Dairy

Of the nearly $1 billion Wisconsin dairy farmers spent to expand or update their facilities between 2003 and 2007, only $22.4 million, or about 2 percent, came from the state Dairy 2020 Initiative, according to records provided in March by the Department of Commerce. …

Hannaford had the cheapest milk and cheese, Market Basket had the cheapest toothpaste and eggs and Price Chopper had the cheapest Doritos, orange juice and DiGiorno frozen pizza. …

DCI Specialty Foods, a division of Richfield, Wis., based DCI Cheese Company, announces the addition of Sandra Gray, Corporate Chef, and David Wall, Assistant Chef. …

At Harold Howrigans dairy farms in northern Vermont last year, the red ink was flowing almost as fast as the milk. The dairyman was losing nearly $100 per cow each month because the price for 100 pounds of milk fell to $11, well under the $18 cost of production. …

Oxygen on Tuesday announced it has signed on the General Mills yogurt imprint Yoplait as the sponsor of a five-city tour in support of season two of Dance Your Ass Off. Kicking off June 6 in St. Paul, Minn.; the DYAO tour will touch down in New Orleans, New York, Washington and Orlando, Fla. …