DOCSLIB.ORG

Dairy and Food Sanitation 1986-03

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Dairy and Food Sanitation 1986-03 ISSN:0273-2866 UNIVERSITY MICROFILMS March 1986 Box 701 INTERNATIONAL Vol. 6, No. 3 Ames, Iowa 50010 300 NORTH ZEEB ROAD ANN ARBOR MI Pages 93-132 4S106 $6.00 A Publication of the Intomatlonal A$aoclatlon of Milk, Food and Envlronmantal Sanharlana, Inc. NCIMS Informational Statements The 3-A Story Dairy Industry Committee Elects ACDPI Conference New Chairman March 16-19 DC Davis Sensory Evaluation of Food American Academy Course April 7-11 of Microbiology Elects New Fellow 73rd lAMFES Annual Meeting August 3-7, 1986 Minneapolis, Minnesota Get Ready For The Best Meeting of 1986 lANFES 73rd ANNUAL MEETING .NOifi August 3*7, 1986 Radisson South Minneapolis, MM This exciting Convention will feature: M Informative Sessions. .food, milk d? environmental M Exhibits — time in the history of lAMFES_ M Social Events_ M Awards_ M Business Meetings_ M Renewing Beginning Friendships_ B Partner Program_ M networking_ ■ Ideas Come Away With a Wealth For more information contact: K. R. Hathaway of new Information, lAMFES, Inc. P.O. Box 701 Ames, lA 50010 515-232-6699 Look for Registration Form and Program in the April issue of this Journal President's Message All indications point to another successful year for your association. Kathy and her staff have increased advertising, and membership renewals have continued at a record rate. Roy and the Local Arrangements Committee have facilities and the program nearly complete as of January for our annual meeting in Minneapolis on August 3-7, 1986. The program format will be similar to that for 1985 in Nashville with committee meetings starting on Sunday afternoon and continuing Monday morning, and the early-bird reception Sunday evening. The general session on Monday afternoon will be highlighted by the first Ivan Parkin Lectureship. It and the keynote address will be combined and given by Dr. J. C. Olson, retired, a long time member of lAMFES. His career in food microbiology at the University of Minnesota and with the Food and Drug Administration make him well qualified to speak to our entire membership. The family outing on Monday evening will be a pig roast at the Minnesota Zoological Gardens with musical entertainment. Spouses and children have activities planned for them all three days, if they choose. Monday they will visit the Riverfront Area which features restoration of the old and plenty of new shops. Tuesday will be a tour of the highlights of Minneapolis and St. Paul along with lunch. Separate youth activities are planned for the day. Wednesday is slated for fun at Valley Fair, a theme and amusement park. Shuttle busses are available for shopping tours, also. Many good presentations will be made by outstanding speakers in the food, dairy and environmental areas. You will see the topics and speakers in the program, which should be in the next issue of Dairy and Food Sanitation. Symposia on Listeria and Salmonella should be of interest to all members in food and dairy interests. Each is scheduled for half a day with four or more speakers. Panels to discuss actions in food safety situations and the safety of airline foods should be of interest, also. Dairy processors and field staff will be interested in results of the P.I. Count study, new tests for shelf life, latest FDA actions, and laboratory computeriza¬ tion. Kathy keeps the Executive Board informed of financial and other matters, at least monthly. They have handled all of the challenges which have arisen, as a management staff, although frequently seeking our counsel. The date for submission of abstracts has passed. If the numbers increased, an additional session may be needed. Affiliates, don’t forget to let the association office know the name of your official delegate. More than half of you should have received a telephone call asking about your progress and concerns for 1986. We hope to see many of you in Minnesota in August. Respectfully submitted, Sidney E. Barnard, President lAMFES DAIRY AND FOOD SANITATIONIMARCH 1986 93 lAMFES Sustaining Members Nasco International 901 Janesville Ave. Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin 53538 Alfa-Laval, Inc. Eastern Crown, Inc. National Mastitis Council Agri-Group P.O. Box 216 1840 Wilson Blvd. 11100 North Congress Avenue Vernon, N.Y. 13476 Arlington, VA 22201 Kansas City, MO 64153 FRM Chem, Inc. National Milk Producers Federation Alpha Chemical Services, Inc. P.O. Box 207 1840 Wilson Blvd. P.O. Box 431 Washington, MO 63090 Arlington, VA 22201 Stoughton, MA 02072 Anderson Chemical Co. GAF National Sanitation Foundation Box 1041 1361 Alps Road P.O. Box 1468 Litchfield. MN 55355 Wayne, NJ 07470 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106 Angenics, Inc. Gerber Products Co. Norton Co. 100 Inman St. 445 State St. P.O. Box 350 Cambridge, MA 02139 Fremont, Ml 49412 Akron, Ohio 44309 Associated Milk Producers, Inc. Gist-Brocades USA Oxold USA, Inc. 830 N. Meacham Rd. P.O. Box 241068 9017 Red Branch Rd. Schaumburg, IL 60195 Charlotte, NC 28224 Columbia. MD 21045 Babaon Bros. Co. H. B. Fuller Co. Penicillin Assays, Inc. 2100 S. York Road Monarch Chemicals Div. 36 Franklin St. Oak Brook, Illinois 60521 3900 Jackson St. NE Malden, MA 02148 Minneapolis, MN 55421 The Plllsbury Company Borden, Inc. 311 Second St., S.E. Dairy & Services Div. IBA Inc. Minneapolis, MN 55414 16855 Northchase 27 Providence Rd. Houston, TX 77060 Millbury, MA 01527 Rexham Machinery Group 5501 N. Washington Blvd. Kendall Co. CLN Industries, Inc. Sarasota, FL 34243 700 Billings, Suite F One Federal St. Selbertlng Associates, Inc. Denver, CO 80011 Boston, MA 02101 11415 Main St. Dairymen, Inc. Klenzade Division Roscoe, IL 61073 10140 Linn Station Road Economics Laboratory, Inc. SmithKIIne Animal Health Products Louisville, KY 40223 3050 Metro Drive Suite 208 P.O. Box 2650 Darigold Bloomington, MN 55420 West Chester, PA 19380 635 Elliott Ave. W. 3M/Medlcal-Surgical Div. Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Seattle, WA 98109 225-5S-01 Assn., Inc. 3M Center Dean Foods P.O. Box 9154 Rosslyn Station St. Paul, MN 55144-1000 1126 Kilbum Ave. Arlington, Virginia 22209 Rockford, IL 61101 Mid America Dairymen, Inc. Universal Milking Machine Div. Universal Coops, Inc. Dlfco Laboratories P.O. Box 1837 SSS Dairy Equipment Dept. P.O. Box 1058-A 800 W. Tampa Springfield, MO 65805 P.O. Box 460 Detroit, Ml 48232 Minneapolis, MN 55440 DIversey/Wyandotte Nalge Co. P.O. Box 365 Walker Stainless Equipment Co. 1532 Biddle Ave. Rochester, NY 14602 601 State St. Wyandotte, Ml 48192 New Usbon, Wl 53950 Dairy and Food Sanitation (ISSN:0273-2866) is 0701. Note: Single copies of reprints are not 0701, 515-232-6699. published monthly by the International Associa¬ available from this address; address reprint re¬ Membership Dues: Membership in the Associa¬ tion of Milk, Food and Environmental Sanitarians, quests to principal author. tion is available to individuals only. Direct dues Inc., executive offices at PO Box 701, 502 E. Lin¬ Business Matters: Correspondence regarding are $28.00 per year and include a subscription coln Way, Ames, lA 50010. Printed by Heuss business matters should be addressed to Kathy to Dairy and Food Sanitation. Direct dues and Printing, Inc., 911 Second St, Ames, lA 50010. R. Hathaway. lAMFES. PO Box 701, Ames, lA both journals are $50.00. Affiliate artd Interna¬ Sacond-daaa postage paid at Amaa, lA. Post- 500104)701. tional Membership include both journals for $50, maatar: Sand addrsaa changaa to lAMFES, Subscription Ratos: $60.00 per volume, one plus affiliate dues. Student membership is $14.00 502 E. Uncoln Way, Ames, lA 500100701. volume per year, January through December. per year, with verification of student status, and Manuacrlpta: Corresponderrce regarding ntanu- Single copies $6.00 each. No carKeNations ac¬ includes Dairy and Food Sanitation. No cancella¬ scripts and other reading material should be ad¬ cepted. tions accepted. dressed to Kathy Hathaway, PO Box 701, Ames, Sustalnirtg Mambarship: A sustaining member¬ Claims: Notice of failure to receive copies must lA 50010-0701. 515-232-6699. ship in lAMFES is available to companies at a be reported within 30 days domestic, 90 days “btstructlorw to Contrtbutora” can be obtained rate of $300 per year, which includes $100 credit foreign. All correspondence regarding charrges of from the editor. toward an ad in the “arwHial meeting issue” of address aixl dues must be sent to lAMFES, Iik., Orders for Raprinta: All orders should be serrt the Journal, the July issue. For more information, PO Box 701, Ames, lA 50010-0701, 515-232- to lAMFES. Inc., PO Box 701, Ames. lA 50010- contact lAMFES. PO Box 701, Ames, lA 50010- 6699. 94 DAIRY AND FOOD SANITATIONfWlARm 1986 lAMFES Dairy and Food Sanitation OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE BOARD CONTENTS Vol. 6 No. 3 March, 1986 President, SIDNEY BARNARD, 9 Borland Lab, Pennsylvania State University, Univer¬ sity Park, PA 16802. PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. 93 President-Elect, ROY GINN, Dairy Quaiity Control Inst., 2353 No. Rice St., Room 110, St. Paul, MN 55113. ARTICLES Vice-President, LEON TOWNSEND, Milk Control Branch, Bureau for Health Ser¬ • The 3-A Story. 96 vices, 275 East Main St., Frankfort, KY Henry V. Atherton 40601. Secretary, ROBERT GRAVANI, 8A Stock¬ ing Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY • 14853. lAMFES Farm Methods Committee - Past-President, ARCHIE C. HOLLIDAY, Farm Sanitation Chemicai Advisory VA Dept, of Ag., 1100 Bank St., Room Subcommittee Report . 99 511, Richmond, VA 23219. Affiliate Council Chrpn., HELENE Seventy-Second Annual Meeting, UHLMAN, 1532 W. 4th Place, Hobart, IN Nashville, Tennessee, 1985 48342. iAMFES SECRETARY CANDIDATES . 101 EDITORS NEWS AND EVENTS .103 KATHY MOORE HATHAWAY, Editor and Executive Manager, Box 701, Ames, Iowa 50010 NEW PRODUCT NEWS .106 SUZANNE TRCKA, Associate Editor. Box 701, Ames, Iowa 50010 HENRY ATHERTON, Technicai Editor, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.110 University of Vermont, Carrigan Hall, Bur¬ lington, Vn" 05405.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • October 25, 2019 • Madison, Wisconsin EU Grants GI Status to Havarti; US Milk Production Rose 1.6% in Sept
    d's Dairy orl In W du e st h r t y g W n i e e v Since 1876 k r e l y S PRECISE, RAPID SHREDS with Urschel CHEESE REPORTER urschel.com Vol. 144, No. 19 • Friday, October 25, 2019 • Madison, Wisconsin EU Grants GI Status To Havarti; US Milk Production Rose 1.6% In Sept. Non-EU Countries Blast Decision Cow Numbers Up Brussels, Belgium—The European Zealand (DCANZ), and Dairy Annex B of the Stresa Convention 7,000 Head In 24 Commission this week granted the Australia, supported by the Aus- of 1951 and it has its own tariff Reporting States country of Denmark protected tralian government. The European line; and production and consump- geographical indication (GI) sta- Commission also received notices tion of Havarti exists in several EU Washington—US milk produc- tion in the 24 reporting states tus for Havarti cheese, a decision of opposition from Camara Nacio- and non-EU countries, certain of during September totaled 16.83 that drew scathing criticism from nal de Productores de Leche of which have a specific legal stan- billion pounds, up 1.6 percent from several non-EU countries. Costa Rica and from Asociacion dard for it. September 2018, USDA’s National Denmark had applied for GI sta- de Desarollo Lacto of Guatemala. The European Commission has Agricultural Statistics Service tus for Havarti about nine years The opponents claimed that assessed the arguments expressed Havarti does not possess a specific in the statements of opposition (NASS) reported Monday. ago. In 2014, the Commission That was the largest percentage quality, reputation or other charac- and has concluded that the name published Denmark’s application, increase in milk production in the teristics that are attributable to the “Havarti” should be registered.
    [Show full text]
  • Price Leadership on the National Cheese Exchange
    Review of Industrial Organization 12: 145±170, 1997. c 1997 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. Price Leadership on the National Cheese Exchange WILLARD F. MUELLER, BRUCE W. MARION and MAQBOOL H. SIAL 427 Lorch Street, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A. Abstract. The motivation and trading behavior of the leading cheese companies on the National Cheese Exchange are examined. Although only 0.2 percent of all cheese is sold on the NCE, it is used to formula-price 90-95 percent of the bulk cheese in the U.S. Kraft General Foods, the largest buyer of cheese in the U.S., was the dominant seller on the NCE during 1988-1993, with the apparent purpose and effect of depressing national cheese prices. Kraft's behavior is consistent with that of a barometric price leader that enjoys a signi®cant degree of discretion in shaping the pattern of prices over a price cycle. As presently organized, the NCE facilitates market manipulation. Key words: Price leadership, market manipulation, thin market, cheese prices, auction market, strategic behavior. I. Introduction The National Cheese Exchange (NCE) is a centralized auction market in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Cheese manufacturers and marketers meet weekly for about 30 minutes to buy and sell carlots of bulk cheddar cheese to each other in 40 pound blocks or 500 pound barrels.1 NCE sales account for less than one percent of all cheese made in the U.S. Each year about ®ve sellers and ®ve buyers make virtually all cheese trades. The tiny volume traded in this obscure market by a few traders belies the far- reaching consequences of the prices that are established.
    [Show full text]
  • Cheese Companies Highlight Healthy Snacking Innovation
    Volume 35 June 5, 2015 Number 20 Scan this code for breaking Cheese companies highlight news and the latest markets! healthy snacking innovation By Rena Archwamety occasions overtake standard in snacking and the demand which recently launched sev- meals and more than a third of for more convenient, healthy, eral new snack cheese variet- INSIDE MADISON, Wis. — With consumers buy cheese specifi - on-the-go options. (See “Feed ies, notes that data recently busy lifestyles and on-the-go cally because they are snacking the snack attack” on page 6 in released by IRI shows that ✦ Guest column: ‘20 years schedules, consumers often are more frequently. Many consider this week’s issue.) cheese is among the top 10 of change in one bite.’ reaching more for snacks and cheese a great snack, and cat- “The whole snacking cheese most popular snacks for both are less tied to the traditional egory innovations including category continues to grow, and adults and children. For details, see page 8. three meals a day. And with single-serve varieties are mak- there are a couple of reasons be- “Consumers are looking ✦ Revised proposals more interest in healthy, natu- ing it easier for Americans to hind this,” says Chris McCarthy, for healthier options that of- submitted on California ral foods that are both fi lling enjoy cheese whenever and marketing director, Sargento fer unique and sophisticated federal order. and fl avorful, cheese stands in wherever they please.” Foods Inc. “The millennial flavors,” says Bryan Olson, For details, see page 11. a perfect place to satisfy today’s According to an October consumer is snacking more senior vice president, market- snackers.
    [Show full text]
  • Spot Cheese Market
    International Food and Agribusiness Management Review Volume 18 Issue 3, 2015 An Empirical Analysis of Wholesale Cheese Pricing Practices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Spot Cheese Market a b Yuliya V. Bolotova and Andrew M. Novakovic a Assistant Professor of Agribusiness, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, 237 McAdams Hall, Clemson, South Carolina, 29634-0310, USA b E.V. Baker Professor of Agricultural Economics ,Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, 451A Warren Hall, Ithaca, New York, 14853-7801, USA Abstract The CME spot cheese market performs a number of key functions in the United States dairy industry. The CME spot cheese prices are used as reference prices in contract cheese market, and they also influence milk prices at the farm-first-handler level set within a public pricing system, the Federal and State Milk Marketing Orders. The CME spot cheese market performs a critical price-discovery function in the United States dairy industry. This research evaluates the nature of pricing practices used by CME cheese wholesalers during the period of 2000-2014. The analysis focuses on the farm-to-wholesale price transmission process, which reflects the nature of cost pass-through. The empirical evidence presented in the article indicates that pricing strategies of cheese sellers in the analyzed market are consistent with the ones predicted by the profit- maximization models of oligopolistic behavior. The overall empirical evidence may suggest that cheese sellers on the CME spot cheese market used an output (cheese) price stabilization method during the analyzed period of time. Keywords: asymmetric price transmission, cheese industry, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cost pass-through, dairy industry, Federal Milk Marketing Orders, oligopoly, price regulation, price stabilization practice, spot market, supply chain management, thin market Corresponding author: Tel: + 1.864.656 4079 Email: Y.
    [Show full text]
  • June 19, 2020
    d's Dairy orl In W du e st h r t y g W n i e e v Since 1876 k r e l y S Outshred Your Competition CHEESE REPORTER www.URSCHEL.com Vol. 145, No.1 • Friday, June 19, 2020 • Madison, Wisconsin US Dairy Groups Criticize Canada’s Milk Production Fell 1% In May; Output Allocation Of Tariff-Rate Quotas Declined 1.5% In CA, Canadian Dairy Processors Praise Decision To On Monday, the Canadian gov- 3.1% In Wisconsin ernment issued notices to import- Washington—US milk produc- Allocate Majority Of TRQs To Processors ers that set out the policies and tion in the 24 reporting states practices pertaining to the admin- during May totaled 17.96 billion Arlington, VA, and Ottawa, Whey powder is the exception, istration of Canada’s TRQs under pounds, down 1 percent from May the report said: its TRQ would rise Ontario—Two US dairy organi- the CUSMA. 2019, USDA’s National Agricul- to 4,303 metric tons by year 10, zations this week criticized the There are two TRQs for cheese, tural Statistics Service (NASS) after which it would be eliminated. Canadian government’s alloca- one for cheese for industrial use, reported Thursday. Under the USMCA, which is tion of its dairy tariff-rate quotas which applies to bulk shipments NASS revised its April milk known in Canada as the Canada- (TRQs) under the US-Mexico- for further food processing; the production estimate down by 47 United States-Mexico Agreement Canada Agreement (USMCA). other, cheese of all types, is for any million pounds, so April milk out- (CUSMA), Canada will adminis- Under the USMCA, which will use.
    [Show full text]
  • Cheese Pricing
    3h 9 ûoa/sTfi Tlc^W >i»««rv^ United States Department of Agriculture Cheese Economics and Statistics Service Pricing Agricultural Economic Report No. 462 Harold W. Lough :x3S 73 Ci. ni'-c: —n .—Í 'p- ' r or) — ir,S> Cbeese Mdng by Harold W. Lough. National Economics Division, Economics and Statistics Service; U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Economic Report No. 462 Abstract Cheese prices, key market indicators for the entire dairy industry, rose rapidly in the seventies because of rising demand for cheese. Cheese prices nationwide follow those on the National Cheese Exchange, which itself handles less than 1 percent of total U.S. cheese production. Retailers usually give cheese the highest profit margin of all dairy products; since 1973, retail cheese prices have risen more rapidly than whole- sale prices. Dairy farmers receive about 48 cents for the milk used in $1 worth of cheese at the retail level; processing, packaging, and marketing take the other 52 cents. Keywords: Cheese, marketing, price making, milk, National Cheese Exchange, dairy. Washington, D.C. 20250 December 1980 Contents Page Summary i" Introduction 1 Pricing Methods 2 Farm Milk 3 Cheese Plant Sales 7 FirstHandler Sales 8 Retail Store Sales 9 Imports 9 Price Trends 10 Market Prices 10 Price Interrelationships 13 National Cheese Exchange Base Price Analysis 28 Price Spreads 31 Literature Cited 38 Appendix Tables 40 Summary Cheese prices are key indicators of changing market values for the entire dairy indus- try. Cheese doubled in price in the seventies and became the prime manufactured dairy product, utilizing 25 percent of all milk.
    [Show full text]
  • Cheese-Centric Travel Popular Among Foodies, Professionals
    Volume 36 August 19, 2016 Number 31 Cheese-centric travel popular Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter! among foodies, professionals A By Rena Archwamety a specialty cheese and food • Meeting the source once or twice a year. However, shop, says she models her trips Jeanne Carpenter, founder the payoff for letting people in INSIDE MADISON, Wis. — As visitors after wine tours as well as the of Wisconsin Cheese Origi- can be a great benefi t for the each year travel to see the educational experiences she nals (http://www.wisconsin- cheesemaker as well as the tour. ✦ Guest columnist: grand chateaus of France, taste and her family typically enjoy cheeseoriginals.com), leads “Any time you let a consumer ‘What is driving the wines in California’s Napa Val- on vacation. cheese tours mainly in Wiscon- into your plant or factory and have growth in milk protein?’ ley or spend a day on a pictur- During Cheese Journeys’ sin, but also to various locations them watch you making cheese or For details, see page 4. esque farm in Wisconsin, many two Fromages de France tours abroad every other year. talking to you, you absolutely have are adding another must-do to next month, Juhl will lead par- Carpenter says she always a customer for life,” Carpenter ✦ Grassfi elds Cheese their itineraries — cheese. ticipants through the eastern tries to visit at least one farm on says, adding that the people who issues nationwide recall. “The fastest-growing seg- borders of France near Ger- every tour so that people can make go on these tours tend to be those For details, see page 5.
    [Show full text]
  • Cheese Pricing Systems SERIES by Studies of the Organization and Marvin L
    MAGR GOVS N. C. Project 117 NS 1250 WPS-38 WORKING PAPER Cheese Pricing Systems SERIES By Studies of the Organization and Marvin L. Hayenga Control of the U.S. Food System dP-38 August 1979 II Agricultural Experiment Stations of Alaska, California, Cornell, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas. Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North 1 Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. APR 1 1985 I ST. PAUL CAMPUS LIBF, EMI Cheese Pricing Systems By Marvin L. Hayenga WP-38 August 1979 The author is a Senior Economist of the North Central Regional Research Project 117, and Visiting Professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Introduction The pricing systems used in the cheese industry are an intriguing blend of a thinly traded open market (the National Cheese Exchange, at Green Bay, Wisconsin) and a heavy dependence upon "formula pricing contracts" where the ultimate transaction price is directly based upon the level of the Cheese Exchange price. This study attempts to determine the extent of formula pricing arrangements used in the cheese industry, and the advantages and problems of that pricing system. Policy impli- cations are then briefly considered, especially regarding congressional proposals to ban similar pricing systems in the meat industry. A survey of the six leading cheese processing and marketing corpor- ations focused on the pricing systems in use between them, their suppliers, and their customers.1/ Confirmation of the pricing systems in use, and additional perspectives on the strengths and weaknesses of formula pricing systems were obtained from interviews with seven major retail and food service buyers of cheese, two cheese wholesalers and assemblers, a cheese importer, and nine cheese manufacturing plants.
    [Show full text]
  • December 11, 2020
    d's Dairy orl In W du e st h r t y g W n i e e v Since 1876 k r e l y S CHEESE REPORTER Vol. 145, No. 26 • Friday, December 11, 2020 • Madison, Wisconsin USTR Challenges Canada’s Dairy USDA Hikes 2020, 2021 Milk Production Tariff-Rate Quotas Under USMCA Forecasts, Lowers Canada’s Dairy TRQ Allocation Measures 3.A.2.11(b) because Canada is set- Cheese And Butter ting aside and reserving a portion Price Forecasts Appear Inconsistent With USMCA Provisions of the quota to processors. Second, the measures appear Washington—The USDA, in its Washington—The United States cation measures, Canada sets aside to be inconsistent with Arti- monthly supply-demand estimates is challenging Canada’s allocation and reserves a percentage of those cles 3.A.2.4(b) and 3.A.2.11(e) released Thursday, raised its 2020 of dairy tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) within access quantities for par- because Canada is not providing and 2021 milk production forecasts under the US-Mexico-Canada ticular importer groups. “fair” and equitable” procedures and lowered its cheese and butter Agreement, US Trade Representa- Under the USMCA, Canada has and methods for administering its price forecasts for both years. tive Robert Lighthizer announced the right to maintain 14 tariff-rate TRQs. Milk production for 2020 is pro- Wednesday. quotas on dairy products, includ- Third, the consultation request jected 200 million pounds higher If the US and Canada are ing industrial cheeses, cheeses of continued, the measures appear than last month, at a record 225.9 not able to resolve US concerns all types, milk, cream, skim milk to be inconsistent with Article billion pounds, on higher cow through consultations, the US powder, butter and cream pow- 3.A.2.11(c) because Canada fails numbers.
    [Show full text]
  • Kraft Foods up to Its Old Tricks … As Cheddar Pr
    Kraft Foods Up to Its Old Tricks … As Cheddar Pr by John Bunting “when NCE block prices decreased by $.10 per pound, Kraft’s gross profit mar- The concept of absolute monarchs, with divine rights, has long been dis- gins for natural cheese increased by 7.3 cents per pound.” credited. But, in dairy, we see a general acceptance of the “divine rights of mar- There is no reason to think Kraft’s motivations in 2011 are any different kets.” For dairy farmers, “the market” is the cash commodity trading of Ched- than they were in the 1990s: cheaper Cheddar boosts net profits. Kraft, in order dar, Grade AA butter, and nonfat dry milk at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to sell the cheese at the CME, first had to buy relatively expensive Cheddar to (CME). Farm milk checks are essentially produced from cash market data orig- crash the price. Kraft has closed its U.S. Cheddar plants in recent years. inating at CME. The CME is purported to be a place where “surplus” Cheddar is sold. Kraft, nevertheless, walked away from a bid for barrel Cheddar on August 23, 2011, CME Trading Determines Farm Milk Prices which would have raised the price. The bid was by Grain Millers (based in Min- neapolis), which might have gotten its signals crossed, because the next day the Annual Data: 1992 - 2010 opening bid by Grain Millers was less than the closing price of the previous day. $2.00 $25 $1.80 CME Spot "Market" Drove Down Futures: $1.60 $20 Weekly Data for August 2011 Data source: USDA& CME Compiled by: John Bunng 09 11© $1.40 $20.50 $2.20 $1.20 $15 $20.00 $2.10
    [Show full text]