Month: February 2013

Dairy farm families will again partner with First Bank & Trust, Hy-Vee and Lewis Drug to raise money for Feeding South Dakota. For the third year, dairy farmers will invite the public to “Be Our Guest” at a concert at the annual Central Plains Dairy Expo.  For a $10 donation to Feeding South Dakota, people will receive a pass to country music artist Phil Vassar’s concert on March 26.  Donations will be used to purchase dairy foods to stock food banks across the state. …

"What's in a name?" California dairy officials are asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. "Can yogurt by any other name taste as sweet?" Forgive the recasting of a line from "Romeo and Juliet," but it exemplifies the complaint Western United Dairymen recently filed with federal regulators, objecting to the use of the word yogurt when applied to products based on soy, rice and other non-dairy products.

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Consumers may have noticed new, vibrant packaging from family-owned Kreider Farms appearing on its dairy products on store shelves. The redesign, which began rolling out last year, marks the first time that the Lancaster County based company has changed its packaging in almost a decade. Going into 2013, Kreider is transitioning its entire dairy product line—milk, ice cream, half and half, buttermilk and heavy cream for both retail and foodservice—to the new packaging. …