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Dairy West briefs committee on marketing, school outreach and export plans; reports $19.3 million regional budget
Summary
Jenny Nelson, interim CEO of Dairy West, presented the Idaho Dairy Products Commission and Dairy West activities to the Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee, outlining funding, school programs, retail trials, sustainability messaging and an export trade mission to Singapore.
Jenny Nelson, interim CEO of Dairy West, told the Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee about the Idaho Dairy Products Commission's marketing, nutrition and export work and presented preliminary 2024 financial figures showing roughly a $19.3 million regional budget.
Nelson said the Idaho Dairy Products Commission and the Utah Dairy Commission jointly operate as Dairy West; the commissions are funded by an assessment on milk production. "Our dairy men are assessed a 15-cent assessment for every hundred pounds of milk produced," Nelson said. She said of that 15 cents, 5 cents goes to the National Dairy Board and 10 cents…
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