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Cow power: Cargill device helps
dairy farm convert waste to wattage

An Idaho dairy farm is illustrating how environmental innovation can simultaneously help solve problems as global as climate change—and as local as livestock manure....

US Justice Department
files antitrust lawsuit
against Dean Foods Co

The US Department of Justice has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Dean Foods Company challenging its April 2009 acquisition of Foremost Farms USA’s Consumer Products Division....

FDA takes action against
New Jersey cheese maker

The US Food and Drug Administration announced intentions to ask a federal court to shut down a New Jersey cheese manufacturer with an alleged history of operating under unsanitary conditions and producing cheese contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes....

Trega Foods expands,
acquires Green Meadows

Agropur’s board of directors announced that Trega Foods, the Canadian dairy cooperative’s US subsidiary, has acquired Green Meadows Foods, a new cheese factory in Hull IA....

Stater Bros completes
sale of Santee Dairies

Stater Bros Holdings Inc’s wholly owned subsidiary, Stater Bros Markets, has completed the sale of Santee Dairies to Dean Foods....

Azure LEEP Freeze plus
Kidron UltraTemp equals
cool decision for dairy

Azure Dynamics Corporation has received an order from Kidron Body Company for nine Low Emission Electric Power (LEEP Freeze) systems for Foster Farms Dairy....

Shamrock Farms to supply
milk for Subway restaurants

The Subway restaurant chain and Shamrock Farms are partnering to provide nutrient-rich milk as part of the Subway Fresh Fit meal selections. ...

Sargento Cheese again
salutes Perron Trucking

Sargento Cheese has again honored Perron Trucking. The carrier recently was awarded the 2008 Sargento Cheese Core Carrier Award for the second year in a row. ...

Great Lakes Cheese savors
benefits of CHEP pallets

Great Lakes Cheese is experiencing productivity and customer service improvements and is lowering its impact on the environment by shipping most of its products on pallets from CHEP....

National Dairy acquires
Promised Land operations

National Dairy LLC, one of the nation’s largest dairy processing companies, has announced the purchase of all-natural milk processor Promised Land Dairy Distribution Inc....

Dean Foods to acquire
Belgian firm’s division

Dean Foods Company has agreed to acquire the Alpro division of Vandemoortele NV, Belgium’s largest privately held food company....

Umpqua Dairy ‘HighJumps’
into greater DSD efficiency

Umpqua Dairy has reduced its direct labor expense, increased efficiency, and improved customer service since implementing systems from HighJump Software....

Mayfield Dairy Farms
recalls ice cream containers

Mayfield Dairy Farms is voluntarily recalling 1.5-quart containers of Mayfield Homemade Vanilla Select Ice Cream....

Dean Foods ‘off to a fast
start’ with strong 1Q 2009

Dean Foods Company earned $0.48 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, a 129% increase over $0.21 per diluted share in first quarter 2008....