Pictured, left to right: Holly Holder, Steve Moffett, Dr. Anna Thomas, Samuel Hawthorne, Tom Sell, Dr. National Milk Producers Federation In Tennessee, at least one farm exited, and all but one remaining were picked up by the new Appalachian Dairy Farmers Cooperativethat is marketing to a bottler featuring local milk. After obtaining collegiate degrees from Tarleton State University and Texas A&M, Dr. Johnston graduated with his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from A&M in 1981. comments due Feb. 16, 2023. 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. Training, Dedication, and Commitment by Farmers Select Employees are the factors for Farmers Select being one of premier fresh milk operations in the Southwest. Field, Manning, Stone, Hawthorne & Aycock P.C. Select Milk Producers, Dallas, Texas . 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. In 2005, Southwest Cheese Company opened as $230 million cheese plant located in Clovis, New Mexico. 196 0 obj <> endobj Dairy in 2014, when fairlife was officially launched. Three plant closings later this year have been confirmed by town authorities quoted in press reports. Bloomberg Markets European Close. Retweeted by endstream endobj 197 0 obj <> endobj 198 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/Type/Page>> endobj 199 0 obj <>stream We use cookies on this site to enhance your experience. The Company offers non fat dried milk, cream, and butter. From 2003-2018, he served as theVice Provost for International Affairs at Texas Tech University. Our Class 2 products are sold in many cities in New Mexico, and West Texas. Since then Mike has changed 2 companies and 2 roles. Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Inc. is not exclusively owned by the local Williams family who founded it in 1995. 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. The Innovation Center for U.S. Previously, he served as the U.S. Dr. Misra has experience in managing and coordinating many large, faculty-driven research programs and international initiatives and has many contacts at international institutions. endstream endobj startxref Bud Johnston, Sammy Biggers, Brad Bouma, Dr. Alexandra Calle, David Jones, David Weaver, & Breedlove CEO, Bill Miller. Convention News. incrementally downsizing their herds as the termination approaches. I think we are looking at the complete demise ofKentuckys dairy industry. In 2004, he established Legacy Farms, a dairy farm in Plainview. In this regard, Dr. McCloskey had been instrumental in the invention of patented milk processing & dispensing systems owned by Select and its affiliate, fairlife a dairy-based health and wellness company. 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. Steve Moffett is the general manager and board member of Lubbock Electric Company, Inc. (LECO). 215 0 obj <>stream The majority of the company was purchased in 2010 by a private investment firm. Farmers Dairies was formed in 1915 by the Navar family and developed into a robust conventional dairy bottling operation that focused on independent markets, food service accounts, military troop issue/commissaries, and schools. Donald De Jong from Dalhart, Texas was elected to represent Select Milk Producers, Inc., while Larry Webster from Buffalo, New York, was elected to represent Upstate Niagara Cooperative. 10 Producer Directors from the Farm Membership are elected. 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. This level of Dean consolidation was mentioned in quarterly earning reports. Stone-Front Farm, Lancaster, Wis. 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. This was also mentioned in the ownership transaction press packet. Founded on honesty, trust, and quality, Select Milk believes in providing their customers with the highest quality fresh milk and doesn't settle for anything less. We are excited for the next chapter of fairlifes growth and innovation,said fairlife CEO Tim Doelman in a press release, emphasizing the strength and scale of the Coca-Cola Company. A new fairlife milk facility is under construction in Goodyear, Arizona to expand production beyond its current plants in Waco, Texas and Coopersville, Michigan. What could this mean? Questions regarding elections should be directed to DATCP's Debbie Gegare at 608-224-5116. 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. Together, Andy and Lyn successfully own and manage the dairy as equal partners. In any event, the meaning as represented by the site's original language of development - English - shall prevail regardless of text as rendered by the Google Translate engine. %%EOF 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. Robert H. (Holly) Holder, PE, is a principal with Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc. in Lubbock, Texas. U.S. Department of State - Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs 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. To give, donate online, call 1-888-999-0074, or contact a development professional. Board of Directors. In addition, with the new Class I Walmart plant in Fort Wayne, and the destabilization of fluid milk sales as U.S. population growth is not making up for declining per-capita fluid milk consumption, Dean plant closings are on the horizon. Sammy Biggers has been in the financial services business for 41 years. 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. National Milk Producers Federation According to ZoomInfo records, Mike McCloskey's professional experience began in 1993. Hlr0{>w)&3#jL^? Directors Barry Beaman . Dr. Anna Thomas is the director for Texas Tech University's National Wind Institute (NWI) where she is responsible for leadership, management, and stewardship of NWIs facilities, finance, personnel, and operation among many other duties. Lubbock Electric Company, Inc. Dr. Calle has 20 years of experience in food safety and implementing, assessing, and managing food safety systems. While there is excess milk in the area and finding a home for this milk will be a challenge, we are working with others to determine if we can provide any assistance., Follow up questions about how excess milk is determined to be a problem in a milk-deficit area, have not been answered. 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.. Founded on honesty, trust, and quality, Select Milk believes in providing their customers with the highest quality fresh milk and doesnt settle for anything less. The launch began with a high-protein milkshake called Core Power and has grown to offer a portfolio of products in what Coca-Cola calls the fast-growing value-added dairy category in North America.. They represent each district proportionate to the number of active dairy farms in each district. It doesnt make sense. He is also a licensed CertifiedPublic Accountant (CPA) by the Texas Board of PublicAccountancy. I think that is what we are seeing.. butter and milk powder plant in Littlefield. ;C:9?,5ZdO^2 t@yA54.UZq.3{#`sx:a]'tgup"tb?_g^J7A0:lFK< 0 4u According to IRI data, fairlifes first-year sales were $62 million, representing 0.36% of market share in 2014. endstream endobj 200 0 obj <>stream In addition, one New York producer shipping to the Erie, Pennsylvania plant slated for closure, made his last shipment of milk on May 31 and sold his 150-cow herd and equipment, although he is hoping to rent the freestall barn he built a year ago. Michael Ballou, Ph.D. is a nutritional biologist and an associate professor with Tech's Department of Animal and Food Sciences. 209 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<8261BE8CF232F94CAA97BFD8167AFE36><85125E62690E004FA217E4DDB3841B1F>]/Index[196 20]/Info 195 0 R/Length 70/Prev 202030/Root 197 0 R/Size 216/Type/XRef/W[1 2 1]>>stream He serves on Breedlove Foods, Inc. board of directors. 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). 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. An Excellent Rating was obtained on the last audit. Select Milk Producers is part of the Grocery Retail industry, and located in Texas, United States. All Rights Reserved. The Coca-Cola Company announced Friday (Jan. 3) that it has acquired the remaining stake in fairlife LLC from its joint venture partner Select Milk Producers, a 99-member cooperative run and founded by Dr. Mike and Sue McCloskey. 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. Select Milk formed in 1994 out of a desire by a group of family dairy producers to develop a national footprint for the perfect milk. Breanne and her husband Jarred live in Lubbock where he is on faculty at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center. By Sherry Bunting, updated fromFarmshine, June 1, 2018. Texas Tech University Associate Professor: Ruminant Nutrition and Immunology 70% of all U. S. Fluid Milk that is exported to Mexico is processed by Farmers Select. However, Dean Foods has not publicly announced specific plant closings and repeated emails and calls to the Dallas-based company were not answered. Dr. Alexandra Calle is an expert in food safety and a research assistant professor in Texas Tech University's Department of Animal and Food Sciences. Board of Directors; News and Events. The Select common goal is to provide the highest quality product in the market place and do so with the highest level of service. He co-founded and currently serves as chairman emeritus of the Select Milk Producers, Inc. board of directors. 2023 National Milk Producers Federation. HMO@+%K CO=DP)4 K,_=>rXLQ!Fk8f y'4V5-pER8=m@pvzPMoV l0`=FkAicuAD#1WpBh.E?YrK|6ey78b+,SJ;y)u)N/(;! I. When asked if DFA is taking new members, John Wilson, senior vice president and chief fluid marketing officer wrote in an email: Our Area Councils monitor local milk marketing and manage membership decisions as well as other local issues. The Erie Regional Chamber reported toErie News Nowthat Dean intends to sell the Erie plant and transfer its bottling to the plant in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania while purchasing a smaller property in Erie for a distribution center. Through the use of its patented concentrating and dispensing machines, Fair Oaks Farms Brands is helping Elsie Whitlow, as well as the United States Armed Forces, deliver a healthier product while significantly lowering the carbon footprint of milk distribution. He is a life member of the Million Dollar Round Table and a member of the South Plains Trust and Estate Council. NMPF's Board of Directors met during last week's meeting and seated two new members. By navigating this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Coca-Cola reports fairlife sales have grown by double-digits each year since 2014, playing a big role in what the company sees as steady growth of value-added dairy products in contrast with the traditional fluid milk category. It employs 260 people, receives 10 million pounds of milk per day and annually produces 250 million pounds of cheese. Mike McCloskey is Co-Founder and CEO of Select Milk Producers, the sixth largest milk cooperative in the country. During his career, Bouma has operated dairy facilities in California and New Mexico, he continues to operate in Texas, Indiana and Ohio. 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. Their service, drive and spirit of stewardship underpin the ongoing development and mission of Breedlove. 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. If you have any questions specific to Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin, contact Brenda Murphy at 608-836-8820. According to Cox, the KDDC and other state officials are still working, leaving no stone unturned, for these 14 producers, confirming on May 28 that Dean Foods did extend their contracts to July 1. We started with 19 affected producers, and were down to 14. Prairie Farms recently announced it is closing a plant in Fulton, Kentucky and will operate a distribution point there. This April meeting is usually . Amanda Biddle, a dairy producer from Williamsburg, Pa., was elected to the Center for Dairy Excellence Board during the December 2021 Board meeting. The third reported Dean plant closure of an estimated seven to be announced is theLouisville, Kentucky plant where many of the Kentucky and Indiana farms that received contract-termination letters ship their milk. Prairie Farms and DFA own or supply other milk processing assets in the state and region. KentuckyDairy Development Council (KDDC). Mike McCloskey is also co-founder and chairman of the board of Fair Oaks Farms, and he was chairman of the Sustainability Initiative of DMIs Innovation Center for U.S. 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. 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. Biddle filled an open position, which was vacated by Mark Mosemann who reached the two-consecutive term maximum set by the organization's bylaws. Representing farmer-owned #dairy cooperatives on Capitol Hill since 1916, Imitation dairy products have gotten away with using dairys good name for their own benefit. ,~w>" _YQOh8$/F:?/Yw}w,1fv5&}$(P|.TDH%QV[^I2nq8X,?wQ -{4([* The Board of Directors comprises chief executives and chairs of dairy companies representing approximately . The major cities served are Cuidad Juarez, Chihuahua City, Monterrey, Reynosa, Nuevo Laredo, and Matamoros. These individuals were voted and approved upon during a special meeting of the ADPI Board of Directors this week. All Rights Reserved. Numerous sources outside the directly affected region indicate that Prairie Farms is working with Walmart to source milk and bottling for Walmartwhile the Fort Wayne plant start up is delayed . Yet, at the same time, Kentucky dairy farm families cant find a home for their milk, writes Sparrow. Board of Directors - Chamber Staff - Visitors Center - Business Advocacy; . This situation did not happen overnight. 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. 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.. As for other plants, even Bluegrass Dairy and Food, a dairy powders and ingredients company with plants in Glasgow and Springfield, Kentucky balancing milk supplies in the region is not exclusively owned by the local Williams family who founded it in 1995. He is co-founder and part-owner of Indiana-based Fair Oaks Farms. Its important for fairlife to continue to operate as a standalone business based in Chicago, stated Jim Dinkins, president of Coca-Cola North America in a press release. 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