Dairy

Tulare dairy farmer Ron Locke, who owns Top'O The Morn Farms, has filed for permits to remodel a farm building into a USDA milk bottling facility. Top'O The Morn Farms hopes to start service this summer offering the typical variety of conventionally-grown milk products, even seasonal egg nog. …

U.S. milk production reached a record 192.8 billion pounds in 2010 but U.S. dairy exports increased 38.9 percent in volume with a 65 percent increase in value over 2009. She added that per person consumption of natural cheese achieved a record 33.29 pounds, surpassing the previous 2007 record. On a less positive note the long-term trend of declining sales of packaged fluid milk products continued. …

The State Milk Board, in conjunction with the Missouri Department of Agriculture and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, announced today that Green Hills Harvest dairy of Purdin, Mo. is voluntarily withdrawing some of its whole milk from the marketplace. …

The Dannon Company announced today that it will advertise during Super Bowl XLVI, making it the first yogurt company in history to do so. Dannon's advertisement will be shown during the third quarter of Super Bowl XLVI. …

Shoppers hoping to stick to their post-holiday diets should avoid the dairy aisle come January, when Kraft Foods (KFT) unveils its newest creation, Philly Indulgence, a sweet-and-tangy blend of cream cheese and chocolate that can be spread on a pretzel or just devoured straight from the tub. …