Wild Rose Foods, Tualatin, Ore., launched Lulubelle’s Creamery, a new dairy brand featuring a product line of local, certified-organic milk.

Délimax-Montpak, Canada, launched a new consumer brand called Fontaine Family, available in most major supermarket banners across Canada.

A study conducted by researchers at Emory University, Atlanta, in collaboration with The Organic Center, Washington, D.C., found that a majority of samples of conventional retail milk tested positive for residues of antibiotics – two of which are banned from dairy production -- and used controversial pesticides.

Aurora Organic Dairy (AOD), Boulder, Colo., opened the doors to its new 127,000-square-foot milk production and storage facility in Columbia, Mo.

Arla’s newest product, the Single Estate Organic Milk, is said to be the first dairy product in the world to have its production chain saved into a blockchain.

The global organic milk market has been witnessing slow but steady growth in past few years, according to a study produced by QY Research, City of Industry, Calif.

Wyke Farms, a UK-based independent milk processor, and The Organic Milk Suppliers Cooperative (OMSCo), a producer of organic milk and organic cheese exporter based in the UK, partnered to expand organic cheese production, distribution and sales.

Dean Foods Co., Dallas, Texas, and CROPP Cooperative, an independent farmer cooperative based in La Farge, Wis., formed a strategic joint venture to bring organic milk to retailers.

Prairie Farms, Carlinville, Ill., launched a line of organic milk sourced from farms that are certified-organic by the USDA National Organic Program.