National & World Ag News Headlines CWT Assists with 2.9M Pounds of Butter, Cheese Exports USAgNet - 04/17/2012 Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 16 requests for export assistance from Bongards Creameries, Dairy Farmers of America, Darigold, Foremost Farms, Michigan Milk Producers Association, Upstate Niagara Cooperative and United Dairymen of Arizona to sell a total of 824 metric tons (1.817 million pounds) of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese and 487 metric tons (1.074 million pounds) of butter to customers in Asia, Central America, the Middle East and North Africa. The product will be delivered April through September 2012. In 2012, CWT has assisted member cooperatives in making export sales of Cheddar, Monterey Jack and Gouda cheese totaling 43.4 million pounds and butter totaling 38.5 million pounds to 25 countries on four continents. On a butterfat basis, the milk equivalent of these exports is 1.239 billion pounds, or the same as the annual milk production of 59,000 cows. Assisting CWT members through the Export Assistance program positively impacts producer milk prices in the short-term by reducing inventories that overhang the market and depress cheese and butter prices. In the long-term, CWT's Export Assistance program helps member cooperatives gain and maintain market share, thus expanding the demand for U.S. dairy products and the farm milk that produces them. CWT will pay export bonuses to the bidders only when delivery of the product is verified by the submission of the required documentation. Send this article to a friend Other National Headlines Stricter Country-of-Origin Labels on Meat Imposed Senate Farm Bill Floor Consideration Begins House Ag Holds First Hearing in Process of CFTC Reauthorization Global Seed Treatment Market to Reach $4.45 Billion by 2018 Monsanto Launches Online Insect Forecasting Tool Johanns Offers, Cosponsors Amendments to Improve Farm Bill Wisconsin Raw Milk Trial to Continue into Next Week Copyright © 2013 - USAgNet.com. All Rights Reserved.