Midwest Dairy Names Interim CEO
Midwest Dairy Senior Vice President of Sales and Partnerships Beth Bruck-Upton has been appointed its interim chief executive officer. The appointment takes effect on October 12.
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Midwest Dairy Releases Its 2025 Annual Report
With the push for protein, the dairy checkoff has focused on campaigns to amplify that trend. To build trust with consumers, Midwest Dairy connected dairy farmers with consumers and health professionals. The checkoff investment was also put into research and…
Midwest Dairy Accelerator Promotes Entrepreneurs
Four companies have been selected for the first-ever intensive eight-week virtual initiative to fast-track new dairy-forward food and beverage entrepreneurs. Midwest Dairy and VentureFuel are partnering on this project. The dairy products coming from these startup companies include a yogurt-based…
Driving Dairy Demand
The Midwest Dairy Annual Report highlights how the dairy checkoff built trust with consumers, increased dairy sales, invested in research and developed dairy leaders. The report cites Midwest Dairy’s partnership with three major pizza chains this past year; Marco’s Pizza,…
Speaking Out for Dairy
Midwest Dairy has an ambassador program for college-age students. University of Minnesota animal science major Megan Ratka is part of this leadership program. "I knew I wanted to continue to have a platform to promote dairy to consumers so I turned…
New Chief Strategy Officer Named at Midwest Dairy
Midwest Dairy has named Trudy Wastweet as its Chief Strategy Officer. This is a new position for the dairy checkoff program. Previously, Wastweet was Midwest Dairy's Chief Operating Officer.
Midwest Dairy CEO Takes the Job at a Unique Time for the Industry
Corey Scott is in her early days as the new executive director of Midwest Dairy. Scott is a University of Minnesota-Crookston graduate and spent the last 15 years of her career with Land O’Lakes and its sustainability division, Truterra. "It's…
Midwest Dairy CEO to Retire in March
Midwest Dairy CEO Molly Pelzer has announced her retirement, effective March, 2024. Pelzer started her career with Midwest Dairy in 1984 as a program director working with schools and health care professionals. She held numerous leadership roles before taking on…
SD Native to Serve as USB CEO
The United Soybean Board will have a new CEO on board at the beginning of the New Year. Former South Dakota Agriculture Secretary Lucas Lentsch succeeds Polly Ruhland, who is retiring. Lentsch is now an executive vice president with Dairy…
Dairy Ambassadors Selected
Midwest Dairy is recognizing two college students as North Dakota Dairy Ambassadors. Sydney Kleingartner is from Gackle and is a student at Bismarck State College. Carmen Entzinger is from Jamestown and is attending Moorhead State University.
