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Hiland Dairy Launches New Ice Cream Packaging
Jun 12, 2018Hiland Dairy has introduced new ice cream packaging along with three new flavors. Made with fresh, pure milk from local Hiland Dairy farmers, Hiland Ice Cream is a timeless treat synonymous with summertime. And, to celebrate summer, ...
Tags: Ice Cream Packaging, Ice Cream
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Brexit, Commodities Force Arla Foods to Launch Cost-Cutting Plan
Apr 24, 2018European dairy giant Arla Foods has initiated an internal transformation program in an effort to realize more than €400m of savings by the end of 2020. The program, dubbed Calcium, seeks to strengthen the company's performance to the ...
Tags: Brexit, Arla Foods
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Conestoga Meat Packers to Expand Pork Processing Capacity by 86%
Sep 19, 2017The Ontario Government is helping pork processor Conestoga Meat Packers to expand local production and bring 170 new jobs to Waterloo Region. The government is investing up to C$5.3m ($4.35m) as part of its C$2.7bn ($2.2bn) Jobs and ...
Tags: pork processor, Meat
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Arla Delivers Positive Results in Tough Times
Aug 30, 2016At a time when dairy companies have struggled with the continued European oversupply of milk, Arla has strengthened the quality and profitability of its business. Arla’s strategic branded sales grew 6.1 per cent in the first half of ...
Tags: Arla, dairy, positive results
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Arla Foods Opens New Milk Powder Production Facility in Senegal
May 23, 2016Denmark-based dairy company Arla Foods has opened a new milk powder production facility in Dakar, Senegal, to further its expansion in West Africa. The new plant, which was inaugurated on 17 May, has an annual capacity of 5,000 tons of ...
Tags: Arla Foods, Milk Powder
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Agri-Mark To Invest $30m In Chateaugay Cheese Plant Expansion In New York
Mar 15, 2016Dairy company Agri-Mark is planning to invest $30m in a cheese manufacturing facility in Chateaugay town in New York. The company plans to renovate the roughly 100,000ft2 facility by deploying new cheese vats and other equipment to ...
Tags: Agri-Mark, Investment, Renovation, Manufacturing facility
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Arla Plans New'Good Growth 2020’ Strategy for Global Expansion
Dec 11, 2015Scandinavian dairy cooperative Arla Foods has introduced its new Strategy 2020, which charts out the company’s growth plan in eight global dairy categories and six market regions around the globe. Under the new strategy, the ...
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Pork Powerhouses 2015: Expansion Looms
Oct 13, 2015When corn is cheap, hogs get plentiful. The annual Pork Powerhouses ranking of the 25 largest producers in the U.S. shows a gain of 128,000 sows in the past year. With two new packing plants set to open in 2017, producers are gearing up to ...
Tags: corn, Pork, Smithfield Foods
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Arla Foods Uses Procure SPX Processing System to Produce Fresh Milk Dairy
Feb 27, 2015Global dairy company Arla Foods has awarded a phase II process contract to SPX Corporation's Flow Food and Beverage business. The contract will require SPX to design and install a new processing system for Arla Foods' fresh milk dairy ...
Tags: Arla Foods, Fresh Milk Dairy
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ARLA Foods Integrating Markets in a New Regional Market Called Business Unit Asia
Jan 21, 2015Arla Foods is integrating its markets in China and South East Asia in a new regional market called Business Unit Asia. The regional office will be placed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as of March 1st 2015. Asia is vital to Arla's ambitions ...
Tags: dairy export, Agriculture
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Chs Purchased a 25% Share of West Central
Jan 13, 2015CHS, an energy, grains, and foods company and the nation's leading farmer-owned cooperative, has purchased a 25% share of West Central, a full-service wholesale distributor headquartered in Willmar, Minnesota. "Investing in West Central ...
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Murray Goulburn Launched a a$420m Bid to Acquire WCB
Oct 21, 2013Murray Goulburn, an Australian diary co-operative, has launched a A$420m ($404m) bid to acquire Warrnambool Cheese and Butter (WCB), following Canada's Saputo C$378m bid earlier this month. The proposal would create one of the largest ...
Tags: Murray Goulburn, Cheese, Butter
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CHS Talks with Dakota Plains Cooperative
Aug 28, 2013CHS, an energy grains and foods company and the leading farmer-owned cooperative in the US, is in merger talks with Dakota Plains Cooperative, a full-service agribusiness headquartered in Valley City, North Dakota. The companies are ...
Tags: foods company, energy grains
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Canadian Dairy Agropur and Farmers Co-Operative Dairy Plan to Merge Their Operations
Feb 18, 2013Canadian dairy cooperatives Agropur and Farmers Co-operative Dairy plan to merge their operations. Announcing the move, the dairies said it would benefit their farmer-owners by providing national scale and accelerating a process of ...
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DFA Has Settled a Class Action Lawsuit Accusing The Cooperative of Conspiring
Jan 25, 2013Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) has settled a class action lawsuit accusing the cooperative of conspiring to control the raw milk market in the southeastern US. DFA will pay US$140m to the plaintiffs. An additional, refundable $9.3m per ...
Tags: DFA, raw milk market, class action lawsuit