Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) has acquired Dairy Maid Dairy (DMD). Located in Frederick, Maryland, DMD is a family-owned processor of milk, juice and fruit drinks.

The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will resume milk production quarterly producer surveys in the new federal fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1, 2013. NASS suspended the surveys in April of this year to meet the budget reductions required by sequestration.

Valley Pride LLC, a dairy cooperative made up of 21 dairy farms near Harrisonburg, Virginia, has purchased an ice-cream plant in Hagerstown, Maryland, and plans to begin production this fall, according to an article by Julie Greene in the Herald-Mail.

Gwen Carlson has joined the team at Zinpro Corp. as senior manager of the company’s Global Supply Chain and Customer Service division.

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The dedication of a new state-of-the-art research and development facility at Kemin Industries’ corporate headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, reveals an open-concept layout and 1,215 feet of linear research bench space as requested by the company’s scientists and researchers.

Cheese curds, cow-naming rights, or a plate at an on-farm harvest meal are all available through the just-launched a kickstarter campaign by Redhead Creamery, one of Minnesota’s newest cheese producers.

Two U.S.-based animal nutrition and health companies — Vets Plus Inc. (VPI) and Ashish Life Science — have partnered to develop pharmaceutical formulations for veterinarian health. The collaboration is expected to result in multiple pharmaceuticals utilizing the strengths of each company’s existing research teams.

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) recently returned from a trade mission to Colombia.