A2O-L>ncaster Farming, Saturday, January 29, 1994 Holstein Breeders Meet BRATTLEBORO, winter forum meetings sponsored Vt. Pennsylvania Holstein by the national Holstein Associa breeders may attend either of two bon of America on Feb. 9 and 10. MMI Appoints Stiefer Director Business Development STRONGSVILLE, Ohio David L. Stief er has been named to the newly created position of Director of Business Development for Milk Marketing Inc., the Strongsville, Ohio dairy farmer cooperative, Don Schriver, MMl’s executive vice president and chief executive officer, made the announcement Jan. 4, 1994. Stiefer’s new respon sibilities will include working to develop marketing and saies programs for both MMI in fluid milk and its wholly owned subsidi ary Farmers Dairy Foods, Inc. in value added products. “We’ve looked for quite awhile to find someone of Dave’s caliber for this job,’’said Schriver. “His back ground will also be helpful in further deve loping the alliance MMI/FDF has with DMV USA and the Dutch cooperative Campina MeUcunie.” In December, 1992, MMI and DMV USA formed an international alliance to enable MMI to enter the global market. Before joining MMI, Stiefer was vice presi dent, sales and market ing, for DMV USA. Pre viously he was president and chief operating officer for Western Dairy Products, a U.S. company which imports and export dairy pro ducts for the New Zea land Dairy Board. Stiefer will be part of MMl’s senior staff and report directly to Schriver. "Obviously we’re very pleased that Dave’s background is steeped with more than IS years of dairy rflarketing experiences including sales in both national and international mark ets,” said Schriver. Stiefer received his bachelor of science degree in business administration from Pacific Western Univer sity and also studied food science and dairy science at the University of Wisconsin. He also served six years in the U.S. Marine Corps. MMI is a 5,900 mem ber dairy farmer owned cooperative encompass ing an eight state Mid western area including Ohio, Indiana, Pennsyl vania, Michigan, New York, Kentucky, Mary land and West Virginia. Last year MMI mark eted more than 3.8 bil lion pounds or 442 mil lion gallons of milk. MMI marketed S6PB 1993 which includes Foods, Inc. and farm $307 million in net sales supply, plus dues and from Farmers Dairy service fees. V & ,K< : * -r/- v- , .-•■#/’>V V '-^ft • vl ' /V ~*{•> •/ 4 . , * »* * v -ft' ’*' > J*\ xsft« 1-> V 1 '*■ 'P •» •* «4 *s ,w. • . North Central, PA Southeastern PA & NJ MARYLAND J Hershev Mver Rod Prutsman Eldon Ford Ted Ridgely Phone Phone: 607 ' 525 - 6274 Phone: 7 1 7 -933-5961 Phone: 410-635-6544 Direct Herd Rep. Western PA Direct Herd Rep. Earl Kepner Russ Jacques Nelson James Phone:7l7-935-2485 Phone:Bl4-425-2562 Phone:2ls-562-7117 Direct Herd Reps: Peter Bohacek Northeastern PA Southcentral PA WEST VIRGINIA Phone: 301-371-6834 Don Hibbard Ed Gulnac Steve Cronin Dave Elston Phone; 717-836-3168 Phone: 814-847-2520 Phone: 304-884-8172 Phone; 301-898-9125 February The sites of the two meetings are planned so that breeders from all over the state have an opportunity to attend. Every year, the national Hols tein Association holds winter for um meetings in order to hear about herd .owner concerns. The meet ings are held across the nation. For Pennsylvanians in the west ern part of the commonwealth, a ■ >“*(, -■ v ■ .■«. l-i V', forum is scheduled for Wednes day, Feb. 9, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Days Inn Butler Conference Center, 139 Pittsburgh Rd., Butler. Call the center at (412) 287-6761. For those breeders in the eastern and central portions of the state, a conference is set to be held Thurs day, Feb. 10, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Sheraton Inn-East, at 800 East Park Drive, in Harrisburg. Call (717) 561-2800. Scheduled to speak at the two Pennsylvania forums are national •a*