BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$8.9B
- Private
- US
Dow Jones Description
Dairy Marketing Cooperative
President & CEO
Gary E. HanmanNumber of Employees 4,500
Contact Information
PO Box 909700
Kansas City
(816) 801-6455
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Fluid Milk Manufacturing: 311511
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Does Dean Foods Have Monopoly Power?
BNET
- 2009-10-14
Two dairy farmers have filed a lawsuit against Dean Foods and Dairy Farmers of America. Dean is the country's largest dairy processor and DFA its largest cooperative, and the farmers accuse them of "monopolizing a level of distribution of fluid milk in the Northeast and forcing dairy farmers to join...
Top dairy processors worldwide
- 2007-10-01
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DFA farms out portion of cheese business to Schreiber
- 2007-09-01
KANSAS CITY, Mo -- Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. said last month that it is looking to shore up its American Cheese division, by closing its Corona, Calif., facility and transferring parts of its American cheese business to Wisconsin-based Schreiber Foods Inc. The deal encompasses the cooperative's American cheese...
DFA plant shut down
- 2007-05-01
Dairy Farmers of America has idled its cheese plant in Lovington, N.M., saying the 12-year-old operation had failed to achieve a financially viable status. Production was to be transferred to other DFA plants last month.
Top dairy processors worldwide
- 2006-10-01
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DFA expands stake in Keller's Creamery
- 2006-03-01
Dairy Farmers of America Inc. DFA has acquired all of the ownership interests in Keller's Creamery LP, the nation's second largest manufacturer of butter for retail, food service and industrial uses. Keller's was formed in 2000 as a joint venture between DFA and Frank Otis and Glenn Millar, the former...
Producers see red in Bush budget.
- 2006-02-09
Byline: Jim Dickrell (February 9, 2006) Now that dairy producers have had time to digest President Bush's 2007 budget proposal, few like what they see. "If the package was voted on today, dairy farmers and farmers across commodity groups would...
A kinder, gentler DFA?
- 2006-01-16
Byline: Jim Dickrell (January 16, 2006) Rick Smith, president and CEO of Dairy Farmers of America for just the past 16 days, seemed to be signaling a greater willingness to work and collaborate with dairy processors in a keynote speech he gave yesterday...
Rick Smith named DFA CEO.
- 2005-12-08
Byline: Jim Dickrell (December 8, 2005) In a move that surprised no one, the Dairy Farmers of America Board of Directors named Rick Smith as president and CEO effective January 1. Smith succeeds Gary Hanman, 71, who retires on that...
CWT assists cheese sale to South Korea.
- 2005-11-15
Byline: Jim Dickrell The Cooperatives Working Together program is assisting in the export of 277,000 lb. of cheddar cheese to South Korea. The sale is being made by Dairy Farmers of America. The export bonus, which helps subsidize the sale...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Gary E. Hanman | President & CEO |
| Rick Smith | Chief Executive Officer, Kansas City, Mo. |
| Mark Korsmeyer | President, American Dairy Brands |
| David E. Jones | COO & Senior Vice President |
| Donald H. Schriver | Executive Vice President |
| David Meyer | Senior Vice President of Finance, Kansas City, Mo. |
| John I. Collins | Senior Vice President |
| Agnes Schaefer | Vice President, Communications |
| David A. Geisler | Vice President, Legal |
| Edward Tilley | Vice President, Business Development |
| Harold Papen | Vice President, HR |
| Jerry Bos | Vice President, Finance |
| John I. Wilson | Vice President, Economics |
| Elvin Hollon | Director, Marketing |
| Matt Sheehan | Director, Business |
| Deborah Rust | Product Manager |
| Jonathan Moss | General Manager, Sales & Marketing & Innovation |
| Tom Croner | Treasurer & Secretary |
| David M Phillips | Editor |
| Donna Berry | Senior Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Tom Camerlo | Dfa's Chairman of the Board |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | President & CEO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer, Kansas City, Mo. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | President, American Dairy Brands | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | COO & Senior Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | Senior Vice President of Finance, Kansas City, Mo. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | Vice President, Communications | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | Vice President, Legal | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | Vice President, Business Development | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | Vice President, HR | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | Vice President, Finance | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | Vice President, Economics | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | Director, Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | Director, Business | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | Product Manager | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | General Manager, Sales & Marketing & Innovation | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | Treasurer & Secretary | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | Editor | Current |
| Hosp, Gilbert & Associates | Current | |
| Loyola University | Juris Doctor Degree | Former |
| Loyola University | Bachelor's Degree In Communications | Former |
| Occidental College | Former |
Senior Editor Donna Berry applies her expertise in dairyfoods product development in each month's Ingredient Technology feature. Her experience also extends to new products and marketing. Donna reviews dairy product introductions in the monthly New Product Review section. She then mixes in trend analysis in the New Product Closeup, a profile of a single new product with a look at its category and how it was marketed. Donna uses her Lab Talk column as a vehicle for sharing her product developer's insight. Prior to joining Dairy Foods as Technical Editor in 1993, Donna specialized in product development of natural and specialty cheeses at Kraft Foods. Before Kraft, she worked at Best Foods in quality assurance, and at the Edlong Corp. as a sensory and applications technician. She holds a B.S. in food science from the University of Illinois. She is an active member of the Institute of Food Technologists and frequently speaks at industry events.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | Senior Editor | Current |
| University of Illinois | B.S. In Food Science | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | Dfa's Chairman of the Board | Current |
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