Dairy

Dean Foods Company today announced that the Company earned $0.50 per diluted share for the full year 2010, as compared to $1.38 per diluted share for the full year 2009. On an adjusted basis (as defined below), the Company earned $0.80 per diluted share for the full year 2010, compared to $1.59 for the full year 2009. …

Turkey Hill Dairy last fall announced an opportunity for fans to create a design to transform one of the company’s most iconic symbols – its 13-foot-tall traveling Giant Cow. The entries have been narrowed to five finalists, and now the Dairy is asking fans to go to turkeyhill.com/giantcowmakeover and vote for their favorite design. The design with the most votes will be named the grand prize winner, and the design will be featured on one of the Dairy’s Giant Cows. …

The House of Representatives passed a resolution (H. Res. 73) on February 10 requiring the Agriculture Committee and other committees of the House to review federal regulations to determine their impact on jobs and economic growth. The resolution passed by a vote of a vote of 255 to 169. …

Organic Valley, the nations oldest organic farmer-owned cooperative founded in 1988, today announced it will welcome up to 53 organic farmers from Lancaster Country Organic Farmers Cooperative (LOFCO) to join its cooperative and produce milk for the Northeast region. …

About 50 parents and activists brought valentines for the people who run the L.A. school food program: Gallon milk jugs filled with sugar and decorated with hearts, tokens they hoped would help get strawberry-flavored and chocolate milk out of cafeterias. …