Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted four export assistance bids last week for the sale of butter, anhydrous milkfat and whole milk powder.

All four bids were accepted from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO. One was for the export of 72 metric tons (158,733 lbs.) of butter to Mexico. Another was for 60 metric tons (132,277 lbs.) of whole milk powder to Mexico. And two bids were accepted for exports of anhydrous milkfat: 126 metric tons (277,782 lbs.) to Panama and 108 metric tons (238,099 lbs.) to Mexico.

CWT will pay an export bonus to the bidders, only when delivery of the product is verified by the submission of the required documentation. In addition, a previously-accepted bid for 900 metric tons (1.98 million lbs.) of whole milk powder was cancelled.

With these accepted bids, CWT’s total 2008 export obligations are: butter, 25,499 metric tons (56.2 million lbs.); cheese, 1,285 metric tons (2.8 million lbs.); whole milk powder, 748 metric tons (1.6 million lbs.); and anhydrous milkfat, 10,711 metric tons (23.6 million lbs.). The milk equivalent total of these products is 1.96 billion pounds.