After making headlines around the world, the a2 Milk brand has finally arrived in Canada. This 100% Canadian milk carries all the nutritional qualities of regular fresh milk with one important difference; most cows’ milk in stores contain a mix of both A1 and A2 protein types. a2 Milk comes from cows that naturally produce milk with only the A2 protein type, or put the other way, doesn’t contain the A1 protein type.
New England’s Oakhurst Dairy has released a new, limited-edition flavor to celebrate this fall: Maple Milk. Oakhurst’s new Maple Milk is made with 100% pure maple syrup that Oakhurst is sourcing locally from Bascom Family Farms of New Hampshire, which is a leading independent supplier of pure maple syrup. Bascom Family Farms sources from not only its own taps, but also small family farms in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
The plant is expected to process 6 million pounds of milk a day and make 220 million pounds of American-style cheese annually.
June 10, 2016
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), Kansas City, Mo., Foremost Farms USA, Baraboo, Wis., and Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA), Novi, Mich., committed to exploring joint ownership and operation of a major cheese processing plant in the Michigan.
The move will reinforce the companies' continuing commitment to pay the highest possible milk price to their milk producers through continuing innovation, efficiency and excellence.
May 4, 2016
Lakeland Dairies Co-operative Societies, Ireland, acquired the Fane Valley Dairies, also based in Ireland, effective May 1.
Waters Corp., Milford, Mass., introduced a new, lateral flow strip test for the rapid detection of aflatoxin M1 in raw milk at the processing facility or in the dairy laboratory.
Wyke Farms opened the doors to its $2.3 million water recovery plant, which will enable the UK-based independent cheese producer and milk processor to recover up to 95% of its factory wastewater.
The Canadian dairy cooperative Agropur, Longueil, Quebec, said it expects this Dec. 23, 2008, to complete its purchase of Schroeder Milk, a Maplewood, Minn., milk processor.