Sartori's Reserve Black Pepper BellaVitano has been named the best cheese in the 2017 U.S. Championship Cheese Contest. First runner-up belongs to Terry Lensmire of Agropur.

Agropur acquired the assets of Scotsburn Cooperative Services Limited. Based in Longueuil, Quebec, the purchase allows Canada’s largest dairy cooperative to expand its presence in the ice cream and novelties market.

Whether it’s an electrolyte-packed sports drink or a dose of caffeine from an energy drink, consumers really like their energy-boosting beverages. Sales for both sports drinks and energy drinks are jumping.

Oakhurst Dairy, based in Portland, Maine, raised $22,445.80 from sales of egg nog. The dairy donated that amount to The Salvation Army of Northern New England. Oakhurst is a unit of Dairy Farmers of America.

The Cornell University Dairy Foods Extension team received the International Dairy Foods Association’s inaugural Food Safety Leadership Award at the 2017 Dairy Forum in Orlando, Fla. The annual event, staged by IDFA, was held Jan. 29 to Feb. 1.

Schuman Cheese buys plant from its co-packer. Agropur acquires assets of Scotsburn Co-op. Nestle moves its USA headquarters to Virginia.

Klay Thompson of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors is the new face of the Built With Chocolate Milk campaign by the Milk Processor Education Program, the checkoff program better known as MilkPEP.