Month: August 2016

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement that they will provide $46,530 to 14 Connecticut dairy producers who are enrolled in the Margin Protection Program-Dairy (MPP) – an insurance mechanism designed to help farmers struggling with tight margins. The USDA’s announcement came just one week after Murphy and Blumenthal joined a bipartisan group of 59 other members of Congress, led by U.S. Representative Joe Courtney (CT-2), in calling on USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to provide assistance to dairy producers grappling with declining milk prices. …

While Dean Foods’ sales of whole milk were up 5% in the second quarter and skim milk sales were down 11%, the company reported Monday that it had to cut prices on its private label milk and ice cream products because no one was buying them. …

3TL Technologies Corp. announced that it has signed a license agreement to provide its Software as a Service (SaaS) based Platform3 to promote milk products in the U.S. for a Washington D.C. based national industry organization. The promotion has commenced and will run until the end of August 28, 2016 at retail locations in the U.S. 3TL will be paid US$83,000 ($108,000) for the promotion that will run for approximately ten weeks. …