Cheese plant could move under DairiConcepts
A change in direction is possibly in the works for the Zumbrota Dairy Farmers of America cheese plant. According to Monica Massey, vice president of corporate affairs at DFA, employees at the Zumbrota cheese plant were told two weeks ago that their facility may become part of DairiConcepts, a subsidiary of DFA.
#Dairy exports: U.S. must take the next steps
U.S. dairy exports hit record highs for volume and value in 2013. The challenge now is to maintain consistency and develop potential for continued growth, according to two speakers at the Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) annual meeting in Kansas City, Mo., March 18.
Dean Foods Getting #Milked by Antitrust Lawsuits
For the country’s biggest dairy processor Suiza Foods to acquire No. 2 rival Dean Foods (NYSE: DF ) in 2001 and not run afoul of antirust laws, the dairy processor agreed to sell some of its bottling plants to National Dairy Holdings, a newly formed competitor controlled by Dairy Farmers of America and former Suiza […]
#TGD: New Mexico Cheese Plant to Expand
CLOVIS, N.M. • Dairy Farmers of America owned Southwest Cheese Co. LLC plant in Clovis, N.M. will soon undergo a $100 million expansion.
#TGD: DFA Agrees to Pay $140 Million in Milk-Price Fixing Lawsuit
Nation’s largest dairy co-op makes no admission of wrongdoing in southeast U.S. case.
DFA #Cheeses Recognized
Congratulations to Dairy Farmers of America’s (DFA) for having six of its cheese products earned recognition at the 2012 National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) Championship Cheese Contest in Orlando, Fla.