What's Happening

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…

Read More

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…

News June 10, 2019

CEO Announcement

First District Association is honored to announce that Bob Huffman will be the next CEO/President of FDA effective July 1,…

News April 17, 2019

Dairy Farm Improvement Grant

  The AGRI Dairy Farm Improvement Grant assists dairy producers in maximizing their profitability through investments necessary to produce Grade…

News March 19, 2019

Checkoff Highlights – Q1 2019

Dairy Management Inc. recently released the Q1 Checkoff Highlights. Click here to view the highlights… Checkoff Highlights – Q1 2019  

Industry News December 24, 2018

Final Breakdown on the Farm Bill

Here is the final breakdown of the Farm Bill President Trump signed. Current MPP vs final 2018 Farm Bill vs…