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.

Karen B. Olson, former CEO of the now-defunct Matanuska Creamery, has been charged with lying to the USDA and trying to defraud the state of Alaska. A federal grand jury has handed down a six-count amendment with the charges, according to the Alaska Dispatch.

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.

The sixth installment of Alltech’s Global 500 is making its European debut this Oct. 1-3 in the RDS, Dublin, Ireland.

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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Like most dairy managers today, Jamie Kulesa, operations manager for Horizon Organic Dairy in Paul, Idaho, keeps a close eye on his forage. “We’re shooting to be between 50 and 60 percent moisture on our haylage,” Kulesa says.