Fisher Meats Wins National Competition
Fisher Packing Co. of Portland, which operates the Fisher Meats retail meat market in Muncie, won national recognition in recent competition at the American Cured Meat Championships in Reno, Nevada. …
Month: August 2011
Dairy Heir's Idea To Expand Is Muenster Success
When Clarence and Mabel Ropp bought 130 acres north of Normal in 1929, their income came from the milk produced by their herd of Jersey cows. In 1985, their son, Ray, bought out his parents and brother, Gordon, and later added a new commodity to the operation: cheese. Today, Ropp Farms is one of just a handful of Illinois farms to produce cheese, and Ropp Jersey Cheese is the farm’s major source of income.
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Shatto Milk Company Cheese Amongst Best At World-Renown Cheese Competition
Shatto Milk Company’s Farmstead Cheeses are quickly making a name for themselves after the local family farm completed its state of the art cheese making facility earlier this year. Shatto Milk Company’s “Plattsburg” cheese was named third in the Farmstead Cheese Class – Open Category Cows Milk Cheeses (aged over 60 days) during the 27th Annual American Cheese Society Conference and Competition. …
Park City Group Selected By Dairy Trade Group All Star Association
Park City Group, a Software-as-a-Service provider of unique supply chain solutions for retailers and their suppliers, today announced that it has been selected by a national dairy association, All Star Association, Inc. (All Star), for technology solutions that optimize sales and supply chain management for its organization's members. …
Fluid Milk Product Sales Down Last Year
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has estimated that the total fluid milk product sales declined 1.4 percent in 2010, the largest annual decline since the Agricultural Marketing Service began publishing monthly fluid product sales data in January 2000. …
