Arla Foods, Basking Ridge, N.J., and its 10,300 farmer owners launched ambitious targets to accelerate the transition to sustainable dairy production with an intensified focus on the farms.

Westby Cooperative Creamery, Westby, Wis., received a $23,000 Focus-On-Energy grant for upgrades to the steam boiler system of its creamery manufacturing facility.

Turkey Hill Dairy, Lancaster County, Pa., officially transitioned to 100% renewable energy, thanks to a new relationship with the Safe Harbor Dam.

Cargill, Inc., Minneapolis, announced plans to invest more than $200 million in Pakistan in the next 3-5 years.

Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC), Canada, released the findings of the latest lifecycle assessment of the industry's environmental performance.

California Bioenergy LLC (CalBio), Visalia, Calif., received funding from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), San Francisco; the California Air Resources Board (CARB), Sacramento, Calif.; and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Sacramento, Calif., for three dairy pilot projects selected to install dairy digester renewable fuel technology.

Property development company Beladon, Holland, developed a floating dairy farm.

A recent NASA-supported study released by Bubbleology Research International (BRI), Goleta, Calif., combined remote sensing with advanced mobile analyzers to understand how differing husbandry practices vary within dairies, between dairies and between regions.

Fiscalini Cheese turned to Ceres Imaging, Oakland, Calif., to identify irrigation issues during the corn season.