Congratulations to David Riemersma of Butterball Farms, Inc. for being elected the president of the American Butter Institute. Two new officers were also seated.
Irv Holmes of Challenge Dairy Products, Inc. was elected to serve as First Vice President, and Dean Van Tuinen of Darigold, Inc. was elected Second Vice President. Each officer will serve a two-year term. The ABI board also welcomed new member High Desert Milk, which officially joined the organization at the fall meeting. In addition, the board elected Randy Robinson of High Desert Milk, Josh White of Hoogwegt, U.S. and William Schreiber of O-AT-KA Milk Products Cooperative, Inc. as new board representatives.
ABI’s board reviewed and approved their budget for 2013 and received an update on the National Butter Promotion Program’s new focus on using social media to promote usage of butter.
ABI’s next meeting will be held in conjunction with the American Dairy Products Institute April 28-30, 2013 at Chicago Marriott Downtown in Chicago, Ill.
Source: The American Butter Institute