Dean Foods, a Texas-based company, plans to close a fluid milk plant in Buena Park, California, according to a report by Magdalene Landegent in Iowa’s Daily Sentinel. It is one of several the company plans to close between now and 2015.

Muller Quaker Dairy, a joint venture between PepsiCo, Inc. and Theo Muller Group, has opened a new state-of-the-art yogurt manufacturing facility in Batavia, New York.

Three yogurt companies are breathing a sigh of relief after emerging victorious in a legal battle over the definition of “yogurt.”

Purina Animal Nutrition introduced new research data on Rally Dairy Feed that shows milk production benefits during heat stress. As a nutritional heat stress abatement measure, the patented feed technology allows the delivery of more glucose and energy to cows than a typical diet when intakes are challenged, according to the company.

Nine-year-old Suard Jordan Irene-Red, who is topping records in Switzerland, recently showed impressive results at competition.

Balchem Corporation, a global company specializing in choline chloride and precision release nutrient technologies, has created a new grant-based research program called the Real Science Initiative. The program will offer funding to university and related research institutes to support new research projects in animal nutrition, performance and health.

The final chapter has been written in an ongoing antitrust suit led by law firm BakerHostetler. On May 17, Judge J. Ronnie Greer of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee approved a final settlement agreement in the Southeast Milk Antitrust Litigation. The law firm represented plaintiff dairy farmers who had brought a class action against major dairy sellers and marketers.

One of the most important factors in the cutting and harvesting of forages is minimizing drying time. With the unpredictable weather patterns farmers experience, getting forage crops cut and quickly harvested must be done efficiently.

Forage growers now have additional Web-based field management tools with new software released by DuPont Pioneer.