT milk products in China

Mataura Valley Milk's new plant in New Zealand will process fresh milk and ingredients into nutritional, skim milk and whole milk powders.

December 13, 2016

A round-up of international dairy processing news, including Mataura Valley Milk, Fonterra and Cooperoeste.

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