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.

Lakeland Dairies Co-operative Societies, Ireland, acquired the Fane Valley Dairies, also based in Ireland, effective May 1.

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), Kansas City, Mo., announced plans to build a new global headquarters in Kansas City, Kan.

SCR Engineers Ltd. collaborated with Nestlé USA, headquartered in Switzerland, to establish the Nestlé Dairy Farming Institute (DFI) in China.

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.