Foremost Farms USA, Baraboo, Wis., announced plans to build a dairy processing facility in Greenville, Mich.

DuPont Industrial Biosciences, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Bock UK Ltd., UK, announced a strategic partnership where Bock will demonstrate DuPont’s biogas enzyme technology at commercial scale in the U.K. market.

Clover Stornetta Farms announced plans to expand its Petaluma, Calif., headquarters and dairy processing facility, with the addition of four 50,000-gallon silos and a 65,000-square-foot cold storage and distribution facility.

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.

For a major Wisconsin-based dairy products company, a progressing cavity pump handled the difficult task of transferring sweetened condensed milk out of flash coolers.

The floor area within a dairy farm or processing plant is subjected to a long list of damaging and deteriorating factors, such as traffic from rubber boots, cattle and forklift trucks, heavy machinery, lactic acid spillages and intense cleaning routines. Despite these challenging conditions, the floor finish needs to provide a clean platform that keeps both food products and employees safe.

Agropur Cooperative concluded a strategic partnership agreement with Canada-based retailer Sobeys that includes the purchase of the dairy processing activities as well as long-term supply agreements.

Serac Inc., Carol Stream, Ill., now offers what is said to be an affordable blow molding and filling solution for mid-sized dairy processors.

The Alliance of Western Milk Producers, a Sacramento, Calif.-based coalition of California dairy processing cooperatives representing 60% of California’s milk, ceased operations, effective Nov. 1.