By DOUG GRAVES
Ohio Correspondent

ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) is based in Arlington, Va., and develops and carries out policies that advance the well being of dairy producers and the cooperatives they own.

The members of the organization’s 31 cooperatives produce the majority of the U.S. milk supply, making NMPF the voice of more than 40,000 dairy producers on Capitol Hill and with government agencies.

Dairy Management, Inc. (DMI) is based in Rosemont, Ill., and is the domestic and international planning and management organization that builds demand for dairy products on behalf of America’s 60,000-plus dairy producers. DMI works with state and regional dairy promotion organizations to integrate marketing, promotion, advertising, public relations, nutrition education, and nutrition, product and technology research programs.

FARM advisory panel:

Stan Andre, California Milk Advisory Board
Marguerite Copel, Dean Foods
John Frey, Pennsylvania Center for Dairy Excellence
Mary Kamm, Safeway, Inc.
John Kennedy, Kraft Foods
Shelly Mayer, Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin
M.Gatz Riddell, American Assoc. of Bovine Practitioners
Allen Salyer, International Dairy Foods Assoc.
Lynn Schmoe, Washington Dairy Products Commission