Dairy West

Dairy West has a trio of new directors. John Brubaker, owner of Knott Run Dairy in Buhl, will fill Seat #2 and serve until March 2025. Pete Wiersma, owner of Fairview Dairy in Buhl, will fill Seat #5 and serve until March 2025. And Debra Reeves, co-owner of White Harvest Farms in Buhl, will fill the newly added Seat #9 and serve until March of next year ...

A Burley, ID based dairy processor has undergone a major expansion that cooperative officials say nearly doubles output. According to High Desert Milk, this improvement will allow them to increase annual butter output from 45 million pounds to 85 million pounds and add a new, high-demand milk-powder product called MPC-70 to its lineup.  MPC-70 ...

Dairy West recently took a big step in the industry’s effort to become carbon neutral by 2050 by adding Marissa Watson as the first vice president of sustainability. Watson said days into her new role, she’s trying to understand what dairy farmers across Idaho are already doing and the support they need. “Be ...

Dairy West is putting more of an emphasis on sustainability with a recent hire. CEO Karianne Fallow announced Monday that Marissa Watson has been hired as Dairy West’s first vice president of sustainability, a position that Fallow said underscores the importance of sustainability within the dairy community and all of agriculture. Agricult ...

For the dairy industry, 2020 was a year of two, very different halves. Dairy West's Vice President of Strategic Communications Kristi Spence says 2020 started off very strong, which was welcomed news after several years of low milk prices ...

In an effort to help those who are hungry and unable to afford their groceries, Dairy West announced the launch of a new program to help those throughout Idaho and Utah. The Curds + Kindness program directs surplus, nutrient rich dairy foods to those who are unable to afford their groceries ...