This tells the story of how U.S. Dairy Exports have grown into a $6 billion industry over the last 20 years.

1. U.S. DAIRY EXPORTS:
A
GRWTH
STORY

2. U.S. DAIRY EXPORTS:
A GRWTH STORY
Brought to you by the U.S. Dairy Export Council

3. In 1995 U.S. Dairy farmers saw a
growth opportunity
Beyond their borders

4. They formed the
(a partnership with processors, trading companies and others)

5. Half of that was government assisted
289$ Million
That year, U.S. exports totaled

6. 6$ Billion
Today, annual exports exceed
*2013 data
With no export subsidies

7. Source: USDEC, USDA

8. Averaging 21% growth per year
For the last 10 years
With no government assistance

9. With this partnership
u.s. Dairy has gone from a minor player
To a leading global supplier

10. Today, more than 1 in 7 milk tankers
is turned into a product that’s sold overseas

11. Exports account for nearly 4 billion pounds
of U.S. milk from
1.4 million U.S. cows

12. U.S. dairy exporters
are meeting the challenge
As global demand for dairy
continues to rise,
*2013 data

13. Right
Product
Package
Specifications
making the
For each customer

14. u.s. Dairy is now the world’s leading
Single-country exporters of:
*2013 data

15. Creating
3 $500+ million markets
2 $1 billion markets
Benefiting
1 U.S. dairy industry

17. Funded by U.S. Dairy farmers
Through dairy management inc.™
with the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Services,
the U.S. Dairy Industry and the 120 members of USDEC

18. Membership (as of October 2014)
Founder Member
Dairy Management Inc.
Allied Members (34)
Abbott Nutrition
Agriculture & Livestock Industries Corporation
American Dairy Products Institute
American Farm Bureau Federation
Blimling and Associates, Inc.
California Dairy Research Foundation
California Milk Advisory Board
Center for Dairy Excellence-Pennsylvania Dept. of Agric.
Ceres Dairy Risk Management LLC
CoBank
Daily Dairy Report
Elanco Animal Health
Fort Forwarding, Inc.
General Mills, Inc.
Halal Transactions, Inc.
HighGround Dairy
International Dairy Foods Association
INTL/FCStone
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Lone Star Milk Producers
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
National Milk Producers Federation
PBM Nutritionals, LLC dba Perrigo Nutritionals
PepsiCo, Inc.
Rabobank International
Starbucks Coffee Company

19. TechMix, Inc.
Tetra Pak Cheese and Powder Systems, Inc.
The Hershey Company
Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association
Wisconsin Dept. of Agric., Trade & Consumer Protection
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation
YUM! Restaurants International Inc.
Zoetis
Processor Members (64)
Companies that process dairy products.
Agri-Dairy Products, Inc.
Agri-Mark, Inc.
Agropur, Inc.
Alouette Cheese USA LLC
American Casein Company
APS BioGroup (formerly Advanced Protein Systems)
Arla Foods Ingredients
Arthur Schuman Inc.
BelGioioso Cheese Inc.
Bongards’ Creameries
California Dairies, Inc.
Cayuga Milk Ingredients
Challenge Dairy Products, Inc.
Commercial Creamery Company
Continental Dairy Products
CP Kelco
DairiConcepts LP
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.
DairyAmerica
Darigold, Inc.
Davisco Foods International, Inc.
Erie Foods International, Inc

20. Farmdale Creamery, Inc.
Foremost Farms USA
FrieslandCampina USA
Glanbia Nutritionals USA
Grassland Dairy Products, Inc.
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc.
High Desert Milk
Hilmar Ingredients, div of Hilmar Cheese
HP Hood, LLC
Idaho Milk Products, Inc.
Immuno-Dynamics, Inc.
Ingredia, Inc.
International Ingredient Corporation
JM Smucker Company
Joseph Gallo Farms
Kraft Foods, Inc.
La Belle Associates, Inc.
Lactalis American Group
Land O’Lakes, Inc.
Leprino Foods Company
Lotito Foods, Inc.
Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association
MCT Dairies, Inc.
Michigan Milk Producers Assn.
Milk Specialties Global
O-AT-KA Milk Products Cooperative, Inc.
Oregon Dairy Products Commission
Organic Valley
Pacific Cheese Co., Inc.
Price’s Creameries
Proliant Dairy Ingredients
Pure Indian Foods
Saputo Cheese USA Inc.

21. Sargento Foods
Sartori Company
Schreiber Foods Inc.
Scott Brothers Dairy
St. Albans Cooperative Creamery, Inc.
Swiss Valley Farms Cooperative
Thiel Cheese & Ingredients
Tillamook County Creamery Assn.
United Dairymen of Arizona
Trading Company Members (21)
BIOTWO Corporation
Ecoval Dairy Trade, Inc.
Gavilon Ingredients, LLC
Gerber California Inc.
Grain Millers Dairy Products, Inc.
Hoogwegt U.S., Inc.
Interfood, Inc.
James Farrell & Co.
Mehusa, Inc.
Mitsubishi International Corp.
Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.
Osage Food Products
Otis McAllister, Inc.
P.S. International Ltd.
Ronald A. Chisholm Limited
Sloan Valley of America, Inc.
Superior Jali Int’l. Inc.
T.C. Jacoby & Co., Inc.
Talmera USA Inc.
The Artisan Cheese Exchange
Tropical Foods, LLC

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