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Swiss Valley plans major expansion in Luana, Iowa LUANA, Iowa — This week, Swiss Valley Farms announced a $20.6 million expansion of its cheese manufacturing facility in Luana, Iowa. The expansion centers around the improvement of the cheese manufacturing operating equipment, including a replacement of current press vats with a molding system solution, installation of additional system automation, updated press tunnels and new buffer tanks. The project also includes a 12,000-square-foot expansion that will allow room for this new equipment and additional warehous- ing space. The facility currently manufactures Swiss, Baby Swiss, Gouda, Neufchatel, cream cheese and sweet whey. Increased demand for these products, as well as new varieties West Coast port slowdown creates headache for dairy By Alyssa Mitchell SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Stalled contract negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) are creating backups at West Coast ports, and the dairy industry is feeling the effects. Negotiations for a new labor contract covering nearly 20,000 dock- workers at 29 West Coast ports began in May in San Francisco. The contract is between employers who operate port terminals and shipping lines represented by PMA and dockworkers represented by the ILWU. The parties have negotiated a West Coast collective bargaining agreement since the 1930s. A final agreement still has not been reached, and now companies are experiencing slowdowns at the Pacific Northwest ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., during the peak holiday shipping season. Delays also have spread to Oakland, Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif. PMA earlier this month said ILWU initiated the orchestrated slowdowns. “PMA and ILWU specifically stated that they were mindful of the broader economic implications of these negotiations. As such, they agreed that normal operations at West Coast ports would continue until an agreement could be reached. Now, the ILWU has reneged on that agreement,” says Wade Gates, spokesperson for the PMA. PMA says ILWU initially targeted select terminals in Tacoma Oct. 31 and expanded to more terminals in Tacoma and the Port of Seattle throughout that weekend. PMA says the slowdowns at these Pacific Northwest ports have re- sulted in productivity being reduced by an average of 40 to 60 percent. For example, terminals that typically move 25-35 containers per hour were moving only 10-18, according to statistics compiled by PMA, which Volume 34 November 28, 2014 Number 45 Editor’s note: Cheese Market News’ Senior Editor Alyssa Mitchell took part in a trade mission to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in November 2013 with the U.S. Dairy Export Council. Following a 4-week series of articles last fall, CMN is taking a look at the status of U.S. dairy export relations with the MENA region one year later. By Alyssa Mitchell MADISON, Wis. — The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region continues to be an area of growing opportunity for U.S. dairy exports, but high U.S. prices and the need for steady communication have presented some challenges in Increased engagement could boost U.S. exports to MENA growing exports to the region. U.S. dairy exports in general have started to slow following months of higher prices of U.S. commodities compared to other nations. The MENA region is no exception, although cheese has fared better than most commodities, according to the U.S. Dairy Export Coun- cil (USDEC). USDEC says in the year-to-year comparison of January-September, 2014 cheese exports to the region are up 1.5 percent. Meanwhile, butterfat ex- ports, which were up 35 percent in the first half of the year, fell 60 percent from that pace in the third quarter and were 62 percent below third quarter 2013, while skim milk powder and whole milk powder exports, both up 7 percent in the first half of 2014, fell 33 percent and 97 percent in the third quarter, respectively, compared to the same period last year, USDEC says. Alan Levitt, vice president of communications, USDEC, says he attributes the slowdown to a combination of slower overall purchases as well as lost share due to the pricing disadvantage for U.S. suppliers. However, while U.S. dairy exports to several MENA re- gions have slowed, exports to Saudi Arabia in particular have showed improvement, says Nina Bakht Halal, director, USDEC Middle East. Halal says that for the Jan- uary-September 2014 period compared to the same period last year, U.S. cheese and curd exports to Saudi Arabia are up 73 percent by value and 63 per- cent by volume, a record high. U.S. skim milk powder exports also showed signifi- cant improvement, jumping up 382 percent by value and 320 percent by volume in the January-September 2014 pe- riod. Butter and whey exports also increased in Egypt during that period, she adds. Halal notes the year is not yet over, either. “Depending on what hap- pens with prices, things could yet improve,” she says. Halal says the lower num- bers of U.S. dairy exports across most MENA markets can be at- tributed to a number of factors, including price, competition from nations with longer- established relationships to the region and political unrest in some parts of the MENA region. “Traders here typically do not rely on only one country of origin to source their product, so it’s very competitive with pricing,” she says. Halal notes the Russian ban earlier this year on exports from Europe exacerbated the situ- ation as the European Union (EU) looked elsewhere to house its products. She adds this is not only a challenge for dairy but com- modities across the board. Political unrest in some MENA nations makes traders nervous, Halal adds, and some may be reluctant to engage in business during challenging times. “When you have this kind of instability, traders tend to not buy or store as much in times of stress because they don’t know what comes next,” she adds. The U.S. government sup- ports trade with MENA and other regions through the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Market Access Program (MAP). FAS partners with U.S. agricultural trade as- sociations, cooperatives, state regional trade groups and small businesses to share the costs of overseas marketing and promo- tional activities that help build commercial export markets for U.S. agricultural products and commodities. FDA finalizes menu, vending calorie labeling regulations Turn to MENA, page 11 a Turn to SWISS, page 11 a WASHINGTON — FDA on Tuesday finalized two rules requiring that calorie infor- mation be listed on menus and menu boards in chain restaurants, similar retail food establishments and vending machines with 20 or more locations to provide con- sumers with more nutritional information about the foods they eat outside of the home. The menu labeling law Turn to CALORIE, page 10 a Turn to PORTS, page 10 a Scan this code for breaking news and the latest markets! © 2014 CHEESE MARKET NEWS ® — This is Cheese Market News’ E-subscription and may not be forwarded to anyone other than the intended paid subscriber without the express permission of Cheese Market News (For more information, contact [email protected]) ✦ Guest column: ‘Taking time to give thanks.’ For details, see page 4. ✦ Cheese, butter stocks down from year ago. For details, see page 5. ✦ Darigold President and CEO Jim Wegner to retire. For details, see page 8. ✦ White House takes executive action on immigration; ag groups seek more permanent solution. For details, see page 12. INSIDE

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Swiss Valley plans major expansion in Luana, IowaLUANA, Iowa — This week, Swiss Valley Farms announced a $20.6 million expansion of its cheese manufacturing facility in Luana, Iowa.

The expansion centers around the improvement of the cheese manufacturing operating equipment, including a replacement of current press vats with a molding system solution, installation of additional system automation, updated press tunnels and new buffer tanks.

The project also includes a 12,000-square-foot expansion that will allow room for this new equipment and additional warehous-ing space.

The facility currently manufactures Swiss, Baby Swiss, Gouda, Neufchatel, cream cheese and sweet whey.

Increased demand for these products, as well as new varieties

West Coast port slowdown creates headache for dairy By Alyssa Mitchell

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Stalled contract negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacifi c Maritime Association (PMA) are creating backups at West Coast ports, and the dairy industry is feeling the effects.

Negotiations for a new labor contract covering nearly 20,000 dock-workers at 29 West Coast ports began in May in San Francisco.

The contract is between employers who operate port terminals and shipping lines represented by PMA and dockworkers represented by the ILWU. The parties have negotiated a West Coast collective bargaining agreement since the 1930s.

A fi nal agreement still has not been reached, and now companies are experiencing slowdowns at the Pacifi c Northwest ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., during the peak holiday shipping season. Delays also have spread to Oakland, Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif.

PMA earlier this month said ILWU initiated the orchestrated slowdowns.

“PMA and ILWU specifi cally stated that they were mindful of the broader economic implications of these negotiations. As such, they agreed that normal operations at West Coast ports would continue until an agreement could be reached. Now, the ILWU has reneged on that agreement,” says Wade Gates, spokesperson for the PMA.

PMA says ILWU initially targeted select terminals in Tacoma Oct. 31 and expanded to more terminals in Tacoma and the Port of Seattle throughout that weekend.

PMA says the slowdowns at these Pacifi c Northwest ports have re-sulted in productivity being reduced by an average of 40 to 60 percent. For example, terminals that typically move 25-35 containers per hour were moving only 10-18, according to statistics compiled by PMA, which

Volume 34 November 28, 2014 Number 45

Editor’s note: Cheese Market News’ Senior Editor Alyssa Mitchell took part in a trade mission to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in November 2013 with the U.S. Dairy Export Council. Following a 4-week series of articles last fall, CMN is taking a look at the status of U.S. dairy export relations with the MENA region one year later.

By Alyssa Mitchell

MADISON, Wis. — The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region continues to be an area of growing opportunity for U.S. dairy exports, but high U.S. prices and the need for steady communication have presented some challenges in

Increased engagement could boost U.S. exports to MENA

growing exports to the region.U.S. dairy exports in general

have started to slow following months of higher prices of U.S. commodities compared to other nations. The MENA region is no exception, although cheese has fared better than most commodities, according to the U.S. Dairy Export Coun-cil (USDEC). USDEC says in the year-to-year comparison of January-September, 2014 cheese exports to the region are up 1.5 percent.

Meanwhile, butterfat ex-ports, which were up 35 percent in the fi rst half of the year, fell 60 percent from that pace in the third quarter and were 62 percent below third quarter 2013, while skim milk powder and whole milk powder exports, both up 7 percent in the fi rst half of 2014, fell 33 percent and 97 percent in the third quarter, respectively, compared to the same period last year, USDEC says.

Alan Levitt, vice president of communications, USDEC, says he attributes the slowdown to a combination of slower overall purchases as well as lost share due to the pricing disadvantage for U.S. suppliers.

However, while U.S. dairy exports to several MENA re-

gions have slowed, exports to Saudi Arabia in particular have showed improvement, says Nina Bakht Halal, director, USDEC Middle East.

Halal says that for the Jan-uary-September 2014 period compared to the same period last year, U.S. cheese and curd exports to Saudi Arabia are up 73 percent by value and 63 per-cent by volume, a record high.

U.S. skim milk powder exports also showed signifi -cant improvement, jumping up 382 percent by value and 320 percent by volume in the January-September 2014 pe-riod. Butter and whey exports also increased in Egypt during that period, she adds.

Halal notes the year is not yet over, either.

“Depending on what hap-pens with prices, things could yet improve,” she says.

Halal says the lower num-bers of U.S. dairy exports across most MENA markets can be at-tributed to a number of factors, including price, competition from nations with longer-established relationships to the region and political unrest in some parts of the MENA region.

“Traders here typically do not rely on only one country of origin to source their product,

so it’s very competitive with pricing,” she says.

Halal notes the Russian ban earlier this year on exports from Europe exacerbated the situ-ation as the European Union (EU) looked elsewhere to house its products.

She adds this is not only a challenge for dairy but com-modities across the board.

Political unrest in some MENA nations makes traders nervous, Halal adds, and some may be reluctant to engage in business during challenging times.

“When you have this kind of instability, traders tend to not buy or store as much in times of stress because they don’t know what comes next,” she adds.

The U.S. government sup-ports trade with MENA and other regions through the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Market Access Program (MAP). FAS partners with U.S. agricultural trade as-sociations, cooperatives, state regional trade groups and small businesses to share the costs of overseas marketing and promo-tional activities that help build commercial export markets for U.S. agricultural products and commodities.

FDA fi nalizes menu, vending calorie labeling regulations

Turn to MENA, page 11 a

Turn to SWISS, page 11 a

WASHINGTON — FDA on Tuesday fi nalized two rules requiring that calorie infor-mation be listed on menus and menu boards in chain restaurants, similar retail food establishments and vending machines with 20 or more locations to provide con-sumers with more nutritional information about the foods they eat outside of the home.

The menu labeling law Turn to CALORIE, page 10 aTurn to PORTS, page 10 a

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CLASS III PRICE (Dollars per hundredweight, 3.5% butterfat test)

YEAR2008200920102011201220132014

JAN19.3210.7814.5013.4817.0518.1421.15

FEB17.03 9.31 14.2817.0016.0617.2523.35

MAR18.0010.4412.7819.4015.7216.9323.33

APR16.7610.7812.9216.8715.7217.5924.31

MAY18.18 9.8413.3816.5215.2318.5222.57

JUN20.25 9.9713.6219.1115.6318.0221.36

JUL18.24 9.9713.7421.3916.6817.3821.60

AUG17.3211.2015.1821.6717.7317.9122.25

SEP16.2812.1116.2619.0719.0018.1424.60

OCT17.0612.8216.9418.0321.02 18.22 23.82

NOV15.5114.0815.4419.0720.8318.83

DEC15.2814.9813.8318.7718.6618.95

(These data, which include government stocks and are 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.)

ButterCheese

6,29992,361

-2,394-2,019

7,825100,329

-6,294-2,650

-1,526-7,968

-50 -3

Weekly Cold Storage Holdings November 24, 2014 On hand Week Change since Nov. 1 Last Year Monday Change Pounds Percent Pounds Change

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Nov. 24 Nov. 25 Nov. 26 Nov. 27 Nov. 28

Weekly average (Nov. 24-26): Barrels: $1.6908(-.1562); 40-lb. Blocks: $1.7142(-.0928).Weekly ave. one year ago (Nov. 25-27, 2013): Barrels: $1.7650; 40-lb. Blocks: $1.8650.

Cheese BarrelsPriceChange

Cheese 40-lb. blockPriceChange

Grade A NDMPriceChange

Weekly average (Nov. 24-26): Grade A: $1.1225(-.0430).

Grade AA ButterPriceChange

Class II Cream (Major Northeast Cities): $2.2896(-.2415)–$2.6878(-.2021).

Weekly average (Nov. 24-26): Grade AA: $1.9933(+.0023).

$1.9700 -2

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Cash prices for the week ended November 28, 2014

$1.7050 -1 1/2

$1.7300 NC

$1.1150-2 1/4

$1.9900 -3

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$1.6475 -5 3/4

$1.6825 -4 3/4

$1.1150NC

$2.0200 +2

$1.1375 NC

$1.7200 -2

$1.7300 NC

Dry Products* November 28, 2014

DRY BUTTERMILK(FOB)Central & East: $1.0000-$1.1250(-2 1/2).(FOB) West: $1.1000-$1.3400; mostly $1.2000-$1.2500(-2).

EDIBLE LACTOSE(FOB)Central and West: $.2000-$.5600; mostly $.3200-$.4800.

NONFAT DRY MILKCentral & East: low/medium heat $1.0800(+11)-$1.5325; mostly $1.1575(-2 1/4)-$1.3750. high heat $1.4450-$1.6000.West: low/medium heat $1.0650(-4 1/2)-$1.4625(-2 1/2); mostly $1.1000(-2)-$1.3500. high heat $1.4200-$1.5500(-1).Calif. manufacturing plants: extra grade/grade A weighted ave. Not available

WHOLE MILK POWDER (National): $1.6000-$1.8000.

WHEY POWDERCentral: nonhygroscopic $.4000-$.6800; mostly $.5400-$.6300.West: nonhygroscopic $.4800-$.6775; mostly $.5400-$.6300.(FOB) Northeast: extra grade/grade A $.6100-$.6800(-1/4).

ANIMAL FEED WHEY (Central): Whey spray milk replacer $.3500-$.5700.

WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE (34 percent): $1.0800-$1.4500(-2 1/2); mostly $1.1500-$1.3750.

CASEIN: Rennet $4.2000-$4.8000; Acid $4.4000-$5.0000.

*Source: USDA’s Dairy Market News

Total Contracts Traded/Open Interest Daily market prices are available by visiting CME’s online statistics sites at http://www.cmegroup.com.**Numbers are preliminary

NOV14DEC14JAN15FEB15MAR15APR15MAY15JUN15JUL15AUG15SEP15OCT15NOV15DEC15JAN16FEB16MAR16APR16MAY16JUN16

CHEESE FUTURES for the week ending November 27, 2014 (Listings for each day by month, settling price and open interest)

Fri., Nov. 21 Mon., Nov. 24 Tues., Nov. 25 Wed., Nov. 26** Thurs., Nov. 27

2.1301.7851.7201.6941.7001.6981.7171.7231.7271.7501.7651.7511.7571.7441.7341.7451.7451.7451.7451.740

2,2062,6052,8372,7292,7272,2972,1762,1781,6571,5051,3721,1171,074 1,010

452727242424

419/27,661

2,2072,6052,8112,6812,7032,2892,1312,1531,6451,4791,3551,0851,0371,008

452727242424

548/27,360

2.1331.8051.7271.7061.7051.6921.7151.7161.7201.7501.7651.7601.7521.7451.7341.7451.7451.7451.7451.745

2,2072,6062,8112,6832,7412,2952,1642,1741,6501,4801,3551,0881,0371,008

452727242424

159/27,470

2.1301.7511.6781.6751.6951.6911.7051.7151.7241.7481.7631.7501.7541.7401.7341.7451.7451.7451.7451.740

NANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANA

NA/NA

2.1351.8411.7221.7061.7101.7001.7141.7161.7201.7451.7651.7591.7521.7451.7351.7451.7451.7451.7451.745

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Total Contracts Traded/Open Interest

NOV14DEC14JAN15FEB15MAR15APR15MAY15JUN15JUL15AUG15SEP15OCT15NOV15DEC15

DRY WHEY FUTURES* for the week ended November 27, 2014 (Listings for each day by month, settling price and open interest)

Daily market prices are available by visiting CME’s online statistics sites at http://www.cmegroup.com.*Total Contracts Traded/Open Interest reflect additional months not included in this chart.**Numbers are preliminary

Fri., Nov. 21 Mon., Nov. 24 Tues., Nov. 25 Wed., Nov. 26** Thurs., Nov. 27

131/6,033

63.0060.3854.0049.5046.0846.0345.5345.5046.0046.5047.0047.5347.5347.50

346424643642629506531531414365296252247237

75/6,093

63.0060.3554.4050.5046.0846.5046.5046.4846.0047.0047.0047.5347.5347.50

346424636637627505530531412360294253239237

55/6,061

63.0059.9353.0848.5845.6046.0045.2545.4845.7546.0546.7547.5047.2547.00

NANANANANANANANANANANANANANA

NA/NA

63.0060.3354.5050.7547.6546.6546.5346.4846.5047.0047.0047.5347.5347.50

345428634630620502527526411359294253238236

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DAVIS, Calif. — After spending more than a decade decoding breast milk’s health-promoting constituents, a team of researchers in the Foods for Health Institute at the University of California, Davis, is now doing the same for cow’s milk — with potential benefi ts both for human health and the U.S. dairy industry.

Focusing on a group of naturally-occurring milk compounds called “gly-cans,” the researchers are identifying molecules that — like those in breast milk — interact with benefi cial bacteria in the infant gut to ease digestion, pre-vent infl ammation and even fi ght cancer.

Their research, which has had a long funding history, received two more votes of confi dence from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the form of a $4.2 million grant from the National Center for Complementary and Alterna-tive Medicine and a $2.7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute.

The fi rst grant is led by David Mills, a professor and Peter J. Shields En-dowed Chair in Dairy Food Science in the Department of Food Science and Technology, and the second is led by Yu-Jui Yvonne Wan, a professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine of the UC Davis Health System.

“We’re working to better understand all of the bioactive molecules in milk, particularly those that promote growth of naturally-occurring microbes in the intestine and, in general, boost human health,” says Mills, who is collaborating on both grants.

Mills and colleagues are concentrat-ing on glycans because they selectively feed benefi cial intestinal bacteria and block disease-causing microbes from gaining a foothold.

“In babies, these milk compounds interact with very specifi c infant-borne bacteria, called bifidobacteria, to reduce infl ammation, boost immunity and restore calm to these very fragile infant intestines, especially in premies,” Mills says.

Funding supports research on cow’s milkHe notes that knowledge of the mech-

anisms involving how these compounds function also will have tremendous applications for other life stages and health circumstances, including dur-ing chemotherapy treatments, obesity management and dealing with irritable bowel syndrome or infl ammatory bowel disease.

Mills notes there are potential op-portunities for the dairy industry.

“Given that we are working with cow’s milk as a source of these bioac-tive molecules, there is the opportunity to scale up this process, especially with molecules that are derived from whey and other dairy byproducts,” Mills says.

In these two NIH-funded projects, the researchers are working with Hilmar Cheese Co. to obtain specifi c bioactive compounds from cow’s milk in a scale large enough for animal studies.

“As a company focused on delivering the nutrition in milk, we fully support research that will help further identify and understand the bioactive compo-nents of milk,” says Tedd Struckmeyer, vice president for engineering, Hilmar Cheese Co.

The research team is hopeful that fi ndings from these studies of milk-based compounds can be rapidly developed into products capable of enhancing hu-man health.

“Given that milk is already a food, development of health-promoting com-pounds from milk would not involve the years of testing that are required when developing new therapeutic drugs,” Mills says.

Collaborating with Mills and Wan on these two projects at UC Davis are Helen Raybould of the School of Vet-erinary Medicine; Carlito Lebrilla of the Department of Chemistry; and Bruce German, Carolyn Slupsky and Daniela Barile of the Department of Food Sci-ence and Technology. These faculty members are also members of the new Center of Health for Advancing Micro-biome and Mucosal Protection. CMN

National Dairy Products Sales Report

Cheese 40-lb. Blocks:

*/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.

Average price1 Sales volume2

Cheese 500-lb. Barrels:Average price1

Adj. price to 38% moistureSales volume2

Moisture content Butter:

Average price1

Sales volume2 Nonfat Dry Milk:

Average price1 Sales volume2

Dry Whey:Average price1 Sales volume2

For the week ended: 11/8/14

$2.220111,924,701

$2.1946$2.0912

9,587,39334.93

$1.96604,196,101

$1.463016,718,949

$0.64596,860,087

*$2.2121*11,480,637

$2.2496$2.1503

7,235,35635.14

*$2.0004*3,899,040

*$1.4405*18,515,645

*$0.6408*7,064,662

11/15/14 11/1/14

$2.237211,369,321

$2.2334$2.1271

8,972,58034.90

$1.98823,814,843

$1.457817,067,915

$0.64147,492,164

$2.133412,898,912

$2.1910$2.0928

10,344,08835.09

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Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation, contributes this column for Cheese Market News®.

Perspective:Industry Matters

Taking time for giving thanks

G U E S T C O L U M N I S T

The commemoration of Thanksgiv-ing — our singular, made in America holiday — offers the opportunity to engage in a brief period of gratitude and refl ection before the full onslaught of the Christmas holiday season begins. This is a year when, for most of us in the dairy community, it’s certainly worth taking a moment to give thanks for 2014’s bounty.

For dairy farmers, this year will be one for the record books. The cor-nucopia typically celebrated during Thanksgiving was harvested by dairy farmers this year in the form of record-high milk prices, lower feed costs, and a resulting economic blessing that greatly helps salve the losses generated by far different conditions in 2009 and 2012. This year, farmers in the United States fully reaped the benefi ts of the growing global market for dairy foods. Driven by a surge in world demand for dairy foods,

America’s dairy farmers responded to the emerging middle class consumer base across Asia by boosting our exports to meet that demand. Milk prices were high elsewhere in the world, but were much higher, and for a longer period of time, here at home, as our farmers fully capitalized on great opportunities abroad.

For that, we can in part thank the Cooperatives Working Together pro-gram, which so far has helped to export the equivalent of more than 2.5 billion pounds of cheese, butter and whole milk powder — about half of the year-to-date increase in U.S. milk production. Tighter inventories in American warehouses helped buck up farm-level milk prices, even as world dairy commodity markets began to sag a few months ago.

Those strong prices for butter and cheese — each of which set a new record this year at the Chicago Mer-

cantile Exchange — were all the more welcome when paired with the lower cost of feed for livestock producers. The fi ve-year fever that boosted corn and soybean prices fi nally broke in 2014, and great weather across the Corn Belt this summer generated a bounti-ful harvest this autumn. Lower grain prices are a blessing for cattle, pork and poultry farmers who needed the cost of production pendulum to swing back in their favor.

No observation of Thanksgiving by dairy farmers this year would be complete without acknowledging the fi ve years of hard work in the national policy arena that have fi nally produced a new safety net in the form of the USDA Margin Protection Program. The MPP, which NMPF developed and nurtured through the legislative process, is destined to be a more fl exible, fair and generous form of catastrophic insur-ance coverage than any program dairy producers have seen for generations. The start of the program this fall is the culmination of dedicated effort by farm groups that, in the true spirit of the Pilgrims, sought new opportunities and brought them to fruition through their dogged perseverance.

Any celebration of thankfulness for these developments must be tempered somewhat by the challenges that remain and will need to be confronted in the months and years ahead. Milk prices will be a different story in 2015. And, because Congress chose otherwise, there will be no market stabilization program to soften the price decline. Fortunately, farmers who enroll in the MPP will protect some of their downside risk. But those who don’t could be riding another milk-price roller coaster.

Here in Washington, the recent announcement of the White House executive action on immigration policy did not directly address the needs of farm employers, and at the same time, lack of action this year by Congress ensures that immigration policy will remain a contentious battleground into next year.

There are other ongoing challenges as well, ranging from food safety to animal welfare to environmental protec-tion. None of these issues is going to be resolved to anyone’s satisfaction in the near future. All will need our continued due diligence, strategic engagement and collaboration to turn them, where possible, into opportunities for the dairy sector, rather than liabilities.

But back to this holiday of gratitude. For my part, I am thankful for the warm reception and strong support I have received across the dairy industry as I’ve embarked on my new role as head of NMPF. This has been a great year of renewed relationships and new friend-ships, of learning and leading, listening and advocating. This is a wonderful in-dustry, and I am thankful to be part of it.

As we celebrate this week, we have the fi rst Pilgrims to thank for including in their ships’ cargo the cattle that they would use for milk, meat and manure. While much has changed in American society in the past 400 years, our reli-ance on our bovine friends is one of the constants stretching across the history of this great country. And for that, we ought to be grateful. CMN

The views expressed by CMN’s guest columnists are their own opinions and do not necessarily refl ect those of Cheese Market News®.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Upholding a commitment to community service, nearly 400 employees and farmer-members of Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) recently joined forces with other volunteer groups to package 1 million meals for food banks in Indiana.

DFA joins volunteer groups to package 1 million meals for Indiana food bank programDFA is a co-sponsor of the fourth

annual Kids Against Hunger of Central Indiana Million Meal Marathon, which took place at Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts.

“At DFA, we believe it’s important that we give to those in need in the communi-

ties where we live and work,” says Monica Massey, senior vice president of corporate affairs, DFA. “One of our core values is community, and today, by participating in the Million Meal Marathon, we lived this value and, more important, helped attack the very real issue of food insecurity.”

As part of the annual DFA Team Development Conference, attendees worked side by side with volunteers from across Indiana and with employees of Indiana-based Elanco to ready the meals for food banks. Other volunteers included Indianapolis Colts players, FFA students,

Indianapolis public school students and additional sponsor organizations.

Kids Against Hunger of Central In-diana is an international humanitarian food aid organization that feeds the hungry, while teaching children and communities the power of volunteerism. The organization started in 2007. Since then, it has organized volunteers to help provide 23 million meals to hungry families in central Indiana and around the world.

For more information, visit www.kidsagainsthunger.net. CMN

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Mountain Fresh Dairy LLC recently announced it will be hiring up to 90 employees to manufacture its line of Kosher dairy products in its new Binghamton, N.Y., operation.

Mountain Fresh will make ultra-kosher products, including milk, Greek

Mountain Fresh Dairy will manufacture Kosher products in former Crowley plant

yogurt, and hard cheeses.The company bought the build-

ing from HP Hood and received $400,000 of low interest loans from the Broome County, N.Y., Industrial Development Agency and Bingham-ton Local Development Corp. CMN

VISALIA, Calif. — Dr. Karen Haught, the public health offi cer for Tulare County, Calif., is warning residents about eating Latin American-style cheese from unlicensed cheesemak-ers who may be selling their product door-to-door. These products may be contaminated.

The warning is being issued after a cluster of residents recently became ill from Salmonella. During the investiga-tion, it was found that the likely source of the infection was cheese purchased from an unlicensed vendor in Woodlake, Calif., selling cheeses door-to-door. Left-over cheese from this purchase has

Cheese sold door-to-door may be taintedbeen tested and revealed Salmonella.

“With unlicensed food producers, you cannot be sure that products are being made in sanitary conditions, or that foods are being properly refriger-ated during transportation,” Haught says. “These products can be dangerous to your health and safety.”

The cheeses in question include Que-so Fresco, Panela, Queso Seco, Asadero, Queso Oaxaca, Queso Cotija, and Crema, which may be made with unpasteurized milk that could contain harmful bacte-ria. Residents are being strongly urged to avoid buying cheese at swap meets or from door-to-door vendors. CMN

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ALBANY, N.Y. — Parts of the Buffalo, N.Y., area were inundated with more than 7 feet of snow last week, depend-ing on where the bands of snow coming off Lake Erie hit. The lake-effect snow storm shut down schools and businesses for days and caused disruptions in the dairy industry.

Approximately 50 miles west of Buffalo is Yancey’s Fancy in Corfu, N.Y.

“Plant operations were shut down Nov. 18 and Nov. 19 due to the bad roads, poor visibility and the many travel bans put in place,” says Eric Godlove, marketing specialist, Yancey’s Fancy. “The operation ran on a reduced capacity on Nov. 20 and was back to full operation on Nov. 21.

Dairies, cheese operations affected as parts of western New York experience heavy snow Our location was not the worst hit of all the surrounding areas.”

The storm disrupted Yancey’s Fancy’s plant operations and shipments to customers.

“Our customers have been under-standing and supportive and we’re work-ing hard to replace the lost production time,” Godlove says.

Following the snow storm, tem-peratures surged upwards of 60 degrees, which caused fl ooding concerns in some areas.

According to several reports, the snow forced a number of dairies to dump milk, as milk haulers were un-able to travel.

USDA’s Dairy Market News reports that demand for fl uid milk is strong, but the massive snow storm shut down most

distribution channels in the New York area hit by the storm. Consequently, some manufacturing plants were clear-ing unexpected volumes of milk that couldn’t reach bottlers, according to Dairy Market News.

Residual consequences of the storm still linger and are being addressed by New York’s governing entities.

“Our immediate concerns are with those farms that are dealing with the devastating impacts of the record snowfall,” says Dean Norton, president, New York Farm Bureau. “The snow load weighing down the roofs of barns and greenhouses remains a serious concern.”

Farm Bureau is encouraging all farmers to keep a close watch on the conditions and prepare to move people,

animals and equipment to a safer loca-tion if need be.

“New York Farm Bureau is working with New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets and the rest of the team with the State Offi ce of Emergency Management and Cornell Cooperative Extension to monitor the damage and response,” Norton says.

Residents affected by the storm vol-unteered to help their neighbors plow their driveways and deliver food to those in need, but there also were reports of those trying to take advantage of the storm to make extra money.

Among the complaints received were from consumers reporting a store that increased the price of a gal-lon of milk by 28 percent — far more than allowed under the law. CMN

WASHINGTON — Dairy products were heavily featured in Thanksgiving holiday-themed advertisements this re-porting period, says USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) in its latest biweekly National Dairy Retail Report released this week.

AMS says national conventional varieties of natural cheese in 8-ounce blocks this week had a weighted average advertised price of $2.55, down from

Dairy products heavily featured in Thanksgiving holiday-themed advertising, AMS says$2.61 two weeks earlier but up from $2.35 one year earlier.

Natural varieties of 1-pound cheese blocks this week had a weighted aver-age advertised price of $4.36, up from $3.95 two weeks earlier and $3.53 one year earlier, AMS says, while 2-pound cheese blocks had a weighted average advertised price of $7.60, down from $7.83 two weeks earlier but up from $6.58 one year ago.

AMS says 8-ounce cheese shreds this week had a weighted average advertised price of $2.50, down from $2.56 two weeks earlier but up from $2.26 one year earlier, while 1-pound shreds had a weighted average advertised price of $3.87, down from $4.00 two weeks

earlier but up from $3.51 one year ago.Meanwhile, national conventional

butter in 1-pound packs this week had a weighted average advertised price of $3.28, down from $3.63 two weeks earlier but up from $2.29 one year earlier, AMS says. CMN

WASHINGTON — Total natural cheese in U.S. refrigerated warehouses on Oct. 31, 2014, amounted to 983.8 million pounds, according to the Cold Storage report released by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) last Friday.

This was a decline of 3 percent from the previous month’s 1.01 billion pounds and a decline of 4 percent from Oct. 31, 2013’s 1.02 billion pounds.

American cheese stocks totaled 612.2 million pounds Oct. 31, 2014, down 3 percent from Sept. 30, 2014’s 631.3 million pounds and down 2 percent from the 626.2 million pounds in cold storage Oct. 31, 2013.

Swiss cheese in cold storage as of Oct. 31, 2014, totaled 25.6 million

Cheese, butter stocks down from year agopounds, down less than 1 percent from Sept. 30, 2014’s 25.7 million pounds and down 8 percent from the 27.9 million pounds in cold storage a year earlier.

NASS reports other natural cheese in cold storage totaled 346.0 million pounds at the end of October 2014, down 3 percent from Sept. 30, 2014’s 356.8 million pounds and down 5 percent from the 365.6 million pounds in cold storage at the end of October 2013.

Total butter in U.S. cold storage amounted to 138.2 million pounds as of Oct. 31, 2014, NASS reports, down 5 percent from the 146.1 mil-lion pounds in cold storage a month earlier. October butter stocks were down 24 percent from the previous year’s 181.8 million pounds. CMN

PLYMOUTH, Wis. — Sartori Co. has announced the release of its limited edition cheese, Cognac BellaVitano, which will be available for purchase at specialty cheese shops across the na-tion during the month of December. In conjunction with Cognac BellaVitano’s return, Sartori also will be releasing 200 Limited Edition Gift Baskets, sold exclu-sively online at www.sartoricheese.com.

Cognac BellaVitano matures for at least 18 months and is then submerged in Cognac. The end result is a unique and complex combination of smoky, nutty, oaky fl avors with toasted notes of

Sartori releasing limited-edition cheesesvanilla and caramel from the Cognac, the company says.

Sartori’s Limited Edition Gift Bas-ket includes a selection of fi ve limited edition cheeses: Cognac BellaVitano, Extra-Aged Goat, Pastorale Blend, Peppermint BellaVitano and Cannella BellaVitano. Each gift basket includes a set of four Sartori wine charms, a Sartori engraved cheese knife and cutting board. The basket is packaged in a Sartori screen-printed wooden crate. The Sartori Limited Edition Gift Basket will be sold exclusively online for $124.99 plus free shipping. CMN

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ESHER, England — Dairy Crest recently announced it has agreed to sell the assets of its dairy operations to Muller UK & Ireland Group for a consideration of US$127 million payable in cash upon completion.

The sale is conditional on the ap-proval of the relevant competition authorities. The process is expected to take several months, during which time Dairy Crest will focus on continu-ing to provide high levels of service and delivery throughout the supply chain. It is also conditional on the

Dairy Crest agrees to sell assets of its dairy operations to Muller UK & Ireland Groupapproval of Dairy Crest’s sharehold-ers and employee consultation, the company says.

After completion, Dairy Crest’s pre-dominant focus will be on its branded cheese and spreads operations, the company says. It also will grow its revenue and profi ts by continuing to develop whey-based products, such as demineralized whey powder and galacto-oligosaccharide, for the growing global infant formula market.

The agreement between Dairy Crest and Muller is for Dairy Crest to sell its

bulk butter manufacturing in its entirety to Muller.

The two companies also will enter into a supply agreement whereby Muller Wiseman Dairies will sell bulk butter to Dairy Crest for fi ve years. In addi-tion, Dairy Crest will provide certain transitional services to Muller Wiseman Dairies.

Dairy Crest says it will continue to buy milk direct from about 400 supplying farmers for its Davidstow creamery to produce cheese and whey.

The company will retain the follow-

ing manufacturing sites: Davidstow, Nuneaton and Frome, cheese produc-tion, storage and distribution facilities; and Kirkby and Erith, its spreads and spray oil manufacturing plants.

“Dairy Crest is very proud of the dairy business it has built, and we are delighted that it will be combined with Muller Wiseman Dairies’ equally well-established operation,” says Mark Allen, chief executive of Dairy Crest. “This pro-posed sale is a great opportunity for our two companies, our farmers, our staff, our customers and consumers.” CMN

WASHINGTON — Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) recently joined the American Humane Association (AHA) and others involved in food production in a discussion about the commitment farmers are making to proper animal care.

Mulhern represented the dairy in-dustry at a Capitol Hill briefing called “The Humane Table, Celebrating the American Heartland” organized by AHA.

Robin Ganzert, president and CEO of AHA, says the briefi ng was meant to celebrate and give thanks to those work-ing to build a better world for people and animals and to encourage support for humane farming practices, especially during the upcoming holiday season.

Mulhern says a commitment to humane care is not only good for dairy cows but for consumers and dairy farm-ers as well.

“America’s dairy farmers have a long history of providing excellent care to their dairy cattle,” Mulhern says. “In addition to the moral imperative of

American Humane Association partners with NMPF to promote responsible food productionquality animal care, well-treated cows are the key factor in the production of high-quality milk upon which dairy farmers’ livelihoods depend.

“Simply put, what’s good for cows is good for the farmers who milk those cows. And this industry-wide commit-ment to proper animal health care provides millions of consumers with a safe, wholesome high quality milk supply,” he adds.

Since 2008, NMPF has led the devel-opment of Farmers Assuring Respon-sible Management (FARM). It combines a comprehensive set of practices with education, evaluation and third-party verifi cation to assure the standards are being adhered to on farms.

NMPF says it recently improved the reach of the FARM program by requir-ing all farms that supply companies participating in the program to be enrolled and participate in evaluations of their practices.

“We must end abuse and discourage poor farming practices,” Ganzert says. “But it is also important to praise those who get it right and encourage other

farmers and ranchers to follow best practices.”

AHA also released a survey of 5,900 Americans — the “2014 Humane Heart-land Farm Animal Survey” — showing support for humanely raised foods and unveiled a public service announce-ment urging all Americans to support humanely raised foods.

The 2014 Humane Heartland Farm Animal Survey, the second conducted by American Humane Association reveals that more than nine in ten respondents (94.9 percent) were very concerned about farm animal welfare, up from 89 percent in the 2013 study.

More than 75 percent stated they were very willing to pay more for hu-manely raised eggs, meat and dairy products, up from 74 percent last year. For the second year in a row, in a rank-ing of the importance of food labels, “humanely raised” scored highest, over “antibiotic-free,” “organic” and “natural.”

Impediments to people’s choosing humane products also were explored. While 35.3 percent said they did pur-

chase humanely raised foods, 54.6 per-cent say they were either not available or too expensive.

For more information on the survey visit www.americanhumane.org/humane-heartland/2014-humane-heartland-farm-survey.pdf. CMN

Arla Foods opens new lactose plant in DenmarkJUTLAND, Denmark — Arla Foods Ingredients recently announced is has offi cially open its new lactose manu-facturing plant in Jutland, Denmark. The plant will produce 80,000 metric tons of lactose annually and is located adjacent to Arla’s existing whey facility, Denmark Protein.

Lactose from the factory will pri-marily be sold into the infant nutrition sector, Arla offi cials say. Among the products made at the facility will be Arla Foods Ingredients’ premium “dry blend” lactose, which enables infant formula manufacturers to increase their output without compromising safety or requiring signifi cant capital investment, Arla says.

“Our new lactose factory in Jutland is part of our drive to keep pace with growth in demand for high-quality lac-tose in the infant nutrition sector,” says Luis Cubel, sales director for Arla Foods Ingredients’ Permeate and Lactose Business. “It is not just about serving our customers now, but also serving them in the future, with a consistent, reliable supply of lactose day in, day out.”

Henrik Andersen, CEO, Arla Foods Ingredients, adds the company is proud to open this new lactose factory and to have done so on schedule.

“The future direction of our business is about meeting demand in growth segments,” Andersen says. “Where it is necessary, we are not afraid to invest in the production facilities required to do that, as this modern facility demon-strates. Meeting demand for premium dairy ingredients is a fundamental pillar of our ‘Quality starts here’ brand platform, and we are dedicated to en-suring our customers can source the products they want at all times.” CMN

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MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research’s (CDR) Wis-consin Process Cheese Short Course is a two-day, hands-on short course designed to cover the basics of formulation and manufacture of pasteurized process and cold pack cheese products. It takes place Feb. 24-25 here at Babcock Hall.

Day one includes lessons on the basic theories of process cheese manufactur-ing, properties of emulsifying salts, manufacturing of cold pack cheese, pro-cessed sauces and spreads, formulation of processed cheese, sodium reduction in processed cheese, practical aspects of manufacturing, packaging of processed cheese and manufacturing of processed cheese sauces.

The second day of the seminar features sessions related to processed cheese, including the basics of dairy-based ingredients, the importance of

CDR announces agenda for cheese seminardairy and cheese-based fl avors and en-zyme modifi cation, stabilizers and their impact, assessing rheological properties, HACCP, defects and sensory evaluation.

This short course is intended for all dairy and food processors inter-ested in the manufacture and use of process cheese products. This course is designed to be a survey course for industry personnel and is not designed to address technical issues for research personnel. This course qualifi es as an elective course for the Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker Program.

Registration is $550. For more infor-mation or to register visit www.cdr.wisc.edu/shortcourses/process_cheese. CMN

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NEW YORK — Cheese Journeys, a New York-based food travel program focusing on European cheeses and their artisans, has announced the newest addition to its team of experts and guest educators. Max McCalman, Maître Fromager and wine expert, will be Cheese Journeys’ offi cial Cheese Ambassador, joining some of next year’s tours, as well as spearheading the planning of domestic and international trips.

Cheese Journeys offers two types of tours, each tailored to the cheese profes-sional or food enthusiast, with travels alongside European food professionals

Cheese Journeys announces schedule for 2015 and Max McCalman partnership

and international food authorities.The Cheese Journeys 2015 travel

schedule, comprising four trips to Europe, kicks off with the cheese pro-fessionals heading to England April 11- 17 and to France May 23-30. The food enthusiasts are going to France Sept. 5- 14 and to England Sept. 25-Oct. 4. Additional tours for 2016 are being planned to Holland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and New Zealand, as well as to California, New York, Oregon, Texas and Vermont.

For more information or to register visit www.cheesejourneys.com. CMN

Academie Opus Caseus will hold West Coast coursePOINT REYES STATION, Calif. — The Academie Opus Caseus, a professional development subsidiary of the interna-tional cheese company Mons Fromager-Affi neur, Saint Haon le Châtel, France, is offering its fi rst West Coast course at Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co., March 9-13.

The course covers the life of “Cheese from Pasture to Plate.” Attendees will be presented with an overview of how cheese is made, aged, prepared for mar-ket and what consumers can do with the cheese at home. There also will be a visit to nearby Cowgirl Creamery.

Laurent Mons and Susan Sturman from the Academie Opus Caseus, and the Giacomini family and staff of Point Reyes Farmstead will provide the instruction for the course.

Program tuition is $3,000, which includes fi ve nights of accommodations, transportation and most meals. The course is limited to 10 participants.

For more information or to ap-ply visit www.academie-mons.com/application. CMN

Anuga FoodTec expo to be March 24-27COLOGNE, Germany — The 2015 Anuga FoodTec expo’s theme is “resource ef-fi ciency” and the event will take place here March 24-27.

Exhibitors will present solutions on how energy, water and food resources can be reduced during the production process. Also new for 2015 is the Food Ingredients Hall.

Anuga, a food fair for the retail trade and foodservice markets, is set for Oct. 10-14 in Cologne, Germany.

For more information contact Veronica Woods at 773-326-9922 or [email protected], or visit www.anuga.com. CMN

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WASHINGTON — The farmer-owned cooperative Northwest Dairy Asso-ciation (NDA) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Darigold Inc. this week announced the upcoming retirement of its President and CEO Jim Wegner.

Wegner plans on retiring Jan. 1, 2016. Until that date, Wegner will act as executive vice president, special projects, assisting the interim president and CEO, William Krippaehne.

Wegner’s duties will focus on a smooth transition of leadership both

Darigold President and CEO Jim Wegner to retire; William Krippaehne steps in as interimwithin NDA/Darigold and the numerous dairy industry leadership roles in which he has been active, Darigold says.

Wegner joined Darigold in late 2003 as senior vice president of operations and accepted the position of president and CEO in 2011. During his tenure at Darigold, Wegner has been instrumental in establishing many initiatives to im-prove plant operations, implementing changes to meet the growing require-ments of both domestic and global customers, Darigold says.

During the immediate transition, Wegner will continue to represent NDA/Darigold interests and provide guidance at the industrywide level in his roles within the National Milk Producers Federation, the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives and the variety of other leadership roles he has played over the years, Darigold says.

As interim president and CEO, Krip-paehne brings a long history of leader-ship experience, the company notes.

As an outside director to Darigold

and an adviser to the NDA board of directors for the past six years, Krippaehne has learned a great deal about the company, the coopera-tive and the industry, Darigold says. Prior to joining NDA/Darigold, Krip-paehne was the COO and eventually the president and CEO of the former Fisher Companies Inc., where he worked for a total of 25 years. Krip-paehne has an MBA in finance and marketing management from Oregon State University. CMN

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The day will kick off with a welcome and introduction by the University of Idaho’s Jeff Kronenberg, followed by background information and defi nitions by FDA’s Les Boian. Boian will then pres-ent sessions on basic High Temperature

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Mike Wiggs from the Idaho State Department of Agriculture’s Dairy Bu-reau will then lead a session on HTST chart documentation and pasteuriza-tion controls. The day will wrap up with questions, a review and quiz.

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LAS VEGAS — The National Grocers As-sociation’s show is taking place Feb. 8-11 in Las Vegas and registration is now open.

This year’s show will feature a keynote address by Leon E. Panetta, who previ-

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MADISON, Wis. — The Quality Milk Conference, sponsored by the Wisconsin Association of Dairy Plant Field Repre-sentatives and hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Ag-ricultural and Life Sciences and the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research, will take place here at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Feb 11-12.

The fi rst day will include new tech-nologies in the diagnosis of mastitis, on-farm antibiotic test kit technology,

Quality Milk Conference deadline is Feb. 4cow side investigation, sustainability and opportunities in the dairy industry.

Day two will bring regulatory up-dates and emerging issues, updates on milk certifi cation, an update by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, and an overview of dairy in Afghanistan.

Registration is due Feb. 4. It is $115 per person before Feb. 1 and $125 after Feb. 1. For more information visit www.dairyfoods.wisc.edu. CMN

RESTON, Va. — PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technolo-gies, is debuting its newest event, Pack Expo East, which runs Feb. 16-18 in Philadelphia.

“We learned through customer re-search that we have a great opportunity for both Pack Expo exhibitors and end users in the Northeast,” says Jim Pittas, senior vice president of tradeshows, PMMI.

According to PMMI, Pack Expo East will provide access to advanced, whole-line solutions and is to include on-fl oor education at exhibitor booths and activi-

Pack Expo East is coming to Philadelphiaties in conjunction with packaging and processing educators.

“Philadelphia is an accessible and affordable destination for manufactur-ing professionals on the East Coast,” Pittas says. “By hosting a Pack Expo event here, we’re creating an opportu-nity for manufacturers to bring more team members to the show so they can explore innovations on the line and new solutions that they’ve never considered before.”

Registration is $30 before Jan. 21 and is $60 after. For more information visit www.packexpoeast.com. CMN

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PMA Nov. 13 issued another update which stated that:

• Since Oct. 31, members of the ILWU have continued to work slowly in the ports of Tacoma and Seattle. Vari-ous reports have detailed the dramatic impact these slowdowns are having.

• In recent days, longshoremen on several shifts have walked off the job in Oakland, shutting down their terminals for the remainder of the shift.

• In the critical ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, where growing conges-tion has been a recognized issue for some time, ILWU continues to short-shift crews by withholding qualifi ed yard crane operators, PMA says.

Late last week, PMA said that de-spite a request to continue bargaining, ILWU has decided to curtail “big table” negotiations.

“As a result of the union’s decision, the only bargaining through Dec. 1 will be limited to subcommittees discussing limited issues, with most members of the ILWU’s negotiating committee taking an extended break,” PMA says. “Making matters worse, the ILWU is refusing to agree to a temporary contract extension despite multiple requests by the PMA.”

A contract extension would give both parties access to the established waterfront grievance process, and most notably would give employers recourse for the ILWU slowdowns that are con-tinuing, PMA says.

“We have made it abundantly clear that we believe these negotiations are of the utmost importance,” Gates says.

“We are disappointed the union is not showing the same urgency to resolve the issues between us.”

However, the union says the docu-mented causes of congestion at the ports include chassis shortage and dislocation; rail service delays, including a shortage of rail cars nationwide; the exodus of truck drivers who cannot make a living wage; long truck turn times; record retail import volumes (increases of 5.3 percent over 2013); larger vessels discharging massive amounts of cargo; container terminals pushed to storage capacities; and the peak shipping season.

“The numerous, non-labor related causes of the congestion problem up and down the West Coast are well documented,” says ILWU spokesperson Craig Merrilees.

Merrilees says that during recent negotiations, the union addressed PMA directly to express concerns about its deceitful media tactics and the corro-sive impact of such tactics on collective bargaining.

“It’s particularly infl ammatory for workers to be told that they’re using safety as a gimmick,” he says.

West Coast longshore work is ex-tremely hazardous, with higher fatality rates than the work of fi refi ghters or police offi cers, according to U.S Depart-ment of Labor fi gures, ILWU says.

“The men and women of the ILWU will not make up for the current supply chain failures at the expense of life and limb,” Merrilees says.

News reports say the national economy could take a multi-billion dollar hit this holiday season if there’s a strike linked to contract talks.

According to Alan Levitt, vice president of communications for the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), carriers are pushing their losses onto

agriculture shippers in the form of new “congestion surcharges.”

Levitt says a member of USDEC on the West Coast says it has several containers of product unable to ship and as a result is racking up warehouse charges daily.

USDEC is a member of the Agricul-ture Transportation Coalition (AgTC), a coalition representing U.S. agricul-ture and forest products producers — including farmers, food processors, exporters and transportation and lo-gistics providers — that includes the International Dairy Foods Association, Northwest Food Processors Association, Organic Trade Association and others.

AgTC last week sent a letter to Presi-dent Obama urging him to “use all tools available to the federal government” to restore the ports to full operation while negotiations continue.

“The disruption is a result of marine terminals closing due to labor stoppage, ships being forced to skip port calls or to re-route, and truckers are limited by end-less lines at port gates,” AgTC says. “And if products cannot be delivered on time to the foreign customer, the customer will source from other countries such as Brazil, Australia, Chile or Argentina.”

AgTC suggests bringing in a federal mediator to help resolve the contract dispute. In the event of a strike or lockout, AgTC asks the president to consider invok-ing the Taft-Hartley Act to keep exports moving and protect the U.S. economy.

Darigold Inc., Seattle, says it ships more than 600 containers of different products overseas each month. Contain-ers have been backing up, and it’s just getting worse, says Dermot Carey, senior vice president of Darigold’s ingredients

division.At least several hundred contain-

ers of products including cheese, milk powder, whey powder and milk proteins are in limbo, Carey says.

“Right now we’re paying to store them in warehouses, and that’s no small cost,” he says.

Carey adds that the amount of avail-able warehouse space could be a future concern if the situation continues.

In addition, contract defaults could occur if the products do not get to their planned destinations soon, he says.

“Our customers are all long-term for the most part, so I don’t think it will impact those contracts, but it’s always a risk,” he says.

Marie teVelde, director of communi-cations for California Dairies Inc., says that according to DairyAmerica, who markets CDI milk powders, CDI has not experienced any product delivery delays as a result of the protracted labor ne-gotiations at the ports. However, freight and schedules are being watched closely.

CDI has not been hit with any congestion fees or other port fees, but DairyAmerica remains in constant contact with the port, delivering freight exactly when allowed, so as not to incur any demurrage or delays, teVelde says.

Levitt says USDEC continues to keep its members informed and remains engaged with AgTC to support a quick resolution of the dispute.

“This situation adds to the cost of U.S. exports, which of course isn’t helpful at a time when the world mar-ket is very competitive and U.S. com-modity prices are already higher than most everyone else’s,” he says. CMN

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CALORIEContinued from page 1

was passed in March 2010 as part of the Affordable Care Act.

“Americans eat and drink about one-third of their calories away from home and people today expect clear informa-tion about the products they consume,” says FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg. “Making calorie information available on chain restaurant menus and vending machines is an important step for public health that will help consumers make informed choices for themselves and their families.”

The menu labeling fi nal rule applies to restaurants and similar retail food establishments if they are part of a chain of 20 or more locations, doing business under the same name and offering for sale substantially the same menu items. Covered food establishments will be required to clearly and conspicuously display calorie information for standard items on menus and menu boards next to the name or price of the item.

Seasonal menu items offered for sale as temporary menu items, daily specials and condiments for general use typically available on a counter or table are exempt from the labeling requirements, FDA says.

Some states, localities and various

large restaurant chains are already doing their own forms of menu label-ing, FDA notes. The 1990 Nutrition Labeling and Education Act, the law establishing nutrition labeling on most foods, did not cover nutrition labeling for restaurants and other ready-to-eat foods. In the years that followed, states and cities created their own labeling requirements for such foods.

“These federal standards will help avoid situations in which a chain restau-rant subject to the federal requirements has to meet different requirements in different states,” FDA says.

FDA notes it considered more than 1,100 comments from stakeholders and consumers in developing these rules. In response to comments, FDA narrowed the scope of foods covered by the rule to more clearly focus on restaurant-type food, made other adjustments such as ensuring the fl exibility for multi-serving dishes like pizza to be labeled by the slice rather than as a whole pie, and provided establishments additional time to comply with the rule.

In addition, the menu labeling fi nal rule now includes certain alcoholic beverages served in covered food es-tablishments and listed on the menu but still provides fl exibility in how establishments meet this provision,

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Through programs like MAP, FAS also helps U.S. companies market their food and agricultural products at international trade shows, such as the Gulfood show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

USDEC also participates in the Gulfood show, held in February, which is the Middle East’s largest food, drink, foodservice and hospitality equip-ment exhibition, drawing buyers from throughout the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

Participating in the Gulfood show keeps the door open for U.S. agricultural companies to develop new relation-ships with buyers in the Middle East or strengthen existing ties, says Angélique Hollister, vice president, cheese and consumer products, USDEC.

Halal says more and more U.S. ex-hibitors are showing interest in Gulfood, and next year’s show, slated for Feb. 8-12, should be a good opportunity for people looking to establish new business.

In fact, many companies are likely waiting until the show to fi nalize com-mitments with new suppliers, she adds.

To further enhance trade between

the United States and MENA, USDEC’s communication team organized a trade mission to Dubai for four dairy produc-ers and two members of the dairy trade media and hosted its fi rst U.S. Dairy Business Conference there. During the conference, Hollister and Kristi Saitama, vice president, export market-ing ingredients, USDEC, provided an overview of the prospects for U.S. cheese and dairy ingredient exports during a panel discussion. (See “MENA region fast-growing market for U.S. dairy exports” in the Nov. 22, 2013, issue of Cheese Market News.)

“We couldn’t be more pleased with the conference,” Saitama says. “Cus-tomers in the Middle East had looked primarily to Europe before, and this helped them to see that the U.S. also has a lot to offer.”

Hollister says the conference also helped to show that the United States’ interest in the MENA region “is not just talk — we really want to build relationships.”

Halal says she knows that post-U.S. Dairy Business Conference, there are more U.S. suppliers penetrating the MENA region and holding meetings.

“The business conference really put the United States on a different platform,” she says. “It brought together producers, suppliers, end users — really all facets of the supply chain.”

In addition, the conference created more bonding among local trade and end users as well as relationships with U.S. dairy industry stakeholders, she says.

However, Halal says there are only a few larger U.S. companies that she sees doing consistent, long-term business in the MENA region.

She notes that trade missions and conferences are great tools to foster relationships and education about different countries and products, but particularly in regard to trade missions,

it’s limited in terms of how many people are invited.

More one-on-one business and meet-ings between companies in their own countries is helpful, Halal says.

“U.S. companies could invite custom-ers to their plants to see what they do and how products are made,” she says. “And the face time lends itself to secur-ing more long-term business.”

Halal notes that a lot of buying in the Middle East is still done largely on a spot basis, but USDEC is working on education and stressing the importance of more long-term buying relationships and contracts.

“We’re still doing mostly spot sales here, but it’s something we’re working on,” she says.

Consistency and product customiza-tion also are challenges, Halal notes.

“I think one of the main points is that exporters, importers and end users all need to be aligned in what they are asking for,” she says.

Direct follow up from exporters would be helpful in this endeavor, she adds.

“Exporters need to follow up to en-sure the end user is getting a product that works the way it is supposed to,” she says.

Halal notes MENA stakeholders are

beginning to appreciate what the United States has to offer in terms of high qual-ity varieties of cheese, particularly in the catering and foodservice sectors.

However, those sectors typically design their menus months in advance, she notes.

“In order to rely on an American cheese for a menu, they need to know that it will be available long-term,” she says. “Consistency and volume distribu-tion needs to be established.”

Halal says having established busi-ness “on the ground” in the MENA region also helps to grow long-term business. For example, countries in the EU, as well as New Zealand and Australia, have regional offi ces and people on the ground in MENA countries.

“The United States is still largely absent in that regard,” she says. “There are a few companies that come here, but they don’t stay as long or come as frequently.”

There is defi nitely an opportunity to fi ll a need for product, particularly in Saudi Arabia, she adds.

Looking ahead, Halal says the ex-panding retail and foodservice sectors in the MENA region will continue to provide growth opportunities for U.S. cheese in particular.

“People are looking more to health and wellness in foods,” she says. “There’s an emphasis being placed on dairy as a better-for-you food.”

Hollister notes USDEC continues its efforts to facilitate increased re-lationships between U.S. and MENA dairy industry stakeholders, and new companies are looking to exhibit with USDEC at next year’s Gulfood show.

“We’re seeing more and more that the U.S. industry is interested in doing more in MENA,” Saitama says. “The MENA region remains a core strategic priority for us, and we’ve only scratched the surface of opportunities.” CMNSWISS

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“Our goal is to increase capacity at this facility, drive effi ciency and explore new cheese types that our customers are demanding,” he says.

Once completed, the expansion is expected to double natural cheese pro-duction capacity and give the company the fl exibility to produce new sizes and cheese varieties such as Maasdam, Ha-varti and Muenster. The expansion also will increase the production of cream cheese and whey.

Expansion efforts are expected to break ground in 2015 and are antici-pated to be completed in late 2016.

“This expansion will be a great benefi t to our customers, our mem-bers and to the Clayton County com-munity,” Boelens says. “It will give us the fl exibility we need to meet ever-changing market demands and the operational upgrades needed to continue to be a viable business.” CMN

“The MENA region remains a core

strategic priority for us, and we’ve only

scratched the surface of opportunities.”

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WASHINGTON — Last week President Obama announced executive actions on immigration policy that will allow about 5 million undocumented immigrants to tem-porarily stay in the United States. However, both the White House and agricultural groups say that congressional action is needed for a more permanent overhaul of the nation’s immigration system.

The president’s Immigration Ac-countability Executive Actions will crack down on illegal immigration at the border, prioritize deporting fel-ons rather than families, and require certain undocumented immigrants to pass a criminal background check to temporarily gain legal status, according to a statement released by the White House. Undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States for more than fi ve years and are parents of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents, by registering and passing background checks, will start paying taxes and be able to stay temporarily in the United States for three years at a time.

“These are common sense steps, but only Congress can fi nish the job,” the White House says. “As the president acts, he’ll continue to work with Con-gress on a comprehensive, bipartisan bill — like the one passed by the Senate more than a year ago — that can replace these actions and fi x the whole system.”

Before the Nov. 20 announcement of the executive action, President Obama met with Arturo Rodriguez, president of United Farm Workers (UFW), to discuss the action’s impact on farm workers. Rodriguez says UFW was pleased to learn that at least 250,000 farm work-ers, and at least 125,000 California farm workers, will be eligible for deportation relief under the executive action.

“The president committed to work-ing with UFW to do everything possible to make sure that every farm worker who qualifi es for the program gets enrolled,

White House takes executive action on immigration; ag groups seek more permanent solutionand we are prepared to work with him and Congress to fi nish the job by pass-ing legislation that fully addresses this issue once and for all,” Rodriguez says.

Leaders of dairy and other agricul-tural organizations say these executive actions are extremely limited and that Congress needs to pass more permanent laws to fi x the U.S. immigration system and support the agricultural sector, much of which relies on immigrants to meet labor demands.

Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), says the executive action will not solve the current or future needs of dairy farmers.

“We still need congressional action, in the form of comprehensive legisla-tive reform of our broken immigration system,” Mulhern says. “This is both an opportunity and an obligation for Congress. We need action in both the House and Senate, with support from both Republicans and Democrats, to do the job that needs to be done.”

Mulhern says regardless of the ex-ecutive order, NMPF must continue to press for a long-term, meaningful solu-tion that provides permanent relief for current workers and future labor needs.

“It is imperative that Congress ad-dress this issue in 2015 and resolve it, once and for all,” he says.

Western United Dairymen says that the specifi c implications for agriculture are diffi cult to assess, but it is clear that President Obama’s executive action is lim-ited and only proposes temporary relief.

A statement from WUD says the California-based producer organization “fi rmly believes that congressional ac-tion is the only true path to a compre-hensive solution for the current broken immigration system. For example, farmers with year-round labor needs are ineligible to participate in any existing program because the law requires the

job to be seasonal and the worker to be temporary. Legislation appears to be the only way to eliminate this challenge to our country’s food security.”

WUD says dairy families depend on experienced employees who understand the needs of their dairy farms and herds.

“The consequences of labor insta-bility and congressional inaction to address it have been severe,” WUD says. “We are committed to achieving a fair legislative solution that most impor-tantly legalizes the current workforce and provides a stable, legal, year-round workforce moving forward.”

Chuck Conner, CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, says for what appears to be a small subset of current agricultural workers, the president’s actions will alleviate some pressure in the short term but does not offer long-term assurance.

“To meet future agricultural labor needs, the H-2A program remains broken beyond repair and a new, streamlined and market-based visa program is needed,” Conner says. “Both of these goals — cer-tainty for current workers and a working visa program for the future — can only be achieved through congressional action.”

Bob Stallman, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, agrees that farmers and ranchers need a new, fl exible visa program that ensures long-term access for foreign workers.

“We also need to permit some current workers, many of whom have helped sustain our operations for years, to remain working in America,” Stallman says. “Congress and the president must work together to fi nd a solution that works for America.”

Casey Langan, spokesman for the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, says any changes to the outdated agricultural visa program must also remove the “touch-back” provisions that require workers to return to their home country every year.

“Touch-back provisions have al-ways been problematic for dairy farm workers given dairy’s year-round labor needs,” he says. CMN

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FDA notes. The majority of comments supported including alcohol because of the impact on public health. The menu labeling rule also includes food facilities in entertainment venue chains such as movie theaters and amusement parks.

Restaurants and similar retail food establishments will have one year to com-ply with the menu labeling requirements.

The National Restaurant Association says it supports the menu labeling regu-lations as a way to avoid a patchwork of differing state and local requirements.

“The National Restaurant Associa-tion strongly believes in the importance of providing nutrition information to consumers to empower them to make the best choices for their dietary needs,” says Dawn Sweeney, president and CEO of the association.

“We joined forces with more than 70 public health and stakeholder groups to advocate for a federal nutrition standard so that anyone dining out can have clear, easy-to-use nutrition information at the point of ordering — information that is presented in the same way, no matter what part of the country,” Sweeney says.

The International Dairy Foods Asso-ciation (IDFA) notes these new regula-tions will require establishments that sell restaurant-type food and vending companies to request up-to-date infor-mation on calories from their suppliers.

“The dairy industry will need to be ready to provide their foodservice customers with nutrition information on calories for the foods and food ingre-dients they provide, since bulk food used in foodservice use (such as ice cream for dipping, or cheese for pizza, or cottage cheese for a salad bar) are exempt from nutrition labeling,” IDFA says.

FDA notes that to help consumers understand the signifi cance of the calo-rie information in the context of a total daily diet, under the rule, menus and menu boards will include the statement: “2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice, but calorie needs vary.”

The menu labeling fi nal rule also re-quires covered establishments to provide, upon consumer request and as noted on menus and menu boards, written nutri-tion information about total calories, total fat, calories from fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium, total carbohydrates, fi ber, sugars and protein.

The vending machine fi nal rule re-quires operators who own or operate 20 or more vending machines to disclose calorie information for food sold from vending machines, subject to certain exceptions. Vending machine operators will have two years to comply with the requirements.

The fi nal rules are set to be published in the Federal Register Dec. 1. CMN

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