November 2010
Idaho Dairy Farmers Nominated for 2010 Milk Quality Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Cheri Chase
Communications Director
(208) 332-1645
cchase@udidaho.org
Boise, ID - The 2010 Idaho Milk Quality Award was presented at the 2010 United Dairymen of Idaho Annual Meeting. The award is sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health.
Fifteen dairies in the state were nominated for the prestigious award. The award recognizes the finalists for excellence and superior milk quality in the state with an overall award winner for the dairy that produced the highest quality milk. Processors nominate individual dairies for the award.
United Dairymen of Idaho congratulates John Rietkerk from Wendell, the overall winners of the 2010 Idaho Milk Quality Award.
The fifteen nominated dairy producers for 2010 were:
Doc Aardema - Box Canyon #6 Dairy -Wendell
James Bazil - J-O Bazil - Rigby
Luis Bettencourt - Bettencourt Dairy #3 - Wendell
Luis Bettencourt - Bettencourt Dairy #6, Barn #2 - Wendell
David Funk - Funk Dairy #2 - Murtaugh
Daryl Hilt - Hilt Dairy - Gooding
Robert Hull III - Hull Dairy, LLC - Preston
Mark Moosman - Moosman Enterprises, LLC - Burley
Robert Perry - Robert Perry Dairy - Kuna
Jack & Tena Petter - Jack Petter Dairy - Buhl
John Price - John Price Dairy - Rigby
John Rietkerk - Rietkerk #2 Dairy - Wendell
Evert Van Beek - Evert Jansen Van Beek & Son - Nampa
Jerry Visser - Eagle View Farms - Castleford
John Wright - John Wright Dairy - Wendell
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United Dairymen of Idaho (UDI) is the local planning and management organization responsible for increasing demand for U.S. produced dairy products on behalf of Idaho’s dairy farm families.