Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 21 requests for export assistance from Bongards Creamery, Dairy Farmers of America, Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association and Northwest Dairy Association (Darigold) to sell 8.153 million pounds (3,698 metric tons) of Cheddar, Gouda and Monterey Jack cheese and 220,462 pounds (100 metric tons) of butter to customers in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The product will be delivered September 2013 through February 2014.
Year-to-date, CWT has assisted member cooperatives in selling 94.651 million pounds of cheese, 67.424 million pounds of butter, 44,092 pounds of anhydrous milk fat and 218,258 pounds of whole milk powder to 37 countries on six continents. These sales are the equivalent of 2.392 billion pounds of milk on a milkfat basis.
Source: CWT
