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Guest column:
‘Mired in wash water.’
For details, see page 4.
Guest column:
George Hutson retires
from Filtration Engineering,
Todd Hutson takes helm.
Report looks at raw
milk cheesemaking.
Dairy products may help
prevent mental decline.
Experts discuss global dairy
markets, policy implications
By Alyssa Sowerwine
CHICAGO — Food, agriculture and dairy industry
experts discussed dairy policy
reform, global economic issues, weather patterns and
the outlook for dairy prices
and global food demand last
week during the 2012 FCStone
Outlook Conference.
FCStone LLC hosts the
conference to help investors,
producers, processors and end
user of food commodities foresee global supply and demand
issues, and in the process,
help them prepare for and
protect against the risks of
price fluctuations.
Robert Chesler, vice president of the Food Service
CMAB aims to build demand
abroad for California dairy
By Alyssa Sowerwine
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — As the dairy industry moves
toward an increasingly global marketplace, one organization is working to build demand for California dairy products in other countries
to provide cheesemakers with more opportunities for their products.
The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) — which was formed in 1969
to promote California dairy products — is one of the largest commodity boards
in the United States that executes advertising, public relations, research,
and retail and foodservice promotional programs on behalf of California
dairy products, including Real California Milk and Real California Cheese.
CMAB currently is focusing on two different regions to build international demand for California dairy: Mexico and Asia.
David Freedheim, sales consultant, CMAB, notes that in the past five
years, about two-thirds of all of the new milk in California has been exported.
While there have been California dairy products in the Mexico region
for awhile, just in the past month or so, CMAB has been helping to
get an extended shelf life milk product into Mexico, Freedheim says.
“It has a shelf life of 85 days, and it’s California standard milk, so
it’s a higher quality than most products sold there,” he says.
Freedheim notes that with such an abundant milk supply in California, the state’s dairy farmers and processors have a great deal of
product that can benefit from sales both domestically and abroad.
He notes that CMAB also has gotten a lot of California cheese into
Mexico, as well as ice cream, and is in discussions to add butter, cottage cheese and sour cream to the product offerings.
All products carry the Real California Milk or Cheese seal, he adds,
so people know where the product comes from.
Freedheim notes it provides a great opportunity for California manufacturers who are interested in international markets.
Turn to CMAB, page 24
Division at FCStone LLC,
presented the “Dairy Market
Outlook” during the conference. Chesler began with an
overview of current events
and influence facing the
global dairy industry, such as
the collapse of the European
economy; record unemployment and political instability
in Greece; increasing warm
temperatures and dry conditions in the United States,
which are keeping grain
prices elevated; an expanding Chinese economy; and
oil prices.
• Global outlook
Chesler notes that China
has grown to be the largest
single dairy importing country
in the world, with more than
US$3.8 billion worth of product
imported in 2011.
He adds that although
whole milk powder imports
to China decreased in 2011,
total dairy imports were up
20 percent compared to 2010.
In Europe, milk is forecast
to rise slightly in 2012 with
growth around 1.3 percent,
Chesler says.
He notes that although
European weather conditions
have been favorable to date,
cuts to farm gate prices and
rising costs are expected to
dampen growth over the remainder of 2012.
He adds that cheese and
butterfat export volumes from
Europe fell 14 percent and 31
percent, respectively, in 2011.
In Oceania, milk production in New Zealand is expected to close the 2011/12
season with gains between 8
and 10 percent over last year
— “well above expectations,”
Chesler says.
“Reasonable farm gate
prices combined with excellent seasonal conditions
have combined to boost milk
output,” he says.
In Australia, the milk production forecast for 2012/13
is up 2 percent based on herd
growth intentions and normal
seasonal conditions, Chesler
notes. However, the Australian
domestic market’s share of
total industry milk production will slip a little below 55
percent in 2011/12 due to the
strong increase in milk production, he adds.
• U.S. production, price
forecasts
Meanwhile, “looking domestically, one of the main
things we need to focus on
is feed prices” in the United
States, Chesler says.
He notes that there has
been a high slaughter rate
of cows due to higher feed
prices earlier in the year.
However, those slaughtered
cows are being replaced with
other, stronger cows, creating
greater production efficiencies overall, he says.
“It’s expensive to feed an
animal with high grain pries,
and when an animal is not
producing to its full potential,
it gets culled,” he says.
He notes there is a competitive advantage for dairy
producers who produce their
own feed.
Chesler also provided an
overview of price projections
for milk production and dairy
prices in 2012 and 2013, also
comparing FCStone’s projections to current USDA estimates in some of these areas.
U.S. milk production
reached 196.2 billion pounds
in 2011, and is projected to
reach 202.2 billion pounds in
2012, according to USDA.
However, Chesler notes
FCStone projects 200.8 billion
pounds of milk in 2012, lower
than USDA’s forecast.
Conversely, in 2013, USDA
estimates milk production will
reach 202.6 billion pounds,
while FCStone forecasts
Turn to FCSTONE, page 18
U.S. House releases draft
of bipartisan FARRM bill
Cheese output in
May is slightly up
from 1 year ago
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla.,
and Ranking Member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., yesterday released
a discussion draft of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk
Management Act (FARRM).
The bipartisan FARRM is the product of a two-year process that
examined every policy under the jurisdiction of the House Committee on Agriculture and makes reforms to agricultural policy.
“Our efforts over the past two years have resulted in reformminded, fiscally-responsible policy that is equitable for farmers
and ranchers in all regions and will lead to improved program
delivery,” Lucas says. “This bill is an investment in production
agriculture and rural America.”
Peterson says Congress needs to complete work on the
2012 Farm Bill before the current bill expires, otherwise it will
WASHINGTON — Total
U.S. cheese output, excluding cottage cheese, was
915.8 million pounds in May,
0.4 percent above May 2011
and 1.4 percent above April
2012, according to data released this week by USDA’s
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). (All
figures are rounded. Please
see CMN’s Dairy Production chart on page 19.) May
Turn to FARRM, page 19
Turn to OUTPUT, page 19
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CHEESE MARKET NEWS® — July 6, 2012
MARKET INDICATORS
DRY WHEY FUTURES for the week ended July 5, 2012
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
(Listings for each day by month, settling price and open interest)
Cash prices for the week ended June 6, 2012
Monday
July 2
Tuesday
July 3
$1.6750
NC
$1.6750
NC
Cheese 40-lb. block
Price
$1.6400
Change
-1
$1.6400
NC
Cheese Barrels
Price
Change
Wednesday
July 4
Markets
Closed
Thursday
July 5
Friday
July 6
$1.6750
NC
$1.6750
NC
$1.6400
NC
$1.6400
NC
Weekly average (July 2-6): Barrels: $1.6750(+.0030); 40-lb. Blocks: $1.6400(-.0090).
Weekly ave. one year ago (July 5-8, 2011) Barrels: $2.1019; 40-lb. Blocks: $2.1131.
Extra Grade NDM
$1.1950
Price
NC
Change
$1.1950
NC
Grade A NDM
Price
Change
$1.2275
NC
50.50
51.25
53.00
53.70
53.75
54.50
53.50
46.28
42.00
41.00
38.53
40.25
446
313
262
320
282
245
244
8
3
3
2
1
$1.2275
NC
Markets
Closed
$1.1950
NC
$1.1950
NC
$1.2275
NC
$1.2275
NC
$1.5275
NC
$1.5275
NC
Markets
Closed
$1.5275
NC
$1.5325
+1/2
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Weekly Cold Storage Holdings
On hand
Monday
Week
Change
11,975
131,244
-41
+2,060
July 2, 2012
Change since July 1
Pounds
Percent
-8
+412
NC
NC
Last Year
Pounds
Change
9,185
129,266
+2,790
+1,978
(These data, which includes government stocks and is reported in thousands of pounds, are based on reports from a
limited sample of cold storage centers across the country. This chart is designed to help the dairy industry see the trends
in cold storage between the release of the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s monthly cold storage reports.)
12.20
14.18
17.03
9.31
14.28
17.00
16.06
11.11
15.09
18.00
10.44
12.78
19.40
15.72
3/2,130
Thurs., July 5
446
312
262
320
284
245
243
8
3
3
2
1
50.13
52.00
54.00
55.00
55.25
54.50
52.75
47.03
43.03
42.53
40.10
46.00
419
311
271
311
282
247
243
8
3
3
2
1
49/2,101
2/2,129
Class III:
Price
Skim Price
Class IV:
Price
Skim Price
Class II:
Price
Butterfat Price
Component Prices:
Butterfat Price
Nonfat Solids Price
Protein Price
Other Solids Price
Somatic Cell Adjustment Rate
Product Price Averages:
Butter
Nonfat Dry Milk
Cheese
Dry Whey
10.93
16.09
16.76
10.78
12.92
16.87
15.72
10.83
17.60
18.18
9.84
13.38
16.52
15.23
11.29
20.17
20.25
9.97
13.62
19.11
15.63
STAFF
Susan Quarne,
(PH 608/831-6002; FAX 608/831-1004)
e-mail: [email protected]
Kate Sander,
(PH 509/962-4026; FAX 509/962-4027)
Alyssa Sowerwine,
(PH 608/288-9090; FAX 608/288-9093)
Rena Archwamety,
(PH 608/288-9090; FAX 608/288-9093)
Aaron Martin,
(PH 608/288-9090; FAX 608/288-9093)
10.92
21.38
18.24
9.97
13.74
21.39
June 2012
May 2012
$ 15.63/cwt.
$ 10.81/cwt.
$ 15.23/cwt.
$ 10.54/cwt.
$ 13.24/cwt.
$ 8.33/cwt.
$ 13.55/cwt.
$ 8.80/cwt.
$ 14.32/cwt.
$ 1.4936/lb.
$ 15.19/cwt.
$ 1.4532/lb.
$
$
$
$
$
1.4866/lb.
0.9252/lb.
2.8952/lb.
0.3113/lb.
0.00079/1,000 scc
$
$
$
$
$
1.4462/lb.
0.9774/lb.
2.7344/lb.
0.3500/lb.
0.00076/1,000 scc
$
$
$
$
1.3991/lb.
1.1023/lb.
1.5846/lb.
0.5013/lb.
$
$
$
$
1.3657/lb.
1.1551/lb.
1.5215/lb.
0.5389/lb.
Dry Products*
(Dollars per hundredweight, 3.5% butterfat test)
YEAR JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
13.39
13.56
19.32
10.78
14.50
13.48
17.05
50.50
51.25
52.50
53.68
53.10
53.25
52.75
46.28
42.00
41.50
39.00
44.25
Wed., July 4
Class & Component Prices
CLASS III PRICE
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
446
313
262
320
284
245
243
8
3
3
2
1
50.50
51.25
53.00
53.68
53.10
53.98
53.88
46.28
42.00
41.25
38.53
40.25
Tues., July 3
Daily market prices are available by visiting CME’s online statistics sites at http://www.cmegroup.com.
Weekly average (July 2-6): Grade AA: $1.5288(+.0073).
Class II Cream (Major Northeast Cities): $1.8714(-.2476)–$2.1605(+.0660).
Butter
Cheese
JUN12
JUL12
AUG12
SEP12
OCT12
NOV12
DEC12
JAN13
FEB13
MAR13
APR13
MAY 13
Mon., July 2
Total Contracts Traded/
Open Interest
17/2,129
Weekly average (July 2-6): Extra Grade: $1.1950(+.0020); Grade A: $1.2275(NC).
Grade AA Butter
Price
Change
Fri., June 29
11.06
19.83
17.32
11.20
15.18
21.67
12.29
20.07
16.28
12.11
16.26
19.07
12.32
18.70
17.06
12.82
16.94
18.03
12.84
19.22
15.51
14.08
15.44
19.07
13.47
20.60
15.28
14.98
13.83
18.77
SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
July 6, 2012
NONFAT DRY MILK
Central & East:
low/medium heat $1.1800(+2)-$1.3000(+4);
mostly $1.1850-$1.2400(+1).
high heat $1.2300(+1)-$1.3600.
West:
low/medium heat $1.1050(-1 1/2)-$1.3000;
mostly $1.1400-$1.2200.
high heat $1.1650-$1.3300(+3).
Calif. manufacturing plants: extra grade/grade A weighted ave. $1.0282(-.0473)
based on 40,078,216 lbs. Sales to CCC: 0 lbs.
WHOLE MILK POWDER (National):
$1.3700-$1.5000.
EDIBLE LACTOSE
(FOB)Central and West: $.7500-$1.0150; mostly $.8200-$.9200.
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DRY WHEY
Central:
West:
(FOB) Northeast:
nonhygroscopic $.4000-$.5575;
mostly $.4200-$.5300.
nonhygroscopic $.4650(+1/2)-$.5200(-3/4);
mostly $.4650(+1/2)-$.5150.
extra grade/grade A $.4800(-1/2)-$.5425(-1 1/2).
ANIMAL FEED (Central): Whey spray milk replacer $.3575-$.4775.
REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS
WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE (34 percent): $.9000-$1.3450;
mostly $1.1000-$1.2375.
SUBSCRIPTIONS & BUSINESS STAFF
DRY BUTTERMILK
(FOB)Central & East: $.9900-$1.1500.
(FOB) West:
$1.0500(+4)-$1.1700; mostly $1.0700-$1.1100.
John Umhoefer, Downes-O'Neill LLC, International Dairy
Foods Association, National Milk Producers Federation
Subscription/advertising rates available upon request
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CASEIN:
Rennet $3.7500(-20)-$4.4000(-30); Acid $4.1500(-15)-$4.7000(-20).
*Source: USDA’s Dairy Market News
DISCLAIMER: Cheese Market News® has made every effort to provide accurate current as well as historical market information. However, we do not guarantee the accuracy of these data and do not assume liability for errors or omissions.
July 6, 2012 — CHEESE MARKET NEWS®
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MARKET INDICATORS
CHEESE FUTURES for the week ended July 5, 2012
International Dairy Markets
(Listings for each day by month, settling price and open interest)
Fri., June 29
JUN12
JUL12
AUG12
SEP12
OCT12
NOV12
DEC12
JAN13
FEB13
MAR13
APR13
1.577
1.702
1.762
1.770
1.760
1.733
1.720
1.710
1.693
1.666
1.676
1,771
1,421
1,334
1,317
1,059
1,068
1,069
147
40
14
9
Mon., July 2
1,771
1,421
1,341
1,314
1,061
1,079
1,083
147
40
14
9
1.577
1.671
1.732
1.760
1.762
1.740
1.720
1.710
1.696
1.690
1.676
107/9,249
Open Interest
Tues., July 3
Wed., July 4
1,771
1,407
1,341
1,315
1,062
1,079
1,083
147
40
14
9
1.577
1.677
1.730
1.756
1.750
1.740
1.720
1.710
1.696
1.690
1.676
81/9,280
Thurs., July 5*
1.585
1.688
1.756
1.781
1.775
1.748
1.737
1.711
1.705
1.696
1.689
1,785
1,397
1,336
1,310
1,067
1,090
1,093
147
40
14
9
156/9,289
27/9,268
*Total Contracts Traded/Open Interest reflect an additional month not included in this chart.
Western and Eastern Europe
Butter: 82 percent butterfat $3,350(+50)-$3,650(+50);
99 percent butterfat $4,000(+50)-$4,275(+50).
Skim Milk Powder: 1.25 percent butterfat $2,650(+100)-$2,900.
Whole Milk Powder: 26 percent butterfat $3,075(+100)-$3,275(-175).
Whey Powder: Nonhygroscopic $1,125(-50)-$1,250(-25).
Oceania
Butter: 82 percent butterfat $2,700(-50)-$3,000(-250).
Cheddar Cheese: 39 percent maximum moisture $3,100-$4,100.
Skim Milk Powder: 1.25 percent butterfat $2,550(-100)-$3,200.
Whole Milk Powder: 26 percent butterfat $2,850(+150)-$3,050(+50).
* Source: Dairy Market News. Prices reported in U.S. dollars per metric ton, F.O.B. port. To convert
to price per pound: divide price by 2,204.6 pounds.
CME FUTURES for the week ended July 5, 2012
National Dairy Products Sales Report
Class III Milk
#
JUN12
JUL12
AUG12
SEP12
OCT12
NOV12
DEC12
JAN13
FEB13
MAR13
APR13
MAY13
JUN13
JUL13
AUG13
SEP13
OCT13
NOV13
DEC13
Fri., June 29
Mon., July 2
15.65
16.87
17.62
17.73
17.62
17.32
17.24
17.06
16.66
16.60
16.60
16.60
16.82
16.48
16.50
16.54
16.33
16.29
16.33
15.62
16.56
17.25
17.55
17.56
17.29
17.15
16.95
16.68
16.60
16.50
16.52
16.70
16.53
16.54
16.53
16.35
16.33
16.33
4,434
4,029
4,703
3,266
2,991
2,681
2,508
500
322
274
190
142
118
38
42
24
20
19
14
Open Interest 580/26,315
4,438
3,992
4,722
3,268
3,003
2,696
2,512
515
332
289
240
147
128
38
43
24
20
19
14
864/26,440
Tues., July 3
For the week ended:
Wed., July 4
4,438
3,905
4,795
3,262
3,004
2,696
2,513
516
331
344
245
158
133
41
44
25
20
19
14
15.62
16.69
17.26
17.60
17.58
17.38
17.15
16.95
16.69
16.75
16.51
16.48
16.71
16.75
16.72
16.62
16.35
16.35
16.33
Thurs., July 5
15.63
16.76
17.48
17.87
17.85
17.60
17.40
17.20
16.85
16.85
16.66
16.65
16.81
16.90
16.75
16.62
16.38
16.35
16.33
4,504
3,867
4,783
3,316
3,086
2,735
2,538
573
334
348
248
161
136
43
45
25
20
19
14
1,236/26,795
532/26,503
Class IV Milk*
Fri., June 29
JUN12
JUL12
AUG12
SEP12
OCT12
NOV12
DEC12
JAN13
FEB13
MAR13
13.50
14.45
14.71
15.00
14.50
14.62
14.76
15.40
15.50
15.50
283
92
74
77
67
58
57
8
6
7
Mon., July 2
13.50
14.45
14.71
15.01
14.50
14.62
14.76
15.40
15.50
15.50
0/745
Open Interest
283
92
74
77
67
58
57
8
6
7
Tues., July 3
Wed., July 4
283
92
74
77
67
58
57
8
6
7
13.50
14.45
14.71
15.01
14.50
14.62
14.76
15.40
15.50
15.50
13.24
14.45
14.71
15.01
14.50
14.62
14.76
15.40
15.50
15.50
210
92
74
77
67
58
57
8
6
7
0/672
Cash-Settled NDM
JUN12
JUL12
AUG12
SEP12
OCT12
NOV12
DEC12
Fri., June 29
Mon., July 2
111.00
117.00
123.00
123.28
124.00
128.23
125.50
111.00
117.00
123.00
123.50
124.00
128.23
125.50
407
375
402
338
276
190
128
Open Interest
6/2,116
407
375
407
338
276
190
128
Tues., July 3
111.00
117.00
123.00
123.50
124.00
128.23
125.50
5/2,121
Wed., July 4
407
375
407
338
276
190
128
Cheese 40-lb. Blocks:
Average price1
Sales volume2
Cheese 500-lb. Barrels:
Average price1
Adj. price to 38% moisture
Sales volume2
Moisture content
Butter:
Average price1
Sales volume2
Nonfat Dry Milk:
Average price1
Sales volume2
Dry Whey:
Average price1
Sales volume2
6/23/12
6/30/12
$1.6346
*$1.6228
10,677,216 *11,102,437
JUN12
JUL12
AUG12
SEP12
OCT12
NOV12
DEC12
JAN13
FEB13
MAR13
141.00
154.50
156.25
156.75
157.75
157.75
159.25
160.25
160.00
160.00
774
780
778
794
634
601
517
9
1
1
Open Interest
0/4,889
Mon., July 2
110.23
117.00
121.75
123.50
124.00
128.23
125.50
$1.6277
$1.5496
10,290,716
34.88
$1.6024
$1.5313
10,300,307
35.12
$1.4695
5,137,665
$1.3981
5,789,109
$1.3877
3,430,981
*$1.3678
4,350,587
$1.0977
35,647,215
$1.1090
32,599,624
*$1.1019
*30,234,060
*$1.1073
*27,994,381
$0.4868
9,417,213
*$0.4973
*8,840,282
$0.5057
9,635,222
$0.5030
9,538,589
/Revised. 1/Prices weighted by volumes reported. 2/Sales as reported by participating manufacturers.
Reported in pounds. More information is available by calling AMS at 202-720-4392.
*
California Minimum Prices
Class 4a
Class 4b
Released July 2, 2012
Butterfat
Equivalent
SNF
$ 1.4934/lb. $ 0.9128/lb. $ 13.17/cwt.
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SHREDDING MACHINERY
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DAIRY INDUSTRIES
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DECADES!
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381
409
338
276
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reduced fines, produce consistent
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reduce floor space requirements.
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140.25
155.05
156.25
156.75
158.00
157.75
159.25
160.25
160.25
160.25
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780
780
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636
606
520
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WCMA UPDATE
Perspective:
WCMA
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Mired in wash water
Even as dairy policy demands the
spotlight in Washington, and worldwide
sales opportunities beckon, cheese
manufacturers today find themselves
preoccupied with regulation.
In Wisconsin, growth, new markets
and new jobs all hinge more on the
ability to process wash water than on
making a great piece of cheese.
Two years ago, the preoccupation
was new phosphorus regulations proposed and implemented by Wisconsin’s
Department of Natural Resources
(DNR). Looking to strictly interpret the
Clean Water Act, Wisconsin enacted the
nation’s most stringent standards for
the level of phosphorus in wastewater
that is processed and released to rivers
and streams.
That regulation continues to play
out. As 5-year wastewater permits come
due, dairy plant by dairy plant, DNR
installs new, low limits for phosphorus
in permit renewals. By the DNR’s own
estimate, the cost to dairy and food
processing plants in Wisconsin will be
$440 million to add filtration systems
to reduce phosphorus in wastewater
from 2 mg/l down to 1 mg/l or lower. A
huge cost for a handful of phosphorus.
Today, cheese manufacturers and
food processors in Wisconsin are engaged in new negotiations with the
state’s DNR. Cheese manufacturers,
from the largest state cooperative to
the smallest proprietary cheesemakers,
hold a total of 57 permits to apply processed wastewater onto cropland. Some
spray-irrigate grassy fields, and some
release wastewater on engineered,
grass-covered terrace systems.
As these 5-year wastewater permits
come due, these “land-based” wastewater systems are being renewed with new
limits on the amount of wastewater that
can be spread on an acre, and limits on
the pounds of dissolved solids, namely
nitrogen and chloride, that can be
spread per acre.
Limiting wastewater means limiting
cheese production. And not only can
limits curtail growth, but the cost to
add new wastewater processing systems
and more acres of land can again mean
millions of dollars in unrecoverable
costs for dairy plants.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
For more information please visit www.ivarsoninc.com
New, lower limits for land-applying
wastewater are puzzling to cheesemakers. Wisconsin food and dairy processors
currently meet required groundwater
quality standards and are willing to
install even more monitoring wells to
address performance and regulatory
sampling requirements at their land-application sites. With consistent monitoring, the industry is able to demonstrate
that these soil-based treatment systems
meet groundwater quality standards
without new, restrictive limits.
In land application systems, soil and
cover crops naturally treat and reduce
dissolved solids found in wastewater.
Soil treatment requires considerably
less fossil fuel when compared to
man-made, bio-mechanical systems
promoted by the DNR. Wastewater
from food and dairy plants is generally
water used to clean equipment, wash
vegetables and cool products.
Nitrogen is treated and removed in
properly designed and operated soil
treatment systems through natural
soil nitrification and denitrification,
as well as uptake into crops. Systems
in operation that receive 300 pounds
to more than 1,000 pounds of nitrogen
per acre each year successfully treat and
remove nitrogen. Nitrogen loadings to
local aquifers from soil treatment systems are far less than those associated
with other land use activities including
farming and residential use.
Chloride concentrations in wastewater have, on average, been reduced
to less than 300 mg/l industry wide.
Typically, chloride concentrations are
further reduced by a factor of 5 to 10 or
more due to uptake by plants grown on
these soil treatment acres and by dilution from precipitation and groundwater. Chloride loadings to local aquifers
from soil treatment systems are far less
than those associated with road deicing
and conventional farming practices.
Cheesemakers and food processors are now in discussions with DNR
regarding these lower limits in land
application permits. These foodmakers
are asking DNR to provide scientific and
quantitative justification for annual
restrictions on wastewater volumes.
Decades of data from monitoring well
samples show that groundwater quality
is being maintained. New lower limits
appear arbitrary and burdensome.
Wisconsin’s manufacturers of vegetables, cheese and other foods are
as interested as any state citizen in
keeping Wisconsin groundwater pure.
These processors are willing to adhere
to groundwater standards and monitor
and consistently test their soil treatment systems. These new limits on
dissolved solids in wastewater haven’t
been justified by regulators.
In an era of explosive specialty
cheese growth, worldwide opportunities for export and crucial wrangling
over the future of dairy policy, cheesemakers should be planning for the
future, not mired in wash water. CMN
The views expressed by CMN’s guest
columnists are their own opinions
and do not necessarily reflect those of
Cheese Market News®.
USDA announces
decision to amend
Mideast FMMO
WASHINGTON — USDA recently announced a final decision to amend the
pool plant definition of the Mideast
federal milk marketing order.
USDA notes the decision is based
on testimony and evidence given at a
public hearing held in Cincinnati Oct.
4-5, 2011.
The decision amends the pool plant
definition to more adequately identify
the plants that service the fluid milk
needs of the marketing order. Specifically, the amendment will regulate fluid
milk plants physically located within
the Mideast marketing area that have
a Class I utilization of at least 30 percent and whose combined Class I route
disposition and transfers into federal
milk marketing areas is greater than
50 percent, USDA says.
The amendment originally was
proposed in a recommended decision
issued Feb. 24. The program received
only four comments, all in support of
the recommended decision. The amendment will be subject to a producer
referendum.
The final decision also was published
in the June 28 Federal Register.
For more information, contact Paul
Huber with USDA/AMS/Dairy Programs,
1325 Industrial Parkway North, Brunswick, OH 44212; call 330-225-4758; or
e-mail [email protected]. CMN
5
NEWS/BUSINESS
Mt. Sterling Co-op
celebrates its 100
year anniversary
MT. STERLING, Wis. — Mt. Sterling
Co-op Creamery, which crafts goat milk
cheeses and butter, will celebrate its
100-year anniversary this year by planning for a new addition and expanding
its artisan cheese line.
The member-owned and operated
cooperative with 16 patron dairy goat
farms was launched as the Southwestern Wisconsin Dairy Goat Products
Cooperative in 1976, but the cheese
factory dates back to 1912. Today, the Mt.
Sterling Co-op Creamery manufactures
a full line of raw goat milk Cheddars,
pasteurized Cheddars, Country Jack,
Mozzarella, Feta and whey cream butter.
It also specializes in an artisan line,
with its first cheese, Sterling Reserve,
winning national awards, including a
third place at the 2011 American Cheese
Society Competition. The company
plans to expand its artisan line with
a new cheese to be launched this fall.
“We are excited to celebrate this
milestone anniversary by preparing to
launch a new cheese later this year, and
planning a new addition to the plant that
will increase our efficiency in production,” says Patricia Lund, Mt. Sterling
Co-op Creamery marketing director.
Since its start, Mt. Sterling Co-op
Creamery has enjoyed a steady growth in
production and sales, with at least a 10
percent increase in sales each year during the past five years, Lund says. CMN
Prices plummet in
latest gDT auction
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — The
trade weighted index was down 5.9
percent Tuesday following declines in
average prices for all commodities in the
latest auction on globalDairyTrade, Fonterra’s internet-based sales platform.
The average prices for each commodity and percent change from the
previous auction are as follows:
• Anhydrous milkfat: US$2,745 per
metric ton FAS ($1.2451 per pound),
down 10.4 percent.
• Skim milk powder: US$2,599 per
down 9.8 percent.
• Rennet casein: US$6,443 per metric ton FAS ($2.9225 per pound), down
4.5 percent.
• Whole milk powder: US$2,760 per
down 4.1 percent.
• Milk protein concentrate: US$4,065
per metric ton FAS ($1.8439 per pound),
down 3.6 percent.
• Buttermilk powder: US$2,483 per
down 0.7 percent.
• Cheddar: US$3,060 per metric ton FAS
($1.3880 per pound), down 0.7 percent).
The next trading event will be
held July 17. For more information,
visit www.globalDairyTrade.info. CMN
Chinese dairy companies recall products due to contamination fears
BEIJING — Two of China’s major dairy
companies recently recalled products
after possible contamination was discovered. According to a June 28 report
from Xinhua, China’s government-run
news source, Shanghai-based Bright
Dairy & Food has recalled a batch of
its Ubest-brand milk products after an
investigation by the Shanghai Municipal
Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision revealed that the products may
have been contaminated with lye.
The investigation found that a
mechanical malfunction had caused
food-grade lye that was used to clean
pipes to leak into and contaminate a
production line at one of Bright Dairy’s
plants, according to the bureau. The
company says it has removed the milk
from retail shelves and tried to recover
the product that already had been sold.
Earlier in June, China’s General
Administration of Quality Supervision,
Inspection and Quarantine announced
that mercury was detected in several
batches of baby formula products at
one of China’s biggest dairy companies,
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial group
Co. The Inner Mongolia autonomous
region’s local consumer quality regulator also has reported “unusual” mercury
content in two batches of Yili baby
formulas and two samples of Yili whey
powder, Xinhua said in a June 14 article.
Yili is recalling the defective products,
which were produced between November 2011 and May 2012, and says it will
find the cause of the contamination and
properly handle all tainted products.
Xinhua reported June 15 that
China has released a five-year plan
to upgrade its food safety regulations,
which includes revamping outdated
standards, reviewing and discarding any
contradicting or overlapping standards.
According to the plan, 14 government
departments, including the Ministry
of Health, the Ministry of Science and
Technology and the Ministry of Agriculture, will coordinate to finish revamping
the existing standards by 2015. CMN
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NEWS/BUSINESS
National Dairy Council joins 2-year, $1.8 million effort to end hunger, promote healthy food
CHICAGO — The National Dairy
Council (NDC) recently announced an
alliance with the Academy of Nutrition
and Dietetics and Feeding America
in a 2-year, $1.8 million effort to help
eliminate hunger and promote healthy
food choices in the United States.
The three organizations have designed a program to raise awareness of
the overweight/undernourished paradox and increase the availability of
healthy foods to food-insecure people.
The program also is designed to
educate all stakeholders about strategies to reduce hunger and promote
healthy foods.
The partnership encompasses the
entire food system, from production to
distribution. All three organizations
have established in-roads into local
communities — farmers, schools and
food banks — and will join forces to
share resources, find new ways of food
procurement and work to impact the
way food-insecure people nourish
themselves.
“The work of the National Dairy
Council has focused on nutrition
research, education and communication for nearly a century to encourage
healthy eating patterns and lifestyles,”
says Jean Ragalie, president, NDC.
“Because there is often a gap between
the quantity of food that can be secured and the nutritional quality of
that food, many of our nation’s hungry
are also overweight.”
Ragalie notes that finding a solution to the problem will take everyone
working together.
“We hope this will raise awareness
of the issue and will educate leaders
and the public to integrate sound nutrition principles in feeding programs
and access to healthy foods,” she says.
This partnership signals an industry-wide effort to address the
intersection of nutrition and food
insecurity, says Vicki Escarra, CEO,
Feeding America.
“Our combined resources, research
and expertise will make changes at a
local level that will ultimately affect
the health of our nation,” Escarra says.
Ethan A. Bergman, president of the
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics,
notes the group is proud to support
initiatives that combat hunger and malnutrition, produce food security, promote
self-sufficiency, educate consumers and
health professionals, and are environmentally and economically sustainable.
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“The academy, our members and
all registered dietitians recognize
that hunger continues to be a worldwide problem of staggering proportions,” he says. “We look forward to
working with Feeding America and
NDC to develop workable strategies
that will end hunger and achieve food
security.”
Feeding America last month also
put out a series of public service announcements (PSAs) titled “Summer
Isn’t Fun When You Are Hungry.” The
PSAs draw attention to the statistic that
though more than 21 million children
receive free and reduced-price meals
during the school year, only 2 million
children access free meals from USDA’s
Summer Food Service Programs.
“When school is in session, lowincome students are assured at least
one healthy meal because of the school
lunch program; however, lack of access to those meals is condemning
our children to summer days that are
consumed with hunger, rather than
fun times where they can embark on
adventures that enrich and develop
their minds in countless ways,” Escarra says.
The PSAs leverage TV, radio
and outdoor advertisements in an
effort to direct families in need to
contact their local food bank for
help or visit FeedingAmerica.org/
SummerMeals to find more information on the program in their
area.
CMN
Dannon now using McCarty Family Farms
milk to produce yogurt at plant in Texas
REXFORD, Kan. — Milk produced at a
new McCarty Family Farms is now being
shipped to Fort Worth, Texas, by the Dannon Co. to produce yogurts under terms
of an exclusive multi-year agreement
reached between the companies last year.
The agreement made McCarty
Family Farm’s 500,000 pound-per-day
dairy the sole provider of fresh milk for
Dannon’s yogurt plant in Fort Worth. An
environmental sustainability initiative
of the collaboration led to construction
of a milk condensing facility at McCarty
Family Farms that is now operational.
The new condensing facility will reduce
the number of trucks needed to ship
milk by 75 percent and allows the farm
to reuse the water that is removed during
condensing of the milk. Approximately
39,000 gallons of water is reclaimed daily
from condensing milk.
“I applaud McCarty Family Farms and
Dannon for entering into a successful
partnership that benefits farmers, the
small businesses that support farmers,
consumers and the community as a
whole,” says Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback. “This partnership is a fabulous
example of how agriculture can create
good-paying rural jobs with the potential
to spur significant additional job creation
in the future.”
Since the partnership was initiated
in 2011, more than 50 jobs have been
created in rural Kansas, doubling the
size of McCarty Family Farms to more
than 100 employees.
Through the partnership, both McCarty Dairy and Dannon will reduce
the impact of milk pricing volatility and
create a closer relationship between
farmer and consumer, the companies say.
McCarty Family Farms is a fourthgeneration dairy located in western
Kansas. In 2000, in search of more land,
the McCarty family moved its dairy to
Rexford.
Since its relocation, the dairy has
grown from 800 cows to 7,200 cows and
three separate facilities in Rexford, Bird
City and Scott City, Kansas.
“The success story of the McCartys
is one we want to celebrate and hold
up while encouraging growth for all
of Kansas agriculture,” says Kansas
Secretary of Agriculture Dale Rodman.
“They are proof that Kansas is a great
place for the dairy business and that
agriculture breathes life into our rural
communities.”
CMN
Coca-Cola to distribute Fair Oaks milk shakes
CHICAGO — Coca-Cola Refreshments
will distribute Core Power High Energy
Milk Shakes, a workout recovery product produced and marketed by Fair
Oaks Farm Brands.
Originally marketed as Athletes
Honey Milk in Colorado and Texas,
the new Core Power line of products — with a ratio of 20 percent
whey and 80 percent casein — will
initially be made available in select markets, the companies say.
“Our unique cold filtration process which allows us to increase the
amounts of protein and calcium is a
true innovation in the dairy category,”
says Steve Jones, CEO of Fair Oaks
Farms Brands. “Core Power replen-
ishes strength and builds lean muscle
after a workout. It’s a perfect recovery
drink for everyone from the elite athlete to those just trying to keep fit.”
Fair Oaks Farms Brands, which is
owned by an independent group of 87
American family farmers, has developed five flavors of Core Power: honey,
chocolate, vanilla and strawberry
banana. All five drinks are lactose and
gluten free.
“This new brand is part of an
exciting category for consumers
and retailers that is still in the early
stage of its growth potential,” says
Deryck van Rensburg, president of
Coca-Cola North America Venturing
and Emerging Brands (VEB). CMN
7
NEWS/BUSINESS
National Dairy Council, General Mills will
award grants for school breakfast programs
Study finds use of private label products is
up, overall consumer satisfaction is down
ROSEMONT, Ill. — The National Dairy
Council has partnered with General
Mills Foodservice for the fourth consecutive year to offer $50,000 in Fuel
Up Breakfast Grants, which provide
nutritious breakfasts for children across
the nation.
Schools interested in developing
or expanding breakfast programs can
apply to receive up to $2,000 in funding through the program. Over the last
three years, the grant program has provided more than $260,000 in funds and
has significantly increased breakfast
participation in the classroom by offering nutritious choices such as yogurt
parfaits, fruit, whole grain cereals and
low-fat and fat-free yogurt.
“In this time of economic challenges
and time constraints, it is more impor-
CHICAGO — Consumer use of private
label food and beverage products
continues to rise despite consumer
satisfaction in the products dropping
in recent years, according to the NPD
Group.
A NPD food and beverage market
research report found that private
labels’ share of household servings was
27 percent in 2011, up from 18 percent
recorded in 2000. Since 2009, however,
consumer satisfaction in private labels
has dropped from 32 percent to 24
percent.
The increased usage of private label
foods and beverages may have been
more a result of the economy and higher
grocery prices than consumer desire
to purchase private label products,
NPD says. In 2009, 34 percent of adults
said they intended to purchase more
private label foods, but that percentage
has dropped to less than a quarter of
adults in 2012, according to the report.
The report examines why private
label servings may be up while intent
to purchase more private label is down
and finds, among the explanations,
that consumers’ store brand name
tant than ever to create an environment
that makes eating healthy and staying
active attainable within any type of
budget in any school district,” says
Jean Ragalie, president of the National
Dairy Council.
The Fuel Up Breakfast Grant is open
to schools within the United States
who participate in the National School
Breakfast Program and are enrolled in
the National Dairy Council “Fuel Up
to Play 60” program for the 2012-13
school year.
More information and applications
are available at http://school.fueluptoplay60.com/funds/introduction.php. Applications will be accepted through July
31. Applicants will be notified by Aug. 15
as to whether their school’s application
has been approved or declined. CMN
Sartori Cheese Co. named best cheese in
2012 Dairy Innovation Awards in Norway
OSLO, Norway — Sartori Cheese Co.,
Plymouth, Wis., received top cheese
at the 2012 Dairy Innovation Awards
recently hosted here.
Sartori’s Espresso BellaVitano was
the event’s Grand Champion Cheese,
selected as the best cheese in a global
competition encompassing entries from
25 countries. Sartori’s Limited Edition
Cognac BellaVitano also was named as
a finalist in the cheese competition.
“It is wonderful to see U.S. cheesemakers being recognized and winning
best of class awards in these very competitive and prestigious competitions,”
says Jeff Schwager president of Sartori.
“Wisconsin and U.S. cheese companies
are making some of the best cheese
in the world — and the experts are
acknowledging that fact with these
recent results.”
The 2012 Dairy Innovation Awards
were hosted in conjunction with the annual Global Dairy Congress, a gathering
of the world’s leaders in dairy trends
and development. The winners of the
Dairy Innovation Awards are judged
not just by the flavor profiles of their
products, but also by the uniqueness
and potentially revolutionary impact
the product could have on the industry.
Other winners of 2012 Dairy Innovation Awards include:
• Best butter or dairy spread:
Botergoud Roomboter voor Bakken
en Brade, FrieslandCampina, the
Netherlands. (Finalist: Arla Foods UK,
Lactofree Spreadable).
• Best ice cream or frozen yogurt:
Meiji Co. Ltd., Japan, Meiji Crispy’s.
(Finalists: Fivemiletown Creamery,
Northern Ireland, Strawberry & Bal-
samic Cheesecake; Gujarat Cooperative
Milk Marketing Federation Ltd., India,
Amul Flaavyo Frozen Yogurt; General
Mills, Minneapolis, Häagen-Dazs Secret
Sensations).
• Best functional dairy product:
Wimm- Bill- Dann, Russia, Imunele
for Men. (Finalists: Corporación Alimentaria Peñasanta, Spain, Naturcol;
Corporación Alimentaria Peñasanta
for Fibra, Tine SA, Norway, YT Mellommåltid Kesam; and AGV Products
Corp., Taiwan, Happy Ranch Bifidus
Boost Yogurt Shake with GOS).
• Best dairy drink: Meiji Co. Ltd.,
Japan, Meiji Colours of the Season Milk.
(Finalists: Madeta, Czech Republic,
Madeta Fitness Whey Drink; and AGV
Products Corp., Taiwan, Happy Ranch
Bifidus Boost Yogurt Shake with GOS).
• Best children’s dairy product:
Parag Milk Foods Ltd., India, Go Cheezooz.(Finalists: AGV Products Corp.,
Taiwan, Happy Ranch Super Mom
Healthy Milk; and Gujarat Cooperative
Milk Marketing Federation Ltd., India,
Amul Pro).
• Best dairy dessert: Maeil Dairies
Co. Ltd., South Korea, Pure. (Finalist:
Wimm-Bill-Dann, Russia, Chudo Collection).
• Best yogurt: Bright Dairy & Food
Co., China, Mosili’an Ambient Yogurt.
(Finalists: Tims Dairy Ltd., United
Kingdom, Tims Greek Style Yogurt
with Honey; and Nanyang Polytechnic,
Singapore, Peach Osmanthus Yogurt
Cake).
• Best newcomer dairy brand of
dairy business: Savera Dairy, Arla Foods
UK. (Finalist: Bridgehead Food Partners,
United Kingdom, Chunky Cheese). CMN
awareness and identification remain
quite low— 25 percent of shoppers
are unable to identify the top selling
store brand as a store brand.
The report also found that consumers’ loyalty to private label is still strongest in categories that are mostly used
as ingredients. Flour and butter top the
list of private label-loyal categories. On
the flip side, categories where there is
a stronger loyalty for name brands are
very likely to display the brand to the
user, including frozen dinners / entrees,
yogurt and soft drinks.
“The question is if food inflation
declines and at the same time the
economy improves, will consumers
return to the name brands they know
and trust,” says Darren Seifer, NPD
food and beverage industry analyst
and author of the report. “This could
become a reality if retailers don’t
respond to declining satisfaction
and if name brand manufacturers
continue to aggressively build loyalty.
On the flip side, name brands need
to be aware that private label usage
continues to increase and the quality
perception is improving.”
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Dykshorn, Kenealy receive Ralph Keeling Leadership Award from Iowa State Dairy Association
ANKENY, Iowa — The Iowa State
Dairy Association (ISDA) has
named Wayne Dykshorn, a dairy
farmer from Ireton, Iowa, and Dr.
M. Douglas Kenealy, Iowa State University professor of animal science,
the recipients of the 2012 Ralph
Keeling Leadership Award.
Dykshorn grew up in rural Sioux
County and began working for his
father on the family dairy farm in
1963. When the dairy parlor burned
down in 1964, Wayne rebuilt it and
soon after, his father sold him half
interest in the farm. Dykshorn
worked to expand his dairy herd
and it now numbers 500 milking
and dry cows and the same number
of heifers. His sons, Paul and Alan,
now continue to manage the dairy,
becoming the fourth generation on
the family’s farm.
Dykshorn served for nearly 30
years on the Mid-Am/Dairy Farmers
of America (DFA) board of directors and several years on the ISDA
board of directors, serving as president for four years. Dykshorn and
his family were honored as Members of Distinction at the 2011 DFA
annual meeting.
Kenealy received a bachelor’s
degree in dairy science and a doctorate degree in animal nutrition
and physiology from Iowa State
University (ISU). In 1975, Kenealy
was hired by the Animal Science
Department at ISU to advise undergraduates in dairy science and
teach animal nutrition and introductory animal science.
Over the past 37 years, Kenealy
taught or advised more than 15,000
students. He taught two to four
courses per semester and served as
academic advisor to between 50 and
90 undergraduates. He was sought
out for co-curricular advising to numerous clubs and events, including
Ag Council, Block and Bridle Club
and 36 years as the advisor to the
Dairy Science Club.
Kenealy was named Professorin-Charge of Dairy Science and
Section Leader for Animal Science
Teaching; through these positions
he served not only as teacher and
advisor to students and student organizations, but also as a mentor to
young teaching faculty.
Kenealy has served the dairy
industry as a board member of the
ISDA, Midwest Dairy, District 6 of
Swiss Valley Cooperative and the
former Dairy Advisory Committee of
the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation.
He was selected as a Fellow of the
American Dairy Science Association in 2005.
The Ralph Keeling Leader-
ship Award is given in honor of
the late Ralph Keeling. Keeling
operated a successful dairy farm
and business, devoting much of
his time and talents to help the
progress of Iowa’s dairy industry.
Since 1967, this award has been
presented annually to outstanding individuals in various fields of
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George Hutson retires from Filtration Engineering after decorated career in dairy industry
By Aaron Martin
CHAMPLIN, Minn. — George Hutson,
who has served as president of Filtration Engineering since he founded the
corporation in 1982, has retired after a
decorated career in the dairy industry
that spanned more than four decades.
Todd Hutson, George’s son, became
president July 1.
George Hutson’s career in the dairy
industry began in 1969 in the sales
department of Haskon, a manufacturer
of filling machines for milk cartons. In
1976, the company acquired General
Dairy Equipment, which sold membrane
processing equipment, and Hutson
joined that company, progressing from
sales manager to general manager
before the company was sold in 1982.
A short time later, Hutson used his
experience with membrane processing
to found Filtration Engineering.
“Initially we just did consulting, but
we started to build equipment by 1985 or
’86,” Hutson says. “In 1988 we developed
Ultra Osmosis Membrane applications,
which is now known as nanofiltration.
The first one was installed at a dairy
in Winstad, Minn., for demineralizing
salt whey.”
Filtration Engineering didn’t stop innovating there. The company went on to
develop the first Ultra Filtration system
with continuous volume processing and
the first 18-inch diameter membrane
reverse osmosis systems.
Dr. Gonca Pasin
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executive director
of CDRF by board
DAVIS, Calif. — Dr. Gonca Pasin has
been appointed executive director of
the California Dairy Research Foundation (CDRF) by its board of directors.
She served as interim executive director following the retirement of Dr. Joe
O’Donnell in December.
“I am privileged to have this opportunity and recognize the great responsibility managing California dairy farmers’
check-off dollars presents,” says Pasin.
Pasin has worked as an advisor to
the dairy industry, including as strategic coordinator of the International
Milk Genomics Consortium. She also
has experience providing proprietary
consulting services that integrate
research and strategic analysis to a
variety of clients.
Pasin’s previous affiliations include
senior scientific researcher at the
National Institute for Dairy Research,
Reading, England; professor in the
department of food engineering at
Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey;
Fulbright Scholar and visiting professor in the Department of Food Science
and Technology at the University of
California-Davis; and president of the
Pasin Business Consulting Group. CMN
For his contributions to the dairy industry, Hutson has received the Award of
Merit from the American Dairy Products
Institute (ADPI) and the United States
President’s “E” Award for excellence
in importing and exporting, and he’s
also been recognized by the Wisconsin
Cheese Makers Association (WCMA).
Throughout his career, Hutson has
seen the landscape of the dairy industry
change domestically and abroad.
“It’s changed from local and regional
dairies that would process and sell in
a state or a few states to large, global
processing companies now that sell
worldwide,” he says. “I believe that it’s
going to continue. The industry is go-
ing to continue to consolidate and get
bigger. It’s not going to stop, because
milk protein consumption is increasing
in developing countries.”
Hutson says his son Todd Hutson is
well-positioned to lead the company
into the future. Since joining Filtration
Engineering in 1989, he has worked
as salesman, sales manager and most
recently as vice president of sales and
marketing.
Looking forward, Todd Hutson says
Filtration Engineering has great opportunities to continue its long legacy
of innovation in the dairy industry.
“As the world dairy market grows,
the opportunities are ever expanding,”
Todd Hutson says. “There will be more
new plants, and we’ll have more opportunities to sell new equipment because
of our position in the marketplace. We
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other (companies) don’t.”
Todd Hutson adds that, “Automation
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As for George, he says that he doesn’t
have any specific plans for retirement.
“I’ll be taking it easy, traveling
around the world and seeing a lot of the
friends I’ve made in the dairy industry
over the years,” he says.
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New sustainability resources deliver economic, environmental wins for dairy industry
ROSEMONT, Ill. — Since its launch
of the U.S. Dairy Sustainability Commitment in 2008, the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy has worked to unite
the dairy value chain in a collective
effort to measure and improve the
environmental, social and economic
sustainability of the industry.
Using a research-based approach,
the Innovation Center is establishing
benchmark measures of industry-level
dairy sustainability, while putting
tools in the hands of decision-makers
to drive innovation at the individual
businesses.
In celebration of Earth Day, the
Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy announced three resources available to
the industry, its partners and consumers that will help the dairy value chain
measure, improve and communicate
about sustainability.
Two web resources — Dairy Plant
Smart and Dairy Fleet Smart — have
been released. Dairy Plant Smart enables fluid milk processing plants to
evaluate overall energy use — including production, transport, refrigerant
losses and packaging — to identify
opportunities to conserve energy use.
In addition to reducing Green House
Gas (GHG) emissions and lowering
utility bills, energy efficient practices can help milk processing plants
improve system reliability, prevent
maintenance and shutdown costs,
increase productivity and introduce
new revenue streams.
Dairy Fleet Smart helps transportation managers identify ways to
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production facility to storage or retail
by completing a 360-degree evaluation
of fuel used. Adopting fuel-efficient
best practices can save trucking companies a substantial amount in fuel
costs, while also reducing emissions.
The Dairy Plant Smart and Dairy
Fleet Smart tools feature case studies
highlighting proven best practices and
the associated cost and energy savings. The respective calculator tools
also allow dairy plants and transport
fleets to benchmark their energy efficiency performance against the U.S.
average to identify areas for greatest
improvement. As part of the U.S. Dairy
Sustainability Commitment, Dairy
Plant Smart and Dairy Fleet Smart
aim to help the industry achieve a
combined reduction of 705,457 metric
tons of emissions and $108 million in
annual business savings toward the
voluntary industrywide reductions
goals.
“Resources like Dairy Plant Smart,
Dairy Fleet Smart and the 2011 U.S.
Dairy Sustainability Report provide
verified information, common measures and best practices to help producers, processors, manufacturers,
transporters and brands improve their
economic, social and environmental
sustainability,” says Jed Davis, director of sustainability at Cabot Creamery
Cooperative.
In addition to these new resources,
usdairy.com/sustainability provides
access to more decision-making tools
like the Save Energy resource, which
connects dairy farmers with financial
assistance opportunities for farm energy audits and equipment upgrades.
The recently-released Innovation
Center 2011 U.S. Dairy Sustainability
Report serves as a comprehensive
resource on dairy sustainability. The
2011 report expands beyond the GHG
emissions and fluid milk focus of the
2010 report to include broader discussion on the environmental, social
and economic aspects of U.S. dairy.
Highlights of the 2011 industrywide
efforts include:
• Engaging more than 830 stakeholders who invested approximately
6,700 working days, valued at more
than $6.2 million, to support dairy
sustainability efforts throughout the
year.
• Launching a new industrywide
initiative to establish the Sustainability Measurement and Reporting
Framework for U.S. Dairy.
• Partnering with stakeholders
in the inaugural U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards program, which
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National Milk Mustache campaign names
25 scholar athletes for 2012 promotion
WASHINGTON — The National
Milk Mustache “got milk?” campaign and USA Today have announced the winners of the 2012
Scholar Athlete Milk Mustache of
the Year (SAMMY) awards.
SAMMY awards scholarships to 25
high school senior student athletes
who excel in academics, athletics,
community service and consume
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school seniors applied.
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also will attend a weekend of events
in Disney World with their families,
including an awards ceremony hosted
by Milk Mustache with celebrity
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Torres, Andy Roddick, Tony Hawk and
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Zaborsky, marketing director, National Milk Mustache “got milk?”
campaign. “They also serve as role
models for drinking milk — especially at breakfast. Milk is a natural
source of high-quality protein, which
helps keep you full in the morning, so
you’ll stay on track with your healthy
eating plan throughout the day.
SAMMY winners understand it’s just
not breakfast without milk.” CMN
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Obituary
Daphne Zepos
SAN FRANCISCO — Daphne Zepos,
who founded Essex Street Cheese Co.,
co-owned The Cheese School of San
Francisco and was regarded by her peers
as a dynamic and outspoken advocate for
cheese, died July 3 of cancer. She was 52.
Zepos grew up in Europe the daughter
of a Greek diplomat. She studied at the
University of Kent in Canterbury, England,
and at the Architectural Association in
London before moving to New York to
study at Peter Kump’s New York Cooking
School in 1986. She married her husband
Brad Brown in 1994.
Over the years, Zepos became a cheese
importer, educator and writer. From 20022005, she played a lead role in selecting
and maturing more than 300 cheeses in
Artisanal Premium Cheese Center’s affiniage cheese caves, assembling many cheese
collections, establishing Artisanal’s
Affiniage Internship Program and, with
Max MacCalman, creating and teaching
Artisanal’s Cheese Master Class program.
In 2006, she founded the Essex Street
Cheese Co., which imports a small selection of hand-selected cheeses from
Europe. With her business partner Kiri
Fisher, Zepos and her husband purchased
The Cheese School of San Francisco in
2011. It is the only independent institution
in the United States dedicated to helping
people maximize their enjoyment and
appreciation of cheese through education
and tasting events.
The American Cheese Society (ACS)
recently named Zepos the recipient of its
2012 Lifetime Achievement Award. The
award is presented to an individual who
has earned the respect and admiration
of his or her colleagues in the cheese
industry.
In his letter of nomination for the
award, Ari Weinzweig, co-founder and
CEO of Zingerman’s Community of Businesses, noted that, “Daphne’s work to
educate retailers, chefs, cheese mongers and cheesemakers has contributed
enormously to a huge improvement in
the quality of the cheese on counters
across the country. Her passion, the
poetry of her cheese descriptions, her
never-ending drive for better flavor,
for teaching people what makes good
cheese good, and for making alreadygood cheese even better is truly unrivaled.”
Zepos is a former ACS board member, former chairperson of the annual
ACS Judging & Competition, and a cofounder of the Cheese of Choice Coalition, an advocacy group dedicated to
the preservation of raw milk and small
production cheeses.
Donations can be made to support education for cheese professionals through the American Cheese
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Suite 570, Denver, CO 80222, or by
calling 720-328-2788 ext. 300. CMN
Twelve appointed to National Dairy Promotion and Research Board
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced
the appointment of 12 members to
the National Dairy Promotion and
Research Board. The appointees’
terms will begin immediately and
end in October 2014.
“These appointees represent a
cross section of the dairy industry and
I am confident that the industry will
be well served by them,” says Vilsack.
Newly appointed members are:
Kima Simonson, Washington (Region
1); Lynda Foster, Kansas (Region 4);
John Howerton, Arkansas (Region
4); Amber Horn-Leiterman, Wisconsin (Region 6); Larry Shover, Iowa
(Region 7); Julie Veldhuis Lund,
Idaho (Region 8); Urban Mescher,
Ohio (Region 9); Celeste Deaderick
Blackburn, Tennessee (Region 10);
and Harold Howrigan, Jr., Vermont
(Region 12).
Reappointed to serve second
terms are: Ronald Shelton, Colorado
(Region 3); Kenton Holle, North
Dakota (Region 5); and Sharon Laubscher, Wisconsin (Region 6).
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under the Dairy Production Stabi-
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administer a coordinated program
of promotion, research and nutrition education. The 38-member
Dairy Board is authorized to design
programs to strengthen the dairy
industry’s position in domestic and
foreign markets. The program is
financed by a mandatory 15-cent
per hundredweight assessment on
all milk marketed commercially
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U.S. Department of Agriculture finds healthy foods are cheaper than less healthy foods
WASHINGTON — Healthy foods
are less expensive than unhealthy
foods when compared in a number of
price metrics in a study conducted by
USDA’s Economic Research Service
(ERS).
The study compares the prices of
healthy and less healthy foods using
three price metrics: price per calorie,
per edible gram and price per average
portion, and calculates the daily cost
of meeting food group recommendations listed on the website www.
choosemyplate.gov.
While a common perception is
that diets consistent with the recommendations are not affordable, USDA
attributes that perception to studies
that found many healthy foods cost
more per calorie than less healthy
foods. However, previous studies have
lacked a clear definition of healthy
foods, which are defined in USDA’s
report as food items that contain an
amount of a food in at least one of
the major food groups (vegetables,
fruits, grains, dairy and protein foods)
equal to at least half the portion size
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
2010 uses for measuring the nutrients
in that food and contain only moderate amounts of saturated fats, added
sugars and sodium.
The USDA report found that when
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protein, fruits and vegetables. A category was added for unhealthy foods,
including products high in sugar,
sodium and/or saturated fat such as
cookies, candy, desserts, granola bars
and many ready-to-eat cereals.
When using weight and portion
size as the guide, many healthy
foods were not any more costly than
unhealthy ones, says Andrea Carlson,
an economist and co-author of the
report.
She says one of the best ways to
think of food costs is to consider portion size: “How much do you have to
pay to put something on your plate?”
Overall, researchers found when
considering portion size, the ranking
from least to most expensive is: grains,
dairy, vegetables, fruit, protein and
less healthy foods. Protein and less
healthy foods are very close in cost.
When trying to eat a healthy diet
based on the government’s dietary
guidelines, protein and vegetables are
the most expensive recommendations
to meet, followed by fruit, she says.
One of the reasons: The vegetable
recommendation has high amounts,
about 2½ cups for someone eating
a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet, and so it
takes a lot of food to meet that goal,
Carlson says.
The study authors estimated the
cost for 4,439 food items by the price
per calorie, per edible gram, and per
average portion consumed and drew
from three data sets: the National
Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey (NHANES) to estimate the
types and quantities of foods consumed, the USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP)
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Fonterra agrees to
acquire Russian
owned dairy plant
in New Zealand
AUCKLAND, New Zealand —
Fonterra recently confirmed it has
entered into a conditional agreement
to acquire the milk processing assets of the New Zealand Dairies Ltd.
(NZDL) group in South Canterbury,
New Zealand. The acquisition is subject to clearance by the Commerce
Commission.
The Russian-owned dairy factory
was placed into receivership May 17,
and the receivers called for bids to
buy the business and assets of NZDL
soon after. As part of the agreement,
NZDL’s existing suppliers have been
offered the opportunity to supply Fonterra on contracts, which will enable
them to become Fonterra fully share
backed after the 2012/2013 season
and require them to be shareholders
within six years.
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Report looks at raw
milk cheesemaking
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A new
report, “Factors influencing staphylococcal enterotoxin production in dairy
products,” recently was prepared for
New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary
Industries by researchers Susan Paulin,
Beverly Horn and John Andrew Hudson.
The report was published following
recent regulatory changes that have
opened the way for domestic production
of raw milk cheeses in Australia and
New Zealand. (See “Proposal to allow
raw milk cheese sales in Australia is
approved” in the May 18, 2012, issue
of Cheese Market News.)
The report’s objective is to identify conditions and physico-chemical
parameters during the raw milk cheesemaking process that may influence
growth of Staphylococcus aureus
bacteria.
According to the report, the initial
stages of cheese production involve
the incubation of raw milk at warm
temperatures for varying periods such
that S. aureus can start to grow. While
the pH of raw milk will allow this growth,
the growth of competing bacteria will
reduce the milk pH, and in time the pH
may decrease to the point where S. aureus cannot grow. The report notes that
there may also be other mechanisms
by which the starter culture is able to
inhibit or slow the growth of S. aureus,
though some of these mechanisms are
poorly defined.
If enterotoxigenic S. aureus grow to
or are initially present in a sufficiently
high concentration, they may be able to
produce enterotoxin in the curd/cheese.
The report says further treatment of the
cheese may reduce the concentration of
viable cells, but the enterotoxin is likely
to remain and may cause illness in consumers. There is little specific literature
that addresses the contribution of raw
milk cheeses to disease attributable to
enterotoxigenic S. aureus, but outbreak
data suggest that such disease may be
more prevalent in countries such as
France, where raw milk cheeses are
readily available, than in countries
where cheese mostly is produced from
pasteurized milk.
For raw milk cheeses to be produced
safely with respect to enterotoxigenic
S. aureus,the period for which growth
and enterotoxin production can occur
should be minimized, the report says.
The authors note that the most significant factor in cheesemaking that will
slow and/or prevent growth of S. aureus
is the activity of the starter culture.
They also note there is some evidence
that the presence of background flora
(non-starter bacteria) also may influence growth rate and enterotoxin, and
therefore it is possible that growth and
enterotoxin production in pasteurized
milk will be faster than in raw milk which
contains a significant competing flora.
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Study: Protein blend is best way to build muscle after exercising
SAN DIEGO — A new study found that
consuming a protein blend containing soy,
whey and casein may be the best way for
a person to boost their anabolic window,
which is the period of time after exercise
in which muscle is built.
“This study confirms that consuming a
blend of proteins (soy, whey and casein) vs.
whey protein alone provides a prolonged
delivery of amino acids to the muscles,
making it optimal for consumption following resistance exercise,” says Dr. Blake
Rasmussen, professor and interim chair
of the department of nutrition & metabolism at the University of Texas Medical
Branch and lead author of the study.
“The results of this study are critical for
sports nutrition consumers and regularly
active individuals.”
The protein blend used in the study
consisted of 25 percent isolated soy protein, 25 percent isolated whey protein and
50 percent casein. Soy, whey and casein
proteins are all absorbed at different
rates during digestion. Whey protein is
referred to as a “fast” protein because
it is rapidly absorbed whereas casein, a
“slow” protein, requires several hours to
be digested. The ability of soy protein to
deliver amino acids is “intermediate,”
meaning concentrations in blood peak
somewhat later compared to whey, but
its digestion rate is much quicker than
casein. Hence, the effect of all three
of these proteins combined appears to
provide the extended release of amino
acid delivery to the muscles.
“Your muscles don’t recover in 30
minutes. It takes at least 24-48 hours for
your muscles to recover after resistance
exercise,” says Greg Paul, global marketing director for sports nutrition and weight
management, Solae. “This study showed
that protein blends can provide amino
acid delivery for up to five hours, meaning if you consume a product or protein
shake with these blends, the prolonged
effect will deliver essential amino acids to
feed your muscles until your next meal.”
This was a double-blind, randomized clinical trial in 19 young
adults before and after ingestion of
19 grams of protein from the blend
or 17.5 grams of whey protein. CMN
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Tours on tap for Wisconsin Original Cheese Festival Nov. 9-10
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Cheese
Originals has announced the line-up
of dairy farm and creamery tours for
its fourth annual Wisconsin Original
Cheese Festival to be held here at the
Monona Terrace Nov. 9-10.
Each tour will be held Nov. 9 at a
cost of $115 and is limited to 20 people.
Tickets for all events go on sale in
September and sell out early, so attendees are encouraged to make plans
to attend early.
This year’s tour lineup includes:
• Driftless Cheeses of Wisconsin
Tour: With its sweet soils and limestonefiltered water, southwest Wisconsin has
been dubbed a dairy paradise. The tour
starts at Uplands Cheese in Dodgeville,
where cheesemaker Andy Hatch crafts
Pleasant Ridge Reserve. The tour continues at Cedar Grove Cheese in Plain
where Bob Wills has become known as
Wisconsin’s chief incubator of up-andcoming cheesemakers. After lunch at
the General Store in Spring Green,
travel to Dreamfarm in Cross Plains to
meet cheesemaker Diana Murphy and
taste her farmstead goat’s milk cheeses.
• Green County Cheese & Beer Experience: Travel to Green County, home
to more than a dozen cheese plants in a
585-square mile area. The first stop is a
tour and tasting with cheesemaker Myron Olson at Chalet Cheese Cooperative,
home to world champion Baby Swiss and
the only cheese factory in North America
still making Limburger. The next stop is
Minhas Brewery in downtown Monroe,
for a tasting of its craft beers. Lunch will
be at Baumgartner’s, a historic tavern.
The trip continues in the afternoon at
Emmi Roth USA in Monroe with a tour of
the company’s aging rooms and cheese
tasting in its culinary center.
• Wisconsin Farmstead Dairy
Backstage Pass: This tour provides
a look at two of the best farmstead
creameries in the state. Start with
cheesemaker George Crave at Crave
Brothers Farmstead Cheese in Waterloo
with a tour of the cheese factory, followed by a farm tour and opportunity
to get up-close-and-personal with farm
cows and calves. Afterward, a cheese
tasting and lunch will be held in the
Craves’ new on-farm culinary center.
Next stop will be Sassy Cow Creamery
in Columbus for a dairy plant tour of
milk bottling and ice cream making
with owner James Baerwolf and a tour
of the Baerwolf dairy farm. The day
will end with a private cheese tasting
at Fromagination in Madison, where
a half dozen of Wisconsin’s farmstead
cheeses will be sampled.
Also scheduled for the festival is the
Meet the Cheesemaker Gala with 40
Wisconsin cheesemakers on hand along
with samples of 150 original cheeses.
Tickets cost $29.
This year attendees can purchase
an all-inclusive Saturday pass providing
VIP access to a full day of tasting and
talking about Wisconsin artisan cheese.
The pass includes a morning keynote
address by Ari Weinzweig, author, owner
and co-founder of Zingerman’s Community of Businesses. Also included is
a lunch in the Grand Terrace, and two
afternoon tasting seminars, including
one pairing session. Tickets cost $85.
Also featured will be Saturday Night
Artisan Cheesemaker Dinners held at
one of 12 participating Madison Originals restaurants. Chefs will partner with
a local cheesemaker and host a threecourse dinner. Tickets cost $75.
Tickets for the Nov. 9-10 events go on
sale to members of Wisconsin Cheese
Originals Sept. 17, with remaining
tickets available to the public Sept. 24.
Visit www.wicheesefest.com to register
or learn more.
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Wisconsin Farm
Bureau Foundation
to hold annual golf
outing Sept. 10
COTTAGE GROVE, Wis. — The 15th
annual Wisconsin Ag Open hosted by
the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation will be held here Sept. 10 at the
Oaks Golf Course.
All proceeds from the event
will benefit education and leadership programs such as Ag in the
Classroom, 4-H, FFA, Farm Bureau
Institute, Leadership Wisconsin and
Young Farmer and Agriculturist.
The Wisconsin Ag Open begins
with a shotgun start at 10:30 a.m.
An awards program, appetizers and
prizes will follow the game. Registration is $100 and includes 18 holes
of golf with cart rental, lunch, appetizers, contests and door prizes.
Sponsorships also are available,
ranging from $50 to $2,000.
The registration deadline is
Aug. 10. Register by contacting
Darlene Arneson at darneson@
wfbf.com, 608-828-5719, or download a registration form at www.
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FireFly Farms benefits from investment fund
that supports sustainable, local agriculture
Survey finds vanilla is most popular ice
cream; frozen yogurt surges in popularity
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Community
Capital Management Inc., on behalf of its
flagship fund, the CRA Qualified Investment
Fund CRA Shares, recently invested $4.1
million in a Small Business Administration
(SBA) pool that includes a loan to FireFly
Farms, a producer of cheese in Accident,
Md., that uses agriculturally sustainable,
locally-sourced fresh goat’s milk and traditional methods of goat cheesemaking.
“FireFly Farms is a great example
of how the CRA Qualified Investment
Fund, through its purchase of this SBA
pool, is helping finance sustainable small
businesses to help create jobs, provide
access to capital and increase the supply
of locally-sourced food,” says senior portfolio manager Barbara VanScoy. “We are
committed to helping expand the scope
of traditional community development
as it continues to evolve by investing in
bonds that finance a variety of initiatives
WASHINGTON — Vanilla is the most
popular ice cream flavor, premium ice
cream is the best-selling type of ice
cream and frozen yogurt is surging in
popularity among Americans, according
to an International Ice Cream Association (IICA) survey.
Of the ice cream and frozen novelty
companies participating in the survey,
92 percent said that vanilla is the most
popular flavor among their consumers.
Chocolate chip mint and cookies-andcream ice cream tied for second place.
Nearly 70 percent of respondents
cited premium ice cream as the most
popular product, while 10 percent said
that novelties — separately packaged
single servings of a frozen dessert — are
most popular.
While survey participants noted a
strong demand for premium ice cream
and novelties, 52 percent said they are
seeing increased demand for frozen
yogurt. Nearly 15 percent of responders
said they are also seeing an increased
demand for no-sugar-added ice cream.
When asked about inclusions, which
are ingredients added to ice cream, the
majority of companies surveyed said that
from healthy communities to sustainable
agriculture to ecosystem restoration.”
The loan to FireFly Farms was authorized under the SBA’s 7(a) Loan Guaranty
Program, which was established to serve
small business borrowers that cannot
otherwise obtain private sector financing
under suitable terms and conditions.
FireFly Farms also is located in a
moderate-income census tract and a
“Historically Underutilized Business Zone”
(HUBZone). The HUBZone program helps
small businesses in urban and rural communities gain preferential access to federal
procurement opportunities.
Community Capital Management says
its primary goal is to produce above-average, risk-adjusted returns while providing
added diversification and simultaneously
having a positive impact on the community
and environment. For more information,
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Fonterra opens innovation center in China
SHANGHAI, China — Fonterra recently announced the opening of a new
innovation center in Shanghai, China,
as part of the cooperative’s strategy to
help fill China’s fast-growing demand
for top quality dairy nutrition.
“Demand for dairy nutrition is expected to double by 2020 and the way people
consume dairy will change,” says Theo
Spierings, Fonterra CEO. “The opening
of the state-of-the-art Shanghai Innovation Centre will help us build and grow
beyond our current product offerings and
better meet the needs of local Chinese
consumers and customers.”
In particular, Spierings says, the center
will focus on developing unique products
and formats that tap into growing dairy
consumption trends in China by leverag-
ing Fonterra’s dairy protein research and
development capacity in New Zealand.
“As incomes rise across China, people
are looking for nutrition that supports the
health of their families, particularly young
children, and dairy is one of the most nutritious foods there is,” he says. “People’s lives
are also becoming busier, which means
they are often looking for dairy products
that they can eat on the go or use to make
quick, easy and nutritious meals.”
The new Shanghai Innovation Centre also will allow Fonterra to work
more closely with major customers in
the foodservice industry, carrying out
a number of product training courses,
helping to deepen customers’ technical knowledge and develop innovative
recipes to meet consumers’ needs. CMN
pecans are the most popular nut, and
strawberries are the most popular fruit
added to their frozen products. Sixty
percent of the participating companies
named pecans most popular, and 32
percent cited peanuts as most popular
with their consumers. More than threequarters of respondents named strawberries as the top fruit, while 12 percent said
cherry and another 12 percent named
raspberries as the favorite fruit inclusion.
Among novelties, the ice cream sandwich is most widely made; 91 percent
of participating companies make and
market ice cream sandwiches. Nearly
75 percent of the companies responding
offer an ice cream cone novelty. Bars,
sticks and mini-cups are also popular
products, according to the survey.
Approximately 1.53 billion gallons of
ice cream and related frozen desserts
were produced in the United States in
2011. The ice cream industry generated total revenues of $10 billion in
2010 in the United States. Take-home
ice cream sales represented the largest section of the market, generating
revenues of $6.8 billion or 67.7 percent
of the market’s overall value. CMN
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Study: Dairy products may help prevent mental decline, offer irreplaceable health benefits
By Aaron Martin
MADISON, Wis. — Milk consumption
has long been regarded as an effective way to receive essential nutrients
and improve cardiovascular and bone
health. However, recent studies have
found that dairy products also may
improve overall brain function and offer
other health benefits.
Drinking just one glass of milk a day
had a substantial impact on overall
brain function in a five-year study of
more than 900 men and women that
was conducted by researchers at the
University of Maine and University of
South Australia.
The dietary research segment of the
Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study was
led by Georgina Crichton, a doctoral
student in nutrition and psychology at
the University of South Australia, in
collaboration with University of Maine
psychologist/epidemiologist Merrill
Elias, and psychologists Michael Robbins and Gregory Dore.
The study’s 972 participants, ranging from age 23-98, were screened for
stroke, dementia and kidney disease
before participating in eight brain
tests, including visual-spatial, working memory and verbal memory tests.
Researchers concurrently measured
the participants’ dairy consumption
and found that adults of all ages
with higher intakes of milk and dairy
products scored significantly higher
on memory and other brain function
tests than those who consumed little
or none, according to a study summary
published in the International Dairy
Journal in January.
The study found that milk drinkers
were five times less likely to fail the
tests than non-milk drinkers.
Researchers concluded that nutrients in milk may have a direct effect
on brain function and that easily
implemented lifestyle changes — such
as higher dairy consumption — may
have potential to slow, or even prevent,
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neuropsychological dysfunction.
“The reality is that dairy has many
benefits in those who are not restricted
from consumption for health reasons,”
Elias says. “We have learned in recent
years that components of dairy —
calcium, whey protein, vitamin D and
magnesium — may play a role in reducing levels of obesity, diabetes and
hypertension. Now we know that eating
dairy also is positively associated with
cognitive functioning.”
More than a third of study participants reported consuming milk products daily, and more than half reported
consuming dairy two to six times a
week. Cheese was the most popular
dairy product among participants, and
nearly a third of participants reported
drinking milk each day.
Gregory Miller, president of the Dairy
Research Institute and executive vice
president of the National Dairy Council,
says the study’s findings are interesting.
“It’s an interesting conclusion, in
particular, the linear response between
increased consumption of dairy foods
and higher scores on cognitive tests
they were doing at each level,” he says.
“People at the higher end of consumption tested the highest.”
Subjects who reported consuming
more than one serving of milk or dairy
products daily scored the highest in all
mental tests compared to those with
lower or more infrequent milk intake,
the researchers found.
Miller says that since nutrients in
dairy products were already known to
perpetuate a host of health benefits
— including improved blood pressure,
cardiovascular health and metabolic
health — it’s not surprising that consumption of dairy products also could
have neurophysical benefits.
Still, more studies need to be conducted to support the study’s findings.
“All the studies that have been done
to date are observational studies,” Miller
says. “They’re very interesting, but
they’re not cause-and-effect studies,
they’re not clinical.”
Researchers in the Maine-Syracuse
Longitudinal Study also acknowledge
that while consistency in the results is
promising, more research needs to be
conducted.
“In this study, frequent dairy food
intake was associated with better cognitive performance,” says Crichton. “(But)
measurement of dairy food consumption
needs to be specific in terms of type, fat
content and quantity of intake.”
Researchers also note other limitations of the study. They were unable
to determine the specific number of
times subjects consumed dairy foods
beyond “once a day.” Participants also
were asked “how often do you eat the
following foods,” but not questioned as
to portion or serving size.
“This undoubtedly limits the accuracy of the estimated intakes of all foods
and beverages as quantities are likely to
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NEWS/BUSINESS
New research from Sweden suggests eating lowfat dairy foods may reduce risk of stroke
DALLAS — Swedish research found
that participants of a 10-year study who
consumed lowfat dairy products were at
a lower risk of stroke than participants
who consumed full-fat dairy products,
according to a summary of the study
published in the American Heart Association’s journal.
Among 74,961 study participants
ranging from age 45-83, those who ate
lowfat dairy foods had a 12 percent lower
risk of stroke and a 13 percent lower
risk of ischemic stroke than those who
ate high-fat dairy foods.
Participants who were screened
for heart disease, stroke and cancer
completed a 96-item food and beverage questionnaire to determine dietary
habits. Food and drink consumption
frequency was divided into eight categories, ranging from never to four
servings per day.
“This is the largest study to date
to examine the association between
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calcium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium and zinc,” researchers wrote
in a study summary published in the
journal Nutrition Research.
Removing a dairy serving or completely eliminating dairy foods from
the diet would have significant consequences for those who already have
inadequate nutrient intakes. Non-dairy
calcium replacement foods would not
fill those nutrient gaps, the study found.
The data was collected through
the U.S. National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey, which recorded nutrient intake data for 16,822 individuals
older than two over a three-year span.
The data showed that dairy consumption in the United States consisted
mainly of white milk, mixtures containing dairy products and cheese.
However, the survey finds that many
Americans fall short of achieving recommended intakes of dairy products and
many nutrients the provide, including
calcium, vitamin D and potassium.
Researchers in the Maine-Syracuse
Longitudinal Study also note that milk
consumption has decreased worldwide
in recent years. In the United States,
the trend has coincided with a dramatic
increase in soft drink consumption.
Marketing the nutritional benefits
of milk and dairy products uncovered
in recent studies could help bolster
the public’s overall health and fuel
consumption of dairy products.
Miller says it’s important to continue educational campaigns that
promote the recent findings and draw
attention to healthy food options rather
than merely unhealthy food options.
“Dairy provides a unique combination of nutrients not naturally found in
other food or beverage choices, and each
serving helps meet important nutrient
recommendations at every stage of
life,” says Miller. “Over the last couple
of decades, nutrition guidance has
mostly centered on telling consumers
what to avoid — sodium, certain fats,
added sugars — and I think turning the
paradigm toward choosing nutrient-rich
foods rather than nutrient avoidance
is a critical step toward improving the
quality of the American diet.
Miller notes that it’s often difficult
to promote metabolic health advantages
from a marketing perspective, but he
says it’s vital for the dairy industry to use
every tool at its disposal to do so. CMN
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differ substantially amongst individuals
as well as the same individual on different occasions,” says Crichton.
Also, with the exception of milk, participants did not report the fat content
of dairy foods consumed.
“We were therefore unable to assess
whether fat content was a relevant
factor in the associations found, or
compare our findings to others who have
shown such relationships,” researchers
conclude.
While more research is needed to
establish the connection between brain
health and dairy consumption — a
separate study recently found that milk
and other dairy products offer more —
irreplaceable — nutritional benefits.
The study, co-founded by the National Dairy Council and Dairy Research
Institute, used food pattern modeling
and the National Health and Nutrition
survey to conclude that nondairy substitutes for calcium in a diet can lead
to lower levels of protein, phosphorous,
riboflavin, zinc and vitamin B12.
“In reality, nondairy alternatives are
not a nutritionally equivalent substitute
for dairy foods,” says Erin Quann, Ph.D.,
a co-author on the published review
and director of regulatory affairs for
Dairy Research Institute. “Similar to
the conclusion made by the Dietary
Guidelines Advisory Committee, our
study showed that substituting dairy
with other sources of calcium like
fortified soy beverage, fortified orange
juice, leafy greens and bony fish, can
be unrealistic substitutions, since some
of these foods are rarely consumed and
in some cases a large amount would
be required to get the same nutrients
provided by dairy foods.”
The study profiled various diets
based on energy content to assess
the nutritional impact of removing
or adding an 8-ounce dairy serving,
completely removing dairy from diets
or using daily replacement foods such
as calcium, vitamin-fortified soy drinks
and leafy greens.
“The dairy food group (milk, cheese
and yogurt) contributes substantial
amounts of many essential nutrients
to the diet, including protein, vitamins
A, D and B12, riboflavin, and minerals
consumption of total, lowfat, full-fat
and specific dairy foods and the risk of
stroke in adult men and women,” says
Susanna Larsson, Ph.D., the study’s
author and associate professor of epidemiology at the Karolinska Institute
in Stockholm, Sweden. “From a public
health perspective, if people consume
more lowfat dairy foods rather than
high-fat dairy foods, they will benefit
from a reduced risk of stroke and other
positive health outcomes.”
The benefits of lowfat dairy foods
are likely due to lower fat content and
the vitamins and minerals it contains:
calcium, potassium, magnesium and
vitamin D.
“It is possible that vitamin D in lowfat
dairy foods may explain, in part, the
observed lowered risk of stroke in this
study because of its potential effect on
blood pressure,” Larsson says.
Low-fat dairy food is one part of the
Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH ) diet, which reduces blood
pressure. High blood pressure is a major
risk factor for stroke.
More research on the link between
low-fat dairy consumption and risk of
stroke is needed, Larsson adds. CMN
Arla signs supply agreement with Chinese
baby formula company to secure capacity
AARHUS, Denmark — Arla Foods recently announced that it has entered a
10-year financing and supply agreement
with Biostime International Holdings
Ltd., a provider of high-end pediatric
nutritional and baby care products in
China. Arla is now the third European
supplier of Biostime in the area of infant
formulas.
The agreement is designed to secure production capacity for Biostime
at Arinco, Arla’s largest infant formula production facility in Denmark,
which is equipped with full formula
spray-dry technology and uses Arla’s
Danish milk.
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Rabobank projects ‘slow squeeze’ in fourth
quarter of 2012 in latest global dairy report
FCSTONE
FRESNO, Calif. — A slow squeeze in
the world dairy market in the fourth
quarter is likely to start reducing pressure on U.S. dairy producers through
the rest of 2012, with price recovery
expected to gain in early 2013, according
to the latest quarterly global dairy report
from Rabobank’s Food & Agribusiness
Research and Advisory (FAR) group.
According to the report, in 2012
producer milk prices in the U.S. have
fallen below breakeven levels due to
a wave of growth in the global milk
supply. This substantial global price
reduction has led to financial difficulties for producers who have not locked
in their feed purchases or who do not
grow their own feed.
production will reach 202.9 billion
pounds.
According to USDA, the number of
dairy cows in the United States reached
9.19 million in 2011, and is estimated to
reach 9.24 million in 2012 and drop to
9.17 million in 2013. FCStone projects
the number of dairy cows will reach
9.23 million in 2012 and drop to 9.19
million in 2013.
USDA estimates milk per cow will
average 21,890 pounds in 2012 and
22,100 pounds in 2013, while FCStone
forecasts milk per cow levels will average 21,745 pounds in 2012 and 22,088
pounds in 2013.
FCStone estimates block cheese
prices at the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange (CME), which averaged
$1.8064 per pound in 2011, will average $1.6306 per pound in 2012, and
$1.7615 per pound in 2013. CME butter
prices, which averaged $1.9618 per
pound in 2011, are forecast to average $1.5433 per pound in 2012 and
$1.6800 per pound in 2013, according
to FCStone.
USDA forecasts Class III milk
prices will average $15.95 per hundredweight in 2012 and $16.29 per
hundredweight in 2013, while FCStone forecasts an average of $16.54
in 2012 and $17.71 in 2013 for Class
III prices.
Looking forward, Chesler notes
key areas to look at include weather
patterns, weakness in China that may
affect demand, economic uncertainty
in the United States, and U.S. politics
and dairy policy reform.
• Weather outlook
Drew Lerner, president and owner
of World Weather Inc., during the
conference provided an overview of
domestic and global weather conditions and projections.
Due to dry conditions across much
of the United States, range and pastureland conditions have been deteriorating quickly, Lerner says.
“In the past four weeks, most areas from the Rocky Mountain region
through the Central Plains to the
heart of the Midwest and the states
from Missouri to Louisiana have seen
substantial declines in field conditions,” he says.
Lerner adds that topsoil moisture
ratings in the “short” and “very short”
categories have skyrocketed recently
from the Central and Southern Plains
into the Midwest because of poor rainfall and warm temperatures.
“It has been a long time since soil
moisture has been so limited this early
in the summer season,” he says. “July
and August will have to be notably
wetter to reverse the trends.”
However, Lerner forecasts a developing El Niño pattern could provide
cooler, wetter forecasts for mid-July
through August for the Midwest and
Plains regions.
In the report Rabobank also outlines
the expectation that global supply
growth will lose momentum in coming
months as farmers outside the United
States see a further reduction in milk
prices and unusually favorable weather
reverts to more consistent patterns.
Global demand is expected to remain
lackluster in the face of a weak global
economy and recovery being slowed by
significant but not alarming stocks, the
report says. As 2012 progresses and the
condition of the international market
improves, there should be a slow recovery in milk prices for farmers in the U.S.,
Rabobank says, adding that there also
is the prospect of an acceleration of
that improvement in early 2013. CMN
Glanbia plc, Glanbia Cooperative Society
continue discussions about joint venture
KILKENNY, Ireland — Glanbia plc,
the global nutritional solutions and
cheese group, recently confirmed that it
continues to engage in constructive discussions with its majority shareholder,
Glanbia Cooperative Society Ltd. (“the
society”) to create a joint venture where
Glanbia plc would hold 40 percent of
and the society 60 percent of Glanbia’s
Irish dairy processing business, Dairy
Ingredients Ireland.
Dairy Ingredients Ireland is a business unit of the Dairy Ireland division
of Glanbia and is the largest dairy
ingredients processor in Ireland. The
purpose of the proposed new joint venture will be to facilitate the continued
development of the existing global dairy
ingredients business, including the
flexibility to expand milk processing
capacity after the EU milk quotas are
abolished in 2015.
For any new processing capacity
to be ready for 2015, a planning application needs to be submitted in
early July. Therefore, Glanbia says it is
finalizing an option to purchase a site
at Belview in Kilkenny County, Ireland,
from the country’s industrial development agency. Any new development is
contingent on the final outcome of the
ongoing discussions about the joint
venture.
Glanbia says considerable progress
has been made with the proposed
transaction, though it expects the
discussions will not be concluded
before the end of August.
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He adds that there also may be a
switch to drier weather in the Southeastern states later this summer.
• Policy discussion
The conference also featured a
panel discussion on dairy policy featuring comments from Liam Fenton,
managing director, FCStone Europe;
Edward Gallagher, president of dairy
risk management services, a division of
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA); and
Bob Yonkers, vice president and chief
economist for the International Dairy
Foods Association (IDFA).
The discussion largely centered
on dairy policy reform, particularly
on the 2012 Farm Bill passed by the
U.S. Senate last month and a controversial supply management program
included in the Senate version of
the bill.
Gallagher notes that there has been
a lot of misunderstanding about how
the supply management program, the
Dairy Market Stabilization Program
(DMSP), works. DFA, a member of the
National Milk Producers Federation
(NMPF), support DMSP’s inclusion
in the farm bill.
“The bottom line is, commodity
price volatility will continue, and it
will not change no matter what dairy
policy is implemented,” he says.
On the other hand, IDFA is very
opposed to inclusion of DMSP or any
type of supply management program
in dairy policy reform.
“Ed and I agree on probably 80 percent of the farm bill, just not DMSP,”
Yonkers says. “IDFA does not believe
the government should control milk
production.”
Yonkers notes that at least one
amendment that is likely to be offered in the U.S. House version of the
farm bill, scheduled for mark up next
week, would not tie margin protection
insurance to DMSP, as it does in the
Senate version.
Gallagher notes that the margin
insurance program in the Senate bill
is voluntary, but those who participate
must also participate in DMSP.
“Right now we have members losing
money because some of the extra milk
can’t get into a plant,” he says. “Under
DMSP, some of that milk wouldn’t have
been produced.”
Yonkers countered that point with,
“If you don’t choose to take the margin
insurance, you don’t have a safety net.”
He adds that he is concerned
agricultural lenders may require producers to participate in the program
to get a loan.
Both Yonkers and Gallagher agree
that the true outcome of a supply
management program is difficult to
project without knowing what the
enrollment level will be.
Yonkers also notes that the industry may not even see a farm bill passed
in an election year.
“When a new Congress begins
in January, any bills not signed
into law are gone, and they must
start from scratch,” he says. CMN
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FARRM
jeopardize one of the economic bright
spots in the fragile U.S. economy.
“The legislation released today brings
us yet another step closer to achieving
this goal and I am pleased to have worked
with the chairman in this effort,” he says
in a statement released yesterday. “We
have a commodity title in place that will
work for all parts of the country as well as
continued support for the sugar program
and my Dairy Security Act.”
The House Agriculture Committee
will consider the legislation July 11, and
Peterson says if House leadership then
brings the bill to the floor, it is expected
to be finished in September.
The Senate passed its version of the
2012 Farm Bill June 21. (See “Senate
Passes 2012 Farm Bill; focus now shifts
to U.S. House” in the June 22, 2012,
issue of Cheese Market News.)
For the dairy sector, FARRM replaces
outdated subsidy programs with a new,
OUTPUT
2012 production was down 1.8 percent
from April 2012 production on a daily
average basis.
Mozzarella production in May
totaled 301.5 million pounds, down
2.1 percent from a year earlier. Total
Italian-type cheese production, of which
Mozzarella is the largest component,
was 384.4 million pounds, down 2.2
percent from May 2011.
NASS reports Cheddar production
totaled 278.0 million pounds in May,
down 2.0 percent from a year earlier.
Total American-type cheese production, of which Cheddar is the largest
component, was 375.9 million pounds,
up 0.9 percent from a year earlier.
Gouda production saw the largest
percentage increase in the May-to-May
comparison, jumping 381.8 percent to 5.9
million pounds produced in May 2012.
Wisconsin led U.S. cheese production in May with a total of 228.4 million
pounds, up 2.3 percent from its production a year earlier. California followed
with 193.9 million pounds, down 1.5
percent from May 2011.
The next four cheese-producing
states were Idaho with 70.8 million
pounds, down 0.1 percent from its
production a year earlier; New Mexico
with 65.7 million pounds, up 3.7 percent;
New York with 60.0 million pounds,
down 0.5 percent; and Minnesota with
54.1 million pounds, down 2.2 percent.
NASS reports U.S. butter production
totaled 163.3 million pounds, up 4.8
percent from May 2011 but down 3.8
percent from April 2012. When adjusted
for the length of the months, May butter
production was down 6.9 percent from
April 2012 on a daily average basis.
California led the nation’s butter
production with 59.7 million pounds,
up 6.1 percent from May 2011. CMN
voluntary risk management safety net
for dairy producers. Dairy producers
will have the option to sign up for the
basic margin program to help manage
risk when milk prices and feed costs
converge. Producers who sign up for
the margin program would be subject
to supply management controls, and
funds collected by this program will be
used by USDA to purchase surplus dairy
products for food bank donations and
other programs.
The two main components of the
program will be margin protection and a
market stabilization program designed
to manage milk supply. A base level of
margin protection covers 80 percent
of production history when the margin
falls below $4.00 for a consecutive
two-month period. The producer also
will be able to purchase additional
supplemental coverage.
In addition to creating this new
voluntary risk management program,
FARRM reauthorizes three programs:
the Dairy Forward Pricing Program, the
Dairy Indemnity Program and the Dairy
Promotion and Research Program. It
eliminates four programs: the Dairy
Product Price Support Program, the
Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC)
program, the Dairy Export Incentive
Program and the Federal Milk Marketing Order Review Commission.
The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) says the dairy market
stabilization program in this bill will
raise consumer prices, hurt exports
and stifle investments in new facilities.
“IDFA is disappointed that the Dairy
Market Stabilization Program has been
included in the House Agriculture Committee Chairman’s mark of the farm
bill,” says Jerry Slominski, senior vice
president for legislative and economic
affairs, IDFA. “The stabilization program
is designed to limit milk supplies and
to periodically raise milk prices. It will
reduce dairy farmers’ incomes at the
same time that a new subsidized revenue
insurance plan enhances their incomes.”
IDFA says it urges the committee to
provide revenue or margin insurance for
dairy farmers without also mandating
that they participate in the stabilization program.
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) says the bill reflects the
best possible outcome for U.S. dairy
farmers, which are in need of a better
federal safety net.
“The bill allows dairy farmers to better manage their risks in a deliberate
approach that offers a superior safety
net, reduces government involvement
in our industry and positions our entire
industry to compete in a global marketplace,” says Jerry Kozak, president and
CEO, NMPF. “It saves money compared
to existing programs and will be affordable and convenient for farmers to use.”
For a summary of the FARRM dis-
cussion draft, visit http://agriculture.
house.gov/pdf/FARRM_Summary.pdf.
To read the full draft, visit http://
agriculture.house.gov/pdf/legislation/
FARRMDiscussionDraft.pdf.
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Recall issued for
Andante cheeses
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Multiple
lots of cheese made by Andante Dairy
in Petaluma, Calif., are the subject of a
recall and quarantine order announced
by California State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Whiteford July 3.
The quarantine is based on a determination that a lack of proper pasteurization could have allowed dangerous
pathogens to survive in the products.
No illnesses have been reported, and
the processor is cooperating with the
recall, says California Department of
Food and Agriculture (CDFA).
The recalled cheeses were sold in
sizes from 5 to 8 ounces, with no code
date or variety information on the packages. The cheeses were sold mainly to
retail markets, restaurants and cheese
shops in California, with very limited
distribution in Chicago and New York.
Three varieties of Andante Dairy
cheese exempt from the quarantine
are Mussette, Tomme Dolce and
Etude. Consumers have been urged
to discard any other varieties. CMN
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Louis Dreyfus Commodities signs agreement to acquire Ecoval global dairy trading company
GENEVA — Louis Dreyfus Commodities (LDC), a Swiss-based global commodities trader, recently signed an
agreement to purchase all outstanding
shares of the Dutch-based dairy trading
group Ecoval.
Ecoval is a privately-held international dairy trading company with
presence in the international trade
flows of a broad range of dairy products
and derivatives. It has more than $656
million in global turnover in 2011 and
handles approximately 551 million
pounds of dairy products. Ecoval has
offices in the Netherlands, the United
States, Australia, Argentina, China,
Poland and Belgium.
LDC is a global agri-commodities
group with a portfolio that includes
oilseeds, grains, rice, freight, finance,
juice, cotton, coffee, sugar, metals, dairy,
fertilizers, and sugar and ethanol mills
Listeria warning issued over Mexicali cheese
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State
Agriculture Commissioner Darrel Aubertine recently warned consumers in
the metropolitan New York area not to
consume certain “Queso Fresco, Fresh
Cheese” products made by Mexicali
Cheese Corp., Woodhaven, N.Y., due to
possible Listeria contamination.
The product is packaged in a rigid
14-ounce plastic tub that displays the plant
number 36-0128 and a code of 071512. This
consumer warning includes all packages
with this code. The product was packaged
in containers with the following product
names: Mexicali Queso Fresco Mexicano,
Mexican Style Fresh Cheese; or Acatlan
Queso Fresco, Fresh Cheese.
A routine sample of the cheese,
taken June 20 by an inspector from the
New York Division of Milk Control and
Dairy Services subsequently was tested
by the department’s food laboratory
and discovered to be contaminated
with Listeria monocytogenes. On June
25, the manufacturer was notified of
a preliminary positive test result and
voluntarily recalled the product from
their customers. Test results were
confirmed on June 29. More samples
will be taken to verify that the product
is free of pathogens.
To date, no illnesses are known
by the department to be associated
with this product.
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businesses. It has offices in more than
55 countries.
“This acquisition is a significant
step for the development of LDC’s
dairy platform and will elevate us to
be an important player in the global
trade markets for a diverse portfolio
of dairy products,” says Ciro Echesortu, global chief operating officer,
LDC. “It also fits LDC’s strategy for
sustainable growth by expanding our
role in the marketplace and further
diversification.”
The transaction is expected to close
later this year, and completion of the
transaction remains subject to customary closing conditions and will exclude
certain inactive subsidiaries. CMN
Danone acquires majority of Centrale Laitière
PARIS — Danone recently announced
it has become the majority shareholder
of Morocco’s leading dairy product company, Centrale Laitière, after raising its
share of 29.2 percent to 67.0 percent of
the company.
Centrale Laitière boasts nearly 60
percent of the dairy market in Morocco
and has annual sales of approximately
$755 million in the fast-growing market,
operating the country’s largest distribution platform with 30 storage hubs
serving 70,000 points of sale. Centrale
Laitière sells Danone brands including
Yawmy, Moufid and Activia in Morocco.
The transaction represents a
key step in Danone’s development
in Morocco, the company says, and
will allow Danone to invest more in
a market with major potential and
support growth of the local dairy
industry. The move also confirms
strategic appeal of markets in North
Africa for Danone.
The acquisition is subject to the
approval of relevant authorities and is
expected to be finalized by the end of
the year.
With its new majority interest,
Danone will fully integrate Centrale
Laitière into its consolidated accounts, and the transaction will be
accretive for Danone net earnings
per share from the first year.
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Dairy Goddess chocolate milk is recalled,
quarantined due to improper pasteurization
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — “Cream Top
Chocolate Milk” made by Dairy Goddess
of Lemoore, Calif., is the subject of a
recall and quarantine, the California
Department of Food and Agriculture
(CDFA) recently announced.
The quarantine order came following a determination that a lack
of proper pasteurization could have
allowed dangerous pathogens to
survive in the milk. No illnesses have
been reported, and the producer is
cooperating with the recall.
CDFA is strongly urging consumers
to dispose of any product remaining
in their refrigerators with a code
date of July 11, 2012. Dairy Goddess
reports that the recalled chocolate
milk was marketed only at farmers’ markets in San Luis Obispo and
Clovis, Calif. It was sold in 8-ounce,
1-quart and half-gallon sizes. CMN
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DOJ paper reviews
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department
of Justice (DOJ) recently published a
paper detailing what was learned at
and what could come out of a series of
workshops the DOJ Antitrust Division
hosted with USDA in 2010 that explored
competition in the agricultural sector.
(See “USDA, DOJ workshop on dairy
looks at competition, pricing” in the July
2, 2010, issue of Cheese Market News.)
The paper says a clear lesson of the
workshops is that antitrust enforcement
has a crucial role to play in fostering a
healthy and competitive agricultural
sector. A number of participants, including Antitrust Division staff and leaders,
stressed the importance of vigorous
antitrust enforcement and detailed
the ways anticompetitive mergers and
conduct can harm producers, consumers
and other, the paper says.
During public comments at the dairyfocused workshop held in Madison, Wis.,
one observer characterized the division’s
case challenging Dean Foods’ acquisition
of plants from Foremost Farms as an
anomaly, saying there have been “a lot
of mega-mergers” that “have allowed a
lot of concentration of market power.”
The commenter finds it “appalling that
our antitrust enforcement has not been
more vigorous than it has been in the
past.” Also during this workshop, the
paper notes that a panelist in Wisconsin
charged that “merger policy has been
broken for 10 years, if not 20 or 30.”
In addition to concerns over anticompetitive mergers, the paper notes that
other recurring issues brought up at the
workshops were high market concentration, monopsony power (market power
on the buying side of a market as compared to market power on the selling side
of a market), price levels, lack of capital,
contracting, market transparency and
captive supply, market manipulation,
and genetically-modified seeds.
DOJ says in the paper that farmers,
ranchers and others in the U.S. agriculture sector are meeting the many challenges discussed during the workshops
with vigor and resolve. For example, the
paper says, they are thinking about ways
to add value to their products, exploring
new marketing channels and considering
ways to open new markets.
The DOJ Antitrust Division “emerges
from the workshops better prepared and
rededicated to fulfilling its important role
in fostering a healthy and competitive
agricultural sector,” the paper says.
The insights from the agricultural
sector gathered at the workshops has
given division staff and leadership a better understanding of how agricultural
marketplaces function, as well as a greater
appreciation of the types of anticompetitive practices that can impact those
marketplaces, DOJ notes, adding that
this knowledge already has enhanced
its enforcement efforts as seen in recent
investigations and cases.
Formoreinformation,visitwww.justice.
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CWT assists with 14 cheese export bids
ARLINGTON, Va. — Cooperatives
Working Together (CWT) has accepted
14 requests for export assistance from
Agri-Mark, Bongards, Dairy Farmers of
America, Darigold and Foremost Farms
to sell a total of 2.2 million pounds (984
metric tons) of Cheddar and Monterey
Jack to customers in Asia-Pacific, North
Africa, Central America and the Middle
East. The product will be delivered July
through October 2012.
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In 2012, CWT has assisted member
cooperatives in making export sales
of Cheddar, Monterey Jack and Gouda
totaling 66.3 million pounds and butter
and anhydrous milkfat totaling 45.2
million pounds to 32 countries on four
continents.
CWT will pay export bonuses to
the bidders when delivery of the
product is verified by the submission
of the required documentation. CMN
Adam Smith of Cowgirl Creamery named
winner of 2012 Cheesemonger Invitational
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. — Adam
Smith of the Cowgirl Creamery Cheese
Shop in Washington, D.C., was named
top cheesemonger, taking home a $1,000
cash prize, at the 3rd Annual Cheesemonger Invitational here June 23.
Competitors from 40 cheese shops
across the United States went through
a preliminary round where they took a
multiple choice test of cheese facts and
general knowledge, showed off their
palate knowledge by determining milk
types, categories and ages of cheese
samples with rind, and were judged on
their cheese handling, sign creation and
general salesmanship skills.
The top contestants then competed
in the finals, where they answered
the question, “How did you fall in love
with cheese,” showcased their cutting
and paper wrapping skills, and had 15
minutes to create a cheese slate of the
“perfect cheese bite” with accompaniments for each of the 15 judges.
Smith won with the top score of 183
points. Justin Trosclair of St. James Cheese
Co., New Orleans, came in second with
176 points, and Bryan Bland of Pastoral in
Chicago won third place with 171 points.
This year’s Cheesemonger Invitational also included a contest that
awarded a wheel of Challerhocker to
the three cheese shops that gathered
the most “likes” on the competitors
page at www.cheesemongerinvitational.
com. Suzy Thompson of Forward Foods,
Oklahoma City, won the Challerhocker
challenge with 820 votes. Second place
went to Miles Laird of The Pasta Shop,
Oakland, Calif., who received 552 votes,
and third to Pat McCroy of Standard
Market, Westmont, Ill., with 532 votes.
The competition was hosted by Larkin, Columbia Cheese, Neal’s Yard Dairy,
Cellars at Jasper Hill, Rogue Creamery,
Rodolphe Le Meunier, Brooklyn Slate
Co., Formaticum, Rick’s Picks, Redondo
Iglesias and All Ways Forwarding International Inc.
Judges for the 2012 Cheesemonger
Invitational were Rob Aguilera, Cary
Bryant, Helen Feete, Mark Goldman,
David Grotenstein, Kristy Hadeka,
Shawn Hockert, Elaine Khosrova,
Robert LaValva, Rodolphe Le Meunier,
Leah Lewis, Vince Razionale, Jonathan
Richardson, James Rutter, Seamus
Sheridan and Liz Thorpe. CMN
Photo courtesy of the International Dairy Foods Association
Audrey Rowe, third from right, administrator for USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), and several of her
staff welcomed representatives from the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) during IDFA’s Washington Conference, held last month. IDFA members and staff met with FNS during the conference to discuss
dairy’s role in competitive school foods. USDA is expected to issue a proposed rule early next year to set
nutritional standards for competitive foods sold in schools, including a la carte sales as well as items sold in
vending machines and school stores. “Administrator Rowe urged our members to submit comments when the
proposed rule is issued,” says Cary Frye, right, IDFA vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs. “She
wants to hear from all industry participants who could be affected before her department issues the final rule.”
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It also helps that Mexico is in close
proximity to the state, he adds.
“The California name already has
meaning in Mexico,” he says. “There
are many people who have immigrated
from Mexico to California.”
One key way to move product and build
demand is product sampling, he notes.
“It’s an important and very key
marketing element,” he says.
Freedheim says the products are
primarily sold at retail, but there is
also some demand in foodservice, such
as Mozzarella cheese for use on pizza.
Meanwhile, CMAB is working to bring
products to 11 Asian countries, including
Japan, Korea, China, Vietnam, Thailand,
the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, says
Ross Christieson, international business
development consultant, CMAB.
“We picked the Asian region because
we know that’s where a lot of the growth
is coming from in terms of future import
demand,” he says.
In each country, CMAB has set up
a representative office to carry out its
promotional activities and set up relationships with distributors, he notes.
“This way, we can cover so much
ground,” he says. “Our representatives
can act as our eyes and ears.”
Christieson says programs in these
countries fall under three main categories: pizza/foodservice, bakery and
general retail.
The bakery program promotes the
use of California products such as cream
cheese, butter and cream in various forms.
As part of the pizza/foodservice
program, CMAB brought delegates
from Asian countries to the 2012 Pizza
Expo in Las Vegas this past spring so
they could really see the way different
cheeses are used on pizzas in the United
States, Christieson says.
“The growth of pizza is Asia is phenomenal,” he says. “The bulk of the
cheese used is Mozzarella, but we’re also
promoting specialty cheeses on pizza.”
Christieson notes some of the challenges CMAB has faced in bringing and
building awareness of dairy products in
foreign lands.
“When we first started this, it became apparent to me that we did not
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have enough exportable products,” he
says. “We’ve worked very hard with our
processors over the years to get them to
make products that are in high demand
in Asia, or extended shelf life products.”
To that end, CMAB has worked with
an ultra high temperature (UHT) milk
processor to make UHT milk for export
to Asia as well as Mexico.
In the beginning, there were challenges with product standards in the Asian
markets, which were primarily used to
products from New Zealand and Australia.
“When we started this program,
California dairy had pretty much zero
awareness in Asia, so we’ve had to show
them that California products are actually better, starting with education,” he
says. “We’re now moving to acceptance
and understanding.
“There’s great consistence of quality and supply in California, and that’s
something that’s really resonating with
Asian customers,” he adds.
With about 20 percent of California
dairy products now exported, that avenue
is so important to building long-term
growth of the industry, Christieson says.
He adds that “the No. 1 thing that we
stress to our industry is that they need to
be innovative, coming up with products
that meet domestic and world demands.”
He adds that CMAB has “stirred up”
a lot of interest among Asian customers,
and now many want to come to California to see the industry and learn more
about its products.
“We’re very excited to showcase
our industry,” he says. “We’ve got a
great story to tell.”
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