Sargento Cheese Snacks & Egg-land's Best Eggs Earn Best New Product Awards

Better Homes and Gardens, along with leading market research firm BrandSpark International, today announced the winners of the 2012 Better Homes and Gardens Best New Product Awards (BNPAs). As the leading consumer-voted awards program in North America, the Best New Product Awards honor consumer packaged products in the categories of health and beauty, food and beverage, and household care.

Hilmar Cheese Will Expand, Add 100 Jobs

January 31, 2012 Mike North, Merced Sun-Star

Hilmar Cheese Co. plans to add an administration building in a field across August Avenue from its visitor center. Officials expect the move to generate about 100 jobs in addition to the estimated 770 positions already at the Hilmar facility and 330 positions at the company's Dalhart, Texas, site.

Cabot Creamery Cooperative Announces Middle School Poetry Contest

January 31, 2012 Cabot Creamery Cooperative

Cabot Creamery Cooperative, the farmer-family owned dairy cooperative based in Vermont and best known as the "Maker's of the World's Best Cheddar," and Potato Hill Poetry are announcing a poetry contest for middle school students. The Grand Prize Winner gets $250 plus inclusion on Cabot Butter Boxes.

FDA Takes Action Against New York Cheese Manufacturer

January 31, 2012 FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking a federal court to prevent a New York cheese manufacturer from operating because of a history of unsanitary conditions and producing cheese in a facility contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.

California Dairy Hits The Turf With A New Ad For The Big Game

Whatever happened to those witty cows from California? They're busy being the life of the party from kitchens to driveways and everything in between. The folks who brought you the Happy Cows are giving you an insider's pass to see what they've been up to in a pre-game YouTube preview of their Super Sunday commercial on January 30th