Foremost Farms plans Michigan plant to process milk solids
GREENVILLE, Mich. — A farmer-owned milk cooperative has announced plans to build a new plant to process milk solids in western Michigan.
By: VICTORIA RITTER
Source: GearsOfBiz
Link: http://gearsofbiz.com/foremost-farms-plans-michigan-plant-to-process-milk-solids/193309
Dairy processors should target the powerful millennial demographic, here's why
If you’re tired of hearing about millennials, I can’t say I blame you. A new millennial-related report, study or news item seems to come out on a daily basis. (I’m sure the Greatest Generation felt the same way about all of the baby boomer coverage way back when!)
By: Kathie Canning
Source: Dairy Foods Magazine
Link: https://www.dairyfoods.com/blogs/14-dairy-foods-blog/post/92540-dairy-processors-should-target-the-powerful-millennial-demographic-heres-why
Fonterra to invest $100m in Australia after hitting full milk processing capacity
Fonterra has unveiled plans to invest $100 million immediately into its Australian business in a major expansion plan.
By: GERARD HUTCHING
Source: Stuff
Link: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/98474630/fonterra-to-invest-100m-into-australia-as-milk-supply-outstrips-processing-capacity
New dairy processing facility opens in Winnipeg
MDI Holdings Corp., a new joint venture between Vitalus Nutrition and Gay Lea Foods, will produce a full range of dairy products.
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Source: Food in Canada
Link: http://www.foodincanada.com/food-in-canada/new-dairy-processing-facility-opens-winnipeg-138036/
Midwest dairy states recruiting milk processors at World Dairy Expo
MADISON, Wis. — For many years, states like South Dakota used the World Dairy Expo as a venue to recruit new dairy operations from places like California and countries overseas.
By: Michelle Rook
Source: Agweek
Link: http://www.agweek.com/news/nation-and-world/4346680-midwest-dairy-states-recruiting-milk-processors-world-dairy-expo
South Dakota Department Of Agriculture Recruiting Dairy Processors
South Dakota has gone from a milk deficit to a milk surplus. As a result, state officials and dairy industry representatives were at the World Dairy Expo trying to recruit new processors to the state.
Source: WNAX
Biggest Australian dairy processors could merge
Competition chiefs are watching closely after Fonterra confirmed a bid for Murray Goulburn.
By: Alex Black
Source: FG Insight
While commodity prices hamper farmers, food processors expand in Michigan
As farmers across the state struggle to turn a profit in an era of depressed commodity prices, one aspect of agribusiness — food processing — continues to grow in West Michigan. By: John Wiegand
Got transparency? Pennsylvania's process of pricing milk and paying dairy farmers could use more of it
Plain sect farmers in Lancaster County and around the state have come together to protest — and in at least one case, take legal action — “over the way milk is controlled, priced and sold after leaving their milking barns,” staff writer Ad Crable reported in last week’s Sunday LNP.
If Milk Production Continues To Rise, Processing Capacity Needs To Drastically Increase
Dairy Officials Say More Coordination Is Needed Between Farmers, Processors. By: Hope Kirwan