Month: October 2010

Wisconsin’s average milk price for September is expected to be $17.20 per hundredweight, up about 90 cents from August and $3.70 cents more than September 2009. Nationwide, the price is also expected to come in at an average of $17.20 per hundredweight, up 50 cents from August. …

Dairy processors can make claims that their products are free of a synthetic growth hormone, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in striking down parts of the state’s rule on milk labeling. …

55 members of the House Dairy Farmer Caucus (DFC) wrote today to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk to urge a robust defense of Americas dairy industry against efforts by the European Union to claw back for its countries sole use several generic cheese names such as parmesan, provolone and feta, as well as other names of importance to the U.S. dairy industry. …

Visitors to Wired.com on Tuesday might have noticed cherries exploding on the homepage. The outburst was actually an ad for Fage, a Greek yogurt brand, which has been running a series of print and digital executions since the beginning of this month. …