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NMPF Staff

Jerry Kozak
President & Chief Executive Officer

Tom Balmer
Executive Vice President

Beth Briczinski
Director, Dairy Foods & Nutrition

Dana Brooks
Senior Vice President, Government Relations

Jaime Castaneda
Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Trade Policy

Roger Cryan
Vice President, Milk Marketing & Economics

Betsy Flores
Director, Regulatory Affairs

Chris Galen
Senior Vice President, Communications

Khadija Gibson-White
Program Assistant, CWT

Jonathon Glueck
Manager, Government Relations

David Hickey
Director, Government Relations

Jamie Jonker
Vice President, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs

Anuja Miner
Senior Director, Executive Office & Member Relations

Gail Mobley
Director, Finance & Administration

Shawna Morris
Vice President, Trade Policy

Sarah Olson
Manager, Communications

Jim Tillison
Senior Vice President, Marketing & Economic Research/Chief Operating Officer, CWT

Peter Vitaliano
Vice President, Economic Policy & Market Research

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Member Cooperatives

NMPF is a farm commodity organization representing most of the dairy marketing cooperatives serving this nation. NMPF members market the majority of the milk produced in the U.S., making NMPF the principal voice on national issues for these cooperatives and their dairy farmer members.

Agri-Mark, Inc.
Headquartered in Methuen, Massachusetts

Arkansas Dairy Cooperative Association
Headquartered in Damascus, Arkansas

Associated Milk Producers Inc.
Headquartered in New Ulm, Minnesota

Continental Dairy Products, Inc.
Headquartered in Artesia, New Mexico

Cooperative Milk Producers Association
Headquartered in Blackstone, Virginia

Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.
Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri

Dairylea Cooperative Inc.
Headquartered in Syracuse, New York

Dairymen's Marketing Cooperative, Inc.
Headquartered in Mountain Grove, Missouri

Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery
Headquartered in Ellsworth, Wisconsin

Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Headquartered in McMinnville, Oregon

First District Association
Headquartered in Litchfield, Minnesota

Foremost Farms USA
Headquartered in Baraboo, Wisconsin

Just Jersey Cooperative, Inc.
Headquartered in Artesia, New Mexico

Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Headquartered in Arden Hills, Minnesota

Lone Star Milk Producers
Headquartered in Windthorst, Texas

Manitowoc Milk Producers Cooperative
Headquartered in Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association
Headquartered in Reston, Virginia

Michigan Milk Producers Association
Headquartered in Novi, Michigan

Mid-West Dairymen's Company
Headquartered in Rockford, Illinois

Northwest Dairy Association
Headquartered in Seattle, Washington

Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
Headquartered in Carlinville, Illinois

Premier Milk Inc.
Headquartered in Ocala, Florida

Scioto County Cooperative Milk Producers' Association
Headquartered in Portsmouth, Ohio

Select Milk Producers, Inc.
Headquartered in Artesia, New Mexico

Southeast Milk, Inc.
Headquartered in Belleview, Florida

St. Albans Cooperative Creamery, Inc.
Headquartered in St. Albans, Vermont

Swiss Valley Farms Company
Headquartered in Davenport, Iowa

Tillamook County Creamery Association
Headquartered in Tillamook, Oregon

United Dairymen of Arizona
Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona

Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc.
Headquartered in Buffalo, New York

Zia Milk Producers, Inc.
Headquartered in Roswell, New Mexico

Associate Members

Being tied to the leading trade organization in the dairy industry is not the only benefit of an NMPF associate member. This membership offers the unique opportunity to participate in meetings and conferences with NMPF member cooperatives. Associate members also receive members-only publications such as the News for Dairy Co-Ops, Dairy Industry News Alert, Activities & Accomplishment Report, the Regulatory Register, ImportWatch, Dairy Producer Highlights, and the first view of NMPF press releases. Join this list by becoming an associate member. Please contact Anuja Miner for more information.

Associate Member Application Form

Click on an associate member's name to be taken to their website (where applicable).

Agri-Services Agency, LLC

Agropur

Alliance of Western Milk Producers

American Veal Association

Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition

Blimling and Associates Inc.

California Dairy Research Foundation

Cargill Animal Nutrition

Central States Testing

Ceres Dairy Risk Management LLC

Charm Sciences, Inc.

Cheese Market News

CME Group

CoBank

Colorado State University

Dairy Australia

Dairy.com

Dairy Council of California

Dairy & Food Market Analyst

Dairy Herd Management Magazine

Dairy Institute of California

Dairy Producers of New Mexico

Davisco Foods International

Day & Associates

Dean Foods Company

Dragun Corporation

DSM Food Specialties USA, Inc.

DTB Associates, LLP

Ecolab, Inc.

ECOVAL Dairy Trade, Inc.

Elanco Animal Health

Fonterra Cooperative Group

Glanbia Foods

Grande Cheese Company

Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP

Hilmar Cheese Company

Hoard's Dairyman

Holstein Association USA, Inc.

Hoogwegt U.S., Inc.

Idaho Dairymen's Association

IDEXX Laboratories

International Milk Haulers Association

Kansas Dairy Association

Keenan USA Inc.

Kincannon & Reed

Kraft Foods

McLeod, Watkinson & Miller

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Milk Producers Council

National All-Jersey Inc.

National Dairy Herd Information Association

National Hay Association

Nelson Jameson, Inc.

Neogen Corporation

North Carolina Dairy Producers Association

O-AT-KA Milk Producers Coop., Inc.

Ohio Dairy Producers Association

Oregon Dairy Farmers Association

Pfizer Animal Health

Rice Dairy LLC

Schreiber Foods, Inc.

Silliker, Inc.

South Dakota Dairy Producers

Surepure

T.C. Jacoby & Company, Inc.

U.S. Dairy Export Council

Vaca Resources

Washington State Dairy Federation

Watson/Mulhern

Western Dairy Association

Western United Dairymen

Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research

Wisconsin Dairy Products Association

Yerecic Label

Political Action Committee

What is the NMPF Political Action Committee?

NMPF's Political Action Committee allows us to participate in candidates' fundraising activities and make sure the dairy producers' story is told on Capitol Hill.

PAC Membership

One of the ways you can ensure your voice is heard in Washington, DC is by being a member of the NMPF PAC. It is easy to become a member: just fill out a membership form and make a contribution (please note that only NMPF Member Cooperatives or Associate Members are allowed to contribute to the NMPF PAC). These funds, along with contributions from other dairy farmers and NMPF employees, help elect candidates to the House and Senate who are willing to listen to dairy farmers' viewpoints on issues that affect your ability to produce milk and collectively market your products.

NMPF's PAC is governed by a committee consisting of dairy producers and regulated by the Federal Election Commission's rules and guidelines for political action committees. Contact Dana Brooks for more information.

NMPF National Dairy Leadership Scholarship Program

Established in 1916, the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) is the oldest farm commodity organization in the United States and represents the interests of dairy cooperatives that are owned and operated by dairy farm families. NMPF provides a forum through which these dairy farmers and cooperatives may formulate national policy on issues affecting the production of milk and dairy beef.

NMPF's Board of Directors offers several scholarships each year to qualified graduate students (enrolled in Master's or Ph.D. programs) who are actively pursuing dairy-related fields of research that are of immediate interest to NMPF member cooperatives. Graduate students pursuing research of direct benefit to milk marketing cooperatives and dairy producers are encouraged to submit an application (applicants do not need to be members of NMPF to qualify).

Recommended fields of study include but are not limited to:

 

Each year, the top scholarship applicant is awarded the Hintz Memorial Scholarship, which was established to honor Murray Hintz following his death in 2005. Hintz served as Chairman of the Board for Cass-Clay Creamery, Inc., one of the cooperatives which played a key role in establishing NMPF's National Dairy Leadership Scholarship Program.

Learn more about past NMPF scholarship recipients.

 

 

NMPF Congratulates Recipients of 2011 Scholarship Program

At their June meeting, the NMPF Scholarship Committee selected four graduate students to receive scholarships as part of the 2011 NMPF National Dairy Leadership Scholarship Program.

 

These students are all conducting research in areas that will benefit dairy cooperatives and producers.

 

The 2011 Hintz Memorial Scholarship, given to the top scholarship candidate, was awarded to João Paulo Nascimento Martins, a Ph.D. candidate in Animal Science at the Michigan State University. His research project is: "The effect of enhanced luteinizing hormone pulses during ovulatory follicle development on oocyte competency and subsequent pregnancy losses in dairy cattle".
Other scholarship winners included:
Daniel Garrido, a Ph.D. candidate in Food Science at the University of California-Davis, with his research project, "Molecular validation of the prebiotic properties of casein glycomacropeptides".
Amanda Sterrett, a M.S. candidate in Animal Science at the University of Kentucky, with her research project, "Characterization of relationships between lying behavior, rumination behavior, and core body temperature using novel precision dairy farming techniques".
Laura Bradner, a M.S. candidate in Biochemistry at the Iowa State University, with her research project, "Optimization of methods for the detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in milk and colostrum of naturally infected dairy cows".
The Scholarship Committee was impressed with the quality of applications and thanked all of the students who applied for the 2011 program. All eligible students are encouraged to apply next year.   If you have any questions about the NMPF scholarship program, please call the NMPF office at 703-243-6111, or email Beth Briczinski.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Young Cooperators

National Milk Producers Federation members and staff organized the National Young Cooperator (YC) Program in 1950. The purpose of the YC program was, and still is, to educate and build leadership ability in young dairy farmers. In order to develop this leadership, YCs must first gain a better understanding of the needs and problems facing milk marketing cooperatives. The result is educated, articulate young people who will provide the future direction for the dairy industry.

An educational program for young dairy producers is essential for the growth and advancement of the industry. Leadership development is encouraged and recognized at the local and national levels. Many current dairy industry leaders, including current NMPF Board members and a recent chairman, have participated in NMPF's YC program.

Several of NMPF's member dairy cooperatives sponsor YC programs. Representatives from each cooperative have the opportunity to participate in national YC activities. A YC fly-in is held every year in conjunction with NMPF's June Board of Directors meeting. YCs attend a legislative issues briefing and learn how to lobby their representatives on Capitol Hill. The national YC Leadership and Development Program is held in conjunction with NMPF's Annual Meeting in the fall and includes timely topics of interest to dairy farmers of all ages.

NMPF's YC program is designed for dairy producers 40 years of age and younger. No dairy farmer will be denied attendance at YC meetings due to age. However, to represent a member cooperative at a national YC event or serve as a national YC advisory council member, a young farmer may not have reached his or her 41st birthday by January 1st following the Annual Meeting. If running as a couple, the age requirement applies to the younger spouse.

YC Advisory Council

Every NMPF member cooperative with a recognized YC program is eligible to have at least one seat (couple or individual) on NMPF's YC Advisory Council. Additional seats are determined by YC attendance at the NMPF Annual Meeting. For every ten couples at the meeting, a member cooperative may have an additional seat on the council.

NMPF member cooperatives are responsible for selecting the YCs who will serve as their representatives on the YC Advisory Council. Each cooperative has its own way of choosing YCs for the council, just like they do for YCs who participate in the national YC program. Members of the council provide the leadership behind NMPF's YC program. At the national level, they have three principle duties:

1. Attend a planning meeting the summer after the council's election to provide views on YC programming material for the upcoming NMPF Annual Meeting.
   
2. Develop and oversee the YC program at the next NMPF Annual Meeting. This includes conducting registration, chairing sessions, introducing speakers, and other duties as required.
   
3. Execute assignments as requested by the NMPF YC program coordinator.

Each new YC Advisory Council takes office at the end of the Annual Meeting.

2012 YC Advisory Council

For questions about NMPF's YC program, please contact Sarah Olson by email or by calling 703-243-6111.