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News June 9, 2021

Providing Milk for Local Food Shelves

Hannah Schacherer, Marketing & Communications Intern At First District Association we strive to produce high quality products for our consumers…

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News May 28, 2021

Mental Health Awareness Month

Nicole Frank, FARM Program Specialist Every month, and honestly every day, is filled with National Holidays and Celebrations. It can…

News February 24, 2021

AMPI and First District Association Announce Formation of Common Marketing Agency

Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) and First District Association (FDA) announced the formation of a jointly owned Common Marketing Agency…

News November 23, 2020

Succession Planning – The DIRTT Project

By: Rena Striegel, President and Founder of The DIRTT Project   Succession planning is not synonymous with words like –…

News September 10, 2020

Protecting Your Farm From Above

By: Patti Schaefer, Member Services & FARM Program Manager & Ashley Warren, Sustainability and Communications Coordinator    You may have heard…

News August 5, 2020

Sharing Dairy’s Sustainability Story

by: Ashley Warren, Sustainability & Communications Coordinator   What does sustainability mean to you? This question has always been hard…

News June 8, 2020

Dairy Donation Challenge: Making Dairy Available to Others

Think about your refrigerator at home, what is the one thing you can never run low on? For me, it’s…

News February 27, 2020

Scholarship Application – Due April 1st.

Are you or is your family, members of First District Association or our Member Creameries and are attending college?  If…

News December 23, 2019

UMDIA Scholarship – Due January 31st

The Upper Midwest Dairy Industry Association (UMDIA) is pleased to announce that we again will be awarding up to two…

News September 16, 2019

Ground Breaking Ceremony

Litchfield, Minnesota (9/12/2019) –  On Thursday, September 12th, President & CEO Bob Huffman, the First District Association Staff, and their…