Copyright 2019 - Breedlove Foods, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This level of Dean consolidation was mentioned in quarterly earning reports. Reg. Repeated emails to Dean Foods went unanswered over the past two weeks as the companys corporate communications director indicated by automatic reply that she is on paid time off until June 4. endstream endobj 197 0 obj <> endobj 198 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/Type/Page>> endobj 199 0 obj <>stream Fifth-generation dairy farmer Brad Bouma and wife Barb own diary operations in Texas, Ohio, and Indiana. Questions regarding elections should be directed to DATCP's Debbie Gegare at 608-224-5116. Dairy is a leadership organization that works pre-competitively to ensure an economically viable and socially responsible U.S. dairy community from farm to table. The Select common goal is to provide the highest quality product in the market place and do so with the highest level of service. Breedlove offers translation of this site through Google Translate as a convenience to site visitors.Machine translation of this type is meant only to provide the basic "gist" and meaning of content. American Dairy Products Institute Dairy April 23, 2021. Convention News. Live from New York and London, analyzing the major market moving stories across the day in Europe, hear from the biggest newsmakers and showcase the unrivaled expertise of Bloomberg News. The dairy is currently in the process of expanding to 1,200 cows, 1,200 youngstock and employs 25 team members. The Board of Directors comprises chief executives and chairs of dairy companies representing approximately . Farmers celebrated 100 years of service to the Southwest in 2015. Select Milk Producers, Dallas, Texas . I. In Kentucky, there is the added and unusual situation of an 800-cow dairy not being able to move into their new 8-robot dairy barn because the processor receiving their milk classified the second location, two miles from the main barn, as a start up instead of an existing patrons modernization project that in total represented a modest expansion. As the industry leader, it provides highly fertile semen, as well as excellence in service and programs to supply dairy and beef producers with the world's best genetics. endstream endobj startxref Yet, at the same time, Kentucky dairy farm families cant find a home for their milk, writes Sparrow. Dairy Board of Directors. In southern Indiana where seven producers were unable to find a market, Doug Leman, executive director of Indiana Dairy Producers, indicates that some are drying off cows, others are selling, and one is getting into on-farm milk processing. However, when he looks at the whole picture of the market, the increased hauling and marketing fees, the quota programs and base-excess programs in this milk-deficit region, the amount of milk being sold $1.00 or more below mailbox price, and the effect of potentially losing these producers upon the infrastructure for remaining producers, he admits that it is difficult to see light at the end of the tunnel. Ambassador Tibor P. Nagy Jr. - Director Emeritus. Were working with our supplying farmers to outline more detailed animal welfare policies investing with and in our farmers And we continue to require that every farm in our supply chain is subject to regular third-party unannounced audits with clear action plans for learning and improvement after each audit.. Dr. Calle has 20 years of experience in food safety and implementing, assessing, and managing food safety systems. In his Milk Matters presidents corner, Sparrow offers this commentary: It is a really sad commentary on the state of our dairy industry that all the major fluid milk processors in Kentucky have a large percentage of their day-to-day milk supply coming from farms hundreds of miles outside our states boundaries. As president of Select Milk Producers, he was a key driver in the development and construction of Continental Dairy Facilities Southwest, a state-of-the-art 215 0 obj <>stream In northern Indiana, the farms with lost markets were picked up by two regional cooperatives Michigan Milk Producers and the Ohio-based Great Lakes Milk Producers. Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin director elections are handled by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP). Mr. Holder currently serves as PSC's Environmental Sector Director and oversees all of PSC's Texas and New Mexico sustainable Solid Waste Engineering Services from permitting to construction. Currently, Fair Oaks Farms Brands is providing a low-sugar, flavored milk to the renowned Elsie Whitlow Stokes Charter School in Washington, D.C. Ambassador to Ethiopia from 1999-2002, and Ambassador to Guinea from 1996-99. Steve Moffett is the general manager and board member of Lubbock Electric Company, Inc. (LECO). According to IRI data, fairlifes first-year sales were $62 million, representing 0.36% of market share in 2014. Parkhill, Smith & Cooper McCloskey founded and serves as the acting Chairman of Southwest Cheese Company, a joint venture between Glanbia Foods, Dairy Farmers of America and Select Milk Producers. Retweeted by In 2004, he established Legacy Farms, a dairy farm in Plainview. New members are a problem for Prairie Farms when their own members are on a quota system, and yet, the cooperative is working with other cooperatives and Walmart to source milk to supply a consumer need that was previously sourced from the dropped herds via the Dean plants. According to Dinkins, Coca-Cola will continue to ensure that fairlife has the best distribution possible and will be here to provide resources and expertise in areas such as sustainability and supply chain management to make the brand stronger and better for the future.. Central Plains Veterinary Veterinarian There are a select few that have been offered 30-day Dean contract extensions, mainly because their contract renewal dates were different, and Dean could utilize the milk. He serves on Breedlove Foods, Inc. board of directors. Membership decisions by this group of local dairy farmers are evaluated based on a number of factors, including an available market for milk, which continues to be out-of-balance in some areas of the country., On the Kentucky situation, specifically, Wilson said that, We are concerned for family farms. &f@XH ic}T}D}tHI}V;;dsB2sSus0XD Q=S To give, donate online, call 1-888-999-0074, or contact a development professional. Phone calls and emails to the communications department for the Kroger Company have also not been returned as Kroger bottles 100% of its store-brand milk at its own plants, including the Kroger Winchester Farms Dairy plant in Winchester, Kentucky, which is supplied by Select Milk Producers, Inc. and Dairy Farmers of America (DFA). To guide this journey, weve assembled a fairlife Animal Welfare Advisory Council to ensure we are both learning and leading for the short- and long-term,Doelman stated in a public statement. He currently serves on the board of the FiberMax Center for Discovery which addresses the heritage, education and innovation which is a part of agriculture today. %%EOF These individuals were voted and approved upon during a special meeting of the ADPI Board of Directors this week. Bud Johnston, Sammy Biggers, Brad Bouma, Dr. Alexandra Calle, David Jones, David Weaver, & Breedlove CEO, Bill Miller. Meanwhile, as Walmarts new milk sourcing with the Midwest supply-chain gets underway ahead of its new Fort Wayne plant becoming fully operational, the 90 to 100 million gallons of milk per year (roughly 800 mil. Farmers Dairies was sold to Select Milk Producers, Inc. in 2006, and the name was changed to Farmers Select and a new focus to supply the export market to Mexico with gallons and half gallons of fresh milk. Mike McCloskey is Co-Founder and CEO of Select Milk Producers, the sixth largest milk cooperative in the country. In the most recent March/April edition of KDDCs Milk Matters newsletter, president Richard Sparrow talked about the situation for these Kentucky dairy farms as operating in a very limited, if not closed market, with few or maybe no options.. Stone-Front Farm, Lancaster, Wis. Select Milk Producers, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Select Milk Producers serves customers in the State of New Mexico. As a result of the recent transaction, Coca-Cola now owns 100% of fairlife, up from its previous 42.5% minority stake, according to company statements. B))Ao.\_QCikmE National Milk Producers Federation Dr. Sukant Misra, Vice Provost for International Affairs at Texas Tech University, oversees the Office of International Affairs (OIA). 2023 National Milk Producers Federation. Available tax forms for 2017 and 2018 list DMI grants to fairlife of $8 million for promotion in each of those years, and prior support was available from affiliated research and development resources in the Chicago suburbs of Rosemont where DMI and Fonterra are both located. Michael Ballou, Ph.D. is a nutritional biologist and an associate professor with Tech's Department of Animal and Food Sciences. Its members market more than two-thirds of the U.S. milk supply, making NMPF the principal voice on national issues for these cooperatives and their members. 2022-2023 IMPA Board of Directors Prairie Farms Dairy 815.674.2692 Livingston County IAA Board Representative 815.621.8087 Winnebago-Boone County Prairie Farms Dairy 618.843.1379 Richland County Dairy Farmers of America 618.781.3198 Madison County Prairie Farms 618.526.7939 Clinton County Dairy Farmers of America 618.920.8533 Bond County Prairie Farms Dairy 309.267.3733 Tazewell County IAA . However, Dean Foods has not publicly announced specific plant closings and repeated emails and calls to the Dallas-based company were not answered. Work Experience Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer Select Milk Producers 1993-2021 Vice Chairman The NMPF 2019-2021 Education DVM Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine University of Mexico A fifth-generation dairy farmer, Bouma was born and raised in southern California. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Select Milk Producers, Inc. operates as a wholesale dairy producer. Sources indicate Bluegrass cannot accept the displaced milk from independent producers because they are completely co-op supplied and balance co-op milk at the two Kentucky plants as well as a third plant in Dawson, Minnesota. Dr. McCloskey founded and serves as the acting Chairman of Southwest Cheese Company, a joint venture between Glanbia Foods, Dairy Farmers of America and Select Milk Producers. hbbd``b`Z$A".$+ D Do,Ft? Why? Bouma, and his wife, Barbara, have three children Brandon, Breanne and Brent, and they are blessed with nine grandchildren. Prairies Edge Dairy Farms harvest their cow manure and through digesters create more than enough electricity to power all of their farms as well as creating bio-based CNG to fuel 42 milk trucks and thus displacing 2 million gallons of diesel use annually. KentuckyDairy Development Council (KDDC). According to a company statement, fairlife will continue to operate as a standalone business and will continue to be based in Chicago, where the brand got its start as a joint venture of Select Milk Producers and Coca-Cola, and received partnership grants for research and promotion through the Innovation Center of the checkoff-funded Dairy Management Inc. (DMI). Select Milk Producers, Inc. was formed in 1994 by a group of large dairy producers with high-quality milk and efficient dairy farm operations. National Milk Producers Federation Dr. McCloskey was awarded his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 1976 from the University of Mexico, after which he completed a two year post-doctoral study in Dairy Production Medicine at the University of California, School of Veterinary Medicine, in Davis, California. As producers struggle, cooperatives fumble: How is excess milk determined to be a problem in deficitareas? And all of this happening in a state spanning two Federal Milk Marketing Orders (5 and 7) that regularly utilize transportation credits and diversions to move milk bringing milk in from up to 500 miles away to meet the actual processing needs. Mark Stephenson says has a 41-billion-pound milk deficit, Prairie Farms recently announced it is closing a plant in Fulton, Kentucky, while the Fort Wayne plant start up is delayed. Bill Redmond Chief Financial Officer Executive Management 1 email found Rance Miles Chief Executive Officer Executive Finance , Management 1 email found 2 phone numbers found Shay Braun President It is not an oversupply problem or a quality problem. The majority of the company was purchased in 2010 by a private investment firm. Sources indicate that Dean plans to close as many as seven plants by September but that no new producer-termination letters are expected in the near-term. In 2017, the FDA said ultrafiltered milk could be used to make any fresh cheese product. comments due Feb. 16, 2023. ,~w>" _YQOh8$/F:?/Yw}w,1fv5&}$(P|.TDH%QV[^I2nq8X,?wQ -{4([* He is also Chairman of the Board for Fair Oaks Farms, a highly rated and visited agritourism destination in Northwest Indiana which also brands and processes its own bottled milk, gourmet cheese and ice cream. 2023 Select Milk Producers, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Their service, drive and spirit of stewardship underpin the ongoing development and mission of Breedlove. As noted in a May 15 Farmshine report, the KDDC,KentuckyDepartment of Agriculture and the Governors Office of Ag Policy have all been involved in helping these farms find a solution. In addition to Core Power, the line of products includes fairlife ultrafiltered milk with 50% more protein and 50% less sugar, fairlife DHA with DHA Omega-3 fatty acids, fairlife (drinkable) smart snacks, fairlife nutrition plan (shakes), and the new fairlife creamers for coffee. Brad co-founded and serves as Chairman of the Board for Select Milk Producers, Inc., which launched a milk filtration system that led to the development of Core Power drinks and Fairlife Milk in partnership with Coca-Cola. Not Pictured: Dr. Mike Ballou. Executive Committee. Fair Oaks Dairy Farms harvest their cow manure and through digesters create more than enough electricity to power all of their farms as well as creating bio-based CNG to fuel 42 milk trucks and thus removing 70 million diesel miles annually. Five of the original 19 affected producers in Kentucky have sold their cows and a few others, like Curtis and Carilynn Coombs,are in the process of incrementally downsizing their herds as the termination approaches. Farmers Select is also growing the Class 2 market in the U.S. by producing ice cream mix, yogurt mix, and specialty items for food service. Bloomberg Markets European Close. Mike McCloskey is Co-Founder and CEO of Select Milk Producers, the sixth largest milk cooperative in the country. Select has an interest in this hearing both as the marketing agent for its members and as the owner of manufacturing facilities producing dairy products across all four federal order classes and supports the adoption of the Cooperatives' Proposal. Dairy Export Council, 21% of all U. S. Fluid milk and Cream exported to the world Market is processed and sold by Farmers Select. It is the largest cheddar cheese plant in the world. He is also Chairman of the Board for Fair Oaks Farms, a highly rated and visited agritourism destination in Northwest Indiana which also brands and processes its own bottled milk, gourmet cheese and ice cream. Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Inc. They are putting us out, he says. This will continue to give Tim and his team the space and running room they need to innovate and build the fairlife brand in a unique and fast-changing category., The fairlife LLC launched in 2012 to make use of a patented cold-filtration process known as ultrafiltration, which removes some natural sugars (lactose) while concentrating milks protein and calcium. Ultrafiltration is a process that can vary by dairy product application and is used around the world. From 2003-2018, he served as theVice Provost for International Affairs at Texas Tech University. is not exclusively owned by the local Williams family who founded it in 1995. 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