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As we begin 2011, I want to revisit an important topic that was presented at last month’s District meetings –

the redistricting of the cooperative. As you know, each year our Board’s Governance Committee reviews the state of the current District territories, looking for ways to better improve member representation within the cooperative. As you can see, the current District map, shown on Pg. 3, is quite segmented and the distribution of the members, farms and milk production is unbalanced in many instances. For example, counties like Dane, Lafayette and Buchanan are currently split among three directors. And in last year’s election, 20% of the membership was represented by only one director.

In order to give better representation to the members, the Governance Committee voted to redraw the map along county lines, taking into account the number of members, farms and milk pounds accounted for in each county, with the goal of distributing them more evenly among the Districts. As you can see, the proposed map, also on Pg. 3, highlights the new Districts. This entire process will take three years to fully realize as the existing Board members will be serving out their remaining terms. You’ll notice that the number of Districts has been condensed from 13 to 10. This means that there will now be 10 Directors and 3 At-Large Directors representing the membership.

While it was originally proposed that these new directors will be considered “At-Large”, during discussions with co-op members during December’s district meetings, it was suggested that a policy be put in place to keep these “At-Large” directors from all residing in the same geograhic location. Therefore, the Governance Committee and the Board will review this suggestion at an upcoming meeting.

The process for electing these “At-Large” Directors will be as follows:

• Governance Committee will develop and approve qualifications to be an At-Large Director. These will be published in the February 2011 Dairyman.•At-Large Directors are nominated at the District Rep meeting in March 2011.•Nominated individuals will be asked to create a biography in preparation to communicate this to the membership.

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Published Monthly by:

swiss Valley Farms cooperative

P.O. Box 4493 Davenport, IA 52808

563.468.6600 FAX 563.468.6616

www.swissvalley.com

nancy FeeneyEditor/ Member Relations Mgr.

Swiss Valley Farms, Co. will produce, distribute and sell value-added, quality products for our:

Customers & ConsumersOwner/MembersWorkforce

Swiss Valley Board OfficersChairPam Bolin................................................Clarksville, IAVice ChairRandy Schaefer....................................Blue Grass, IAAssistant Secretaryjeff nimtz...............................................Monticello, WIAssistant Treasurerjames Schmitt.............................................Sherrill, IA

swiss Valley directorsLoyde M. Beers.......................................Eastman, WISteve Klug.....................................Spring Grove, Mndale Humpal.........................................Ridgeway, IAFrancis Leibfried..................................Cuba City, WIG. joe Lyon....................................................Toledo, IAPatrick Schroeder..............................Lancaster, WIEugene Smith........................................Clinton, WI

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clearly defined territories for the new districts. The

number of districts has been reduced to ten, and the balance of members,

farms and milk production is allocated more evenly,

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District 134 YEAR AWARDSCHIER, REGGIE & MARY LEEGLEN HAVEN, WI33 YEAR AWARDMEIER, MIKEGLEN HAVEN, WI26 YEAR AWARDCLIFF, BERNARD & LINDABLOOMINGTON, WI22 YEAR AWARDBREITSPRECKER, GERALD & JUDYLANCASTER, WI17 YEAR AWARDJON DEE ACRES LLCLIVINGSTON, WISCHIER, BILLGLEN HAVEN, WISCHWANTES, JAMESGLEN HAVEN, WISCHWANTES, TERRY L.BLOOMINGTON, WISCHWANTES, WILLIAMGLEN HAVEN, WIWHITE’S PLEASANT VALLEY FARMMOUNT HOPE, WI

16 YEAR AWARDPLUEMER FARMS LLCLIVINGSTON, WI14 YEAR AWARDADAMS, DOUGLAS R.LANCASTER, WIADAMS, LORRIELANCASTER, WIADAMS, PAUL J.LANCASTER, WI12 YEAR AWARDNIES, ROBERT & LOREEPRAIRIE DU CHIEN, WI10 YEAR AWARDBIERMAN, CAROLYNBLOOMINGTON, WIBIERMAN, MICHAEL & CAROLYNBLOOMINGTON, WI9 YEAR AWARDFISCHER, TODD W. & JULIEBAGLEY, WIJAMES, DENNISDODGEVILLE, WIJAMES, ROBDODGEVILLE, WILATHAM DAIRY LLPBOSCOBEL, WI8 YEAR AWARDBREN MAR FARMS INC

LANCASTER, WILAZY M FARM LLCSTITZER, WIMARCH, CONNIE & JIMDODGEVILLE, WI5 YEAR AWARDJOHNSON, R. ALLENPLATTEVILLE, WIJOHNSON, RICHARDPLATTEVILLE, WIMARTIN, ALBERT & ARLENEFENNIMORE, WIMEIER, CHERYLGLEN HAVEN, WIRAISBECK, JULIE & CHARLESBLOOMINGTON, WISULLIVAN FARMS 4 LLCMINERAL POINT, WI4 YEAR AWARDKOHOUT, KENNETH & ANITA MONTFORT, WIVEECH, RICHARD & KIMLANCASTER, WIWEIER, MARK D & SARAHDODGEVILLE, WI3 YEAR AWARDBURR OAK FARMSSTITZER, WI

FISCHER, TODD W. & JULIEBAGLEY, WI2 YEAR AWARDADRIAN, STEVEN J.GLEN HAVEN, WIBOHEMIAN GAIT ACHERSFENNIMORE, WIGILDERSLEEVE, KRISTINE MARTINLANCASTER, WIMARTIN, LINDA & ROGERLANCASTER, WIMEIER, BRIANGLEN HAVEN, WITOLLE, RICHARD LBLOOMINGTON, WI1 YEAR AWARDBROWN, CHARLES A & RITADODGEVILLE, WIIHM, DOUGLAS G.CASSVILLE, WIROUNDS, JAMES V & ROXANNEBOSCOBEL, WIROUNDS, JEREMY & COURTNEY BOSCOBEL, WISCHROEDER, PAT, S& S FARMSLANCASTER, WISCHULER, DUANEPLATTEVILLE, WI

Every winter, Swiss Valley Farms honors its many Blue Ribbon Quality Milk Award winners at its district meetings. This year marked the program’s 37th year. Co-op members work hard year-round to meet Swiss Valley Farms quality milk standards. The end result of all of this effort is millions of pounds of high quality milk that

the cooperative turns into delicious dairy products.

The list of Quality Award winners begins here and will continue next month as well. Swiss Valley Farms applauds everyone who received awards this year. Good luck in the coming year with your quality milk production.

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district 1: 33-Year Award: MIKE MEIERGlen Haven, Wis.

district 1: 26-Year Award: BERNARD & LINDA CLIFFBloomington, Wis.

district 1: 22-Year Award: GERALD & JUDY BREITSPRECKERBloomington, Wis.

district 1: 17-Year Award: JAMES & TERRY SCHWANTES Glen Haven, Wis.

District 232 YEAR AWARDPLEASANT-VIEW DAIRY FARMCUBA CITY, WI30 YEAR AWARDHAMILTON, WILLIAM J.CUBA CITY, WI27 YEAR AWARDHAMILTON, JOHN W. & EVIECUBA CITY, WI25 YEAR AWARDFLIKKEMA, HUBERT A. TRUSTFULTON, IL24 YEAR AWARDKUNKEL FARMS PARTNERSHIPCUBA CITY, WI22 YEAR AWARDTRANEL, DAN J.CUBA CITY, WI19 YEAR AWARDTHEILL, RANDY & LAURIECUBA CITY, WI18 YEAR AWARDBUDDEN, GARYCUBA CITY, WI14 YEAR AWARDPEARCE, RICHARD J.ELIZABETH, IL

12 YEAR AWARDGROEZINGER, NORMANSTOCKTON, IL11 YEAR AWARDLEAHY, MIKE JR.GRATIOT, WIPLACKE FARMS INCCUBA CITY, WI10 YEAR AWARDJ & M FARMHAZEL GREEN, WIKAISER, TOM & JULIECUBA CITY, WI7 YEAR AWARDBUSCH, JAMES D.CUBA CITY, WI5 YEAR AWARDTHEILL FARMSEAST DUBUQUE, IL4 YEAR AWARDMILLER, ELLEN J.EAST DUBUQUE, ILMILLER, ROBERT M.HAZEL GREEN, WIMILLER, ROBERT P.EAST DUBUQUE, ILMILLER, ROCKIEBELMONT, WIMILLER, SHELLY M.HAZEL GREEN, WI

MILLER, THOMAS A.HAZEL GREEN, WI3 YEAR AWARDBERLAGE, DONALD & MERRIELIZABETH, ILBRANT, GERALDCUBA CITY, WIBRANT, JILL M.CUBA CITY, WIDIETZEL RIDGE ACRES INCCUBA CITY, WIHIGHWAY DAIRY FARMSDARLINGTON, WINICE, ELDON P.MORRISON, IL2 YEAR AWARDDARLINGTON RIDGE FARMS LLCCHINO, CAFRIEDERICH, WARD & JANELLSAVANNA, ILLEIBFRIED DAIRY FARMSCUBA CITY, WILEIBFRIED, KENNETH A.CUBA CITY, WIMORHARDT, KEITHELIZABETH, ILRUNDE, SIMON B.CUBA CITY, WISCHNEIDER, SAM D.CUBA CITY, WI

1 YEAR AWARDAKINS, JOSEPH & BRENDAFORRESTON, ILBUDDEN, KEVIN & JANETCUBA CITY, WIBUDDEN, RANDY J.CUBA CITY, WIGETZ FARMS INCSAVANNA, ILHELBING, JOHN L.CUBA CITY, WIMC GINNIS, SCOTT T.GRATIOT, WIMC GINNIS, THOMAS J.GRATIOT, WIMOHLMANN, LOUIS R.PLATTEVILLE, WISCHOLLMEYER, AELREDSHULLSBURG, WISCHOLLMEYER, DAVIDSHULLSBURG, WISCHOLLMEYER, WILLIAMSHULLSBURG, WITHEILL, SCOTTCUBA CITY, WI

District 431 YEAR AWARDVENTEICHER, DAVIDSTRAWBERRY POINT, IA

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district 1: 14-Year Award: DOUG ADAMS & PAUL & LORRIE ADAMSLancaster, Wis.

district 2: 32-Year Award: BERNARD & RONDA RUNDECuba City, Wis.

district 2: 30-Year Award: CHARLIE HAMILTON accepting for WILLIAM HAMILTONCuba City, Wis.

district 2: 27-Year Award: EVIE HAMILTONCuba City, Wis.

district 2: 24-Year Award: TOM KUNKELCuba City, Wis.

district 2: 22-Year Award: DAN TRANEL Cuba City, Wis.

district 2: 19-Year Award: RANDY THEILLCuba City, Wis.

district 2: 18-Year Award: GARY BUDDENCuba City, Wis.

district 2: 11-Year Award: MIKE LEAHY JR Gratiot, Wis.

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VENTEICHER, PAULEDGEWOOD, IAVENTEICHER, RICHARDEDGEWOOD, IA30 YEAR AWARDOVERMANN, GARY & CARLYNEEARLVILLE, IA29 YEAR AWARDDUWE, LORENGARNAVILLO, IAPFEILER BROTHERS FARMHOLY CROSS, IA28 YEAR AWARDSCHLITZER, MARKDUBUQUE, IASCHLITZER, MARVINDUBUQUE, IA26 YEAR AWARDCLEMEN, WAYNENEW VIENNA, IA25 YEAR AWARDBRIMEYER, DANIEL A & DEBSHERRILL, IAMOSER, TODD M.COLESBURG, IA

23 YEAR AWARDBRIMEYER, THOMAS W.SHERRILL, IACLEMEN, DANIEL J.HOLY CROSS, IAKEEHNER, DARRYL & TERESAGUTTENBERG, IA22 YEAR AWARDSTEFFEN, KENNETH J.NEW VIENNA, IA20 YEAR AWARDANTHONY BROTHERSHOLY CROSS, IAHAMMERAND, TIMOTHYDUBUQUE, IA19 YEAR AWARDFREIBURGER, LAVERNEHOLY CROSS, IAFREIBURGER, RICKHOLY CROSS, IA18 YEAR AWARDGERNER, JAMES A.GARBER, IAGERNER, LORAS J.GARBER, IA

GERNER, RICHARD B.GUTTENBERG, IASCHLITZER, TWILA C.DUBUQUE, IA17 YEAR AWARDGAUL, MICHAEL G.COLESBURG, IAGAUL, PETER E. & KIMCOLESBURG, IA16 YEAR AWARDBURKLE, DENNIS & SHERRYEARLVILLE, IA15 YEAR AWARDENGELKEN, THOMAS & CHERRIEEARLVILLE, IAMERGES, BRIAN J.PEOSTA, IA13 YEAR AWARDSCHMITT, JAMES & LORIESHERRILL, IA12 YEAR AWARDDEUTMEYER, BE FONGDYERSVILLE, IADEUTMEYER, ROBERT F.DYERSVILLE, IA

KOOPMAN, ANTHONYDYERSVILLE, IA10 YEAR AWARDELSBURY, JERRALDSTRAWBERRY POINT, IAHEIDERSCHEIT, DAVESHERRILL, IAHEIDERSCHEIT, ROSESHERRILL, IAHEIMS, SUEEDGEWOOD, IAPAISLEY, JAMESHOLY CROSS, IAPAISLEY, PATRICKHOLY CROSS, IASPERFSLAGE, IRVINMANCHESTER, IA9 YEAR AWARDBRIMEYER, DEREKSHERRILL, IAKOOPMANN, BRADDYERSVILLE, IA8 YEAR AWARDHOEGER, JOHN L.DYERSVILLE, IA

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district 2: 10-Year Award: TOM KAISERCuba City, Wis.

district 2: 10-Year Award: JERRY KUHLHazel Green, Wis.

district 4: 31-Year Award: VENTEICHER FAMILYStrawberry Point, IowaIn front: Paul & normaIn back: Richard, david & Ann

district 4: 12-Year Award: ANTHONY & ELDORA KOOPMANN, dyersville, Iowa

district 4: 12-Year Award: ROBERT & BEFONG DEUTMEYERdyersville, Iowa

district 4: 23-Year Award: DAN & LAURIE CLEMEN dyersville, Iowa

district 4: 7-Year Award: DONALD PRIERdyersville, Iowa

district 4: 10-Year Award: DAVE & ROSE HEIDERSCHEITSherrill, Iowa

7 YEAR AWARDGAUL, TIM & KARIGUTTENBERG, IAHERMSEN, DOUGLASCOLESBURG, IAKULPER, ROGER & JENNIFERGARBER, IAPRIER, DONALDDYERSVILLE, IA6 YEAR AWARDDOUBLE D DAIRYHOLY CROSS, IAENGELKEN, ELMEREPWORTH, IAHICKORY VALLEY FARMSEPWORTH, IAKLEIN, PAUL A.SHERRILL, IAKLEIN, THOMASSHERRILL, IA3 YEAR AWARDDEUTMEYER, THOMAS G.EARLVILLE, IAGOEDKEN, JOHN & MARILYNEARLVILLE, IA

RECKER, ROBERT A.STRAWBERRY POINT, IASCHIELTZ, JOHN C.HOLY CROSS, IA2 YEAR AWARDAMBROSY, MARVIN E.SHERRILL, IAANDERSEN, KENNETH N.STRAWBERRY POINT, IABISCHOFF, MARKGARNAVILLO, IABRIMEYER, WILLIAM C.SHERRILL, IAGAUL, JASON & REBECCANEW VIENNA, IAGAUL, KEITH & AMYNEW VIENNA, IAHARBAUGH DAIRYELKADER, IAKLEINLEIN, DANSTRAWBERRY POINT, IAKRUSE, MARTINDYERSVILLE, IAMC ALLISTER, MARK & MARYNEW VIENNA, IA

MC ALLISTER, ROBERTNEW VIENNA, IAMENSEN, STEVEN & JULIEEARLVILLE, IAOFFERMAN, RICHARDEARLVILLE, IARIES, ELMER & CARLANEW VIENNA, IASCHMITT, PAULDURANGO, IASCHMITT, TOM J.DURANGO, IASPERFSLAGE, DEAN & DANAEDGEWOOD, IAWILLE, MARGARET A.DUBUQUE, IAWILLE, RICHARDGUTTENBERG, IA1 YEAR AWARDBRIMEYER, JIM & MARY KAYHOLY CROSS, IAFISCHER, CHARLIE & MARYCOLESBURG, IAKNIGHT, BILLSTRAWBERRY POINT, IA

LEHMANN, RUSS P.EPWORTH, IAMC ALLISTER, TED C.NEW VIENNA, IASIGWARTH, JOSEPH F.HOLY CROSS, IASIGWARTH, JOSEPH W.HOLY CROSS, IASIMON, MELANIE M.EPWORTH, IAWESTHOFF, NICHOLAS & JESSIEGUTTENBERG, IAWULFEKUHLE, JAMES R.HOLY CROSS, IA

District 532 YEAR AWARDMARDORF, CLIFFORDMONTICELLO, IA29 YEAR AWARDMARDORF, LESLIE LEEHOPKINTON, IA28 YEAR AWARDKAUFFMANN, RICHARD & LUANNFARLEY, IA

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district 4: 22-Year Award: KEN STEFFENnew Vienna, Iowa

district 4: 19-Year Award: LAVERNE FREIBURGERHoly Cross, Iowa

district 4: 18-Year Award: LORAS GERNERGarber, Iowa

district 4: 29-Year Award: LOREN & HELEN DUWEGarnavillo, Iowa

district 4: 15-Year Award: BRIAN & DAWN MERGES, Peosta, Iowa

district 4: 25-Year Award: TODD & LYNNE MOSERHoly Cross, Iowa

district 4: 30-Year Award: GARY & CARLYNE OVERMANNEarlville, Iowa

district 4: 13-Year Award: JAMES & LORIE SCHMITT Sherrill, Iowa

district 4: 7-Year Award: TIM & KARI GAUL Guttenberg, Iowa

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22 YEAR AWARDLUDWIG, SHARONDYERSVILLE, IA21 YEAR AWARDOSTWINKLE, JAMES L.WORTHINGTON, IA20 YEAR AWARDSCHUSTER, LEONARDDUBUQUE, IA14 YEAR AWARDBERINGER, THOMASFARLEY, IAWEIS, ARDELL J.BELLEVUE, IA13 YEAR AWARDWEBER, GERALDDELHI, IA10 YEAR AWARDWILGENBUSCH, PATRICKMASONVILLE, IAWILGENBUSCH, PAUL ESTATEMASONVILLE, IA9 YEAR AWARDSAUNDERS, BRIAN

ROWLEY, IASAUNDERS, KEVINWINTHROP, IA8 YEAR AWARDKLUESNER, LEO J & JULIEWORTHINGTON, IASTRAIT, PATRICIA A.PRESTON, IASTRAIT, TAMMY J.PRESTON, IA6 YEAR AWARDBLANCHARD FAMILY DAIRY LLCCHARLOTTE, IAKRESS, GERALDPEOSTA, IALUDWIG, KRISDYERSVILLE, IASTRIEF FARMS INCFARLEY, IA5 YEAR AWARDBRUNSMAN, WADE M.DYERSVILLE, IA4 YEAR AWARDCROWLEY FARMS INCCOGGON, IA

NURRE, ALANDELHI, IANURRE, BONNIEDELHI, IANURRE, ROBERTDELHI, IA3 YEAR AWARDHOFFMANN, RONALD & KARENDUBUQUE, IAKAUFFMANN, JERRY & STEPHANIEFARLEY, IASCHUSTER, CRAIGZWINGLE, IASCHUSTER, ROBERT & NANCYZWINGLE, IA2 YEAR AWARDBLUE HYLL DAIRY LLCCLINTON, IAHEIMS, DALE & MICHELLEDELHI, IAHEIMS, ELDONMANCHESTER, IA

HUNT, DENNISEPWORTH, IAKOOPMANN, BRENTEPWORTH, IAKOOPMANN, CHADEPWORTH, IAKOOPMANN, KEITH & KATIEEPWORTH, IALOEFFELHOLZ, DEANEARLVILLE, IAMARO, KENNETHLA MOTTE, IARIES, ELDONEARLVILLE, IA1 YEAR AWARDANDERSEN, AARON G.CLINTON, IABESLER, ROBERT J. JRHOPKINTON, IABLANCHARD FAMILY DAIRY LLCCHARLOTTE, IACOOK, ANNWORTHINGTON, IACOOK, RANDALL A.

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district 5: 32-Year Award: CLIFFORD MARDORF Monticello, Iowa

district 5: 8-Year Award: LEO & JULIE KLUESNER Worthington, Iowa

district 5: 20-Year Award: LEONARD & CHRIS SCHUSTERdubuque, Iowa

district 5: 29-Year Award: LESLIE MARDORF Hopkinton, Iowa

district 5: 6-Year Award: STRIEF FARMS - MATT STRIEF Farley, Iowa

district 5: 21-Year Award: JAMES & DENISE OSTWINKLEWorthington, Iowa

district 5: 8-Year Award: PATRICIA & TAMMY STRAITPreston, Iowa

district 5: 28-Year Award: RICHARD & LUANN KAUFFMANN Farley, Iowa

WORTHINGTON, IACOOK, RICHARDWORTHINGTON, IAGIBBS, DWIGHT A.EPWORTH, IAGIBBS, JOE J.EPWORTH, IAGREEN, CLIFFORDDUBUQUE, IAHOFFMANN, ERIC J.DUBUQUE, IAHOFFMANN, MICHAEL J & JULIEDUBUQUE, IA

District 632 YEAR AWARDMC NULTY FARMSWATKINS, IA25 YEAR AWARDLYON JERSEYSTOLEDO, IA22 YEAR AWARDIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

AMES, IA20 YEAR AWARDCADDEN, GEORGE & JUDYBROOKLYN, IA16 YEAR AWARDBLOOD DAIRY LLCSTATE CENTER, IAFISCHELS, JEFF J.INDEPENDENCE, IA11 YEAR AWARDTAKES, DANIEL J & DEBBIEELY, IAVANDER WAL, BRUCENEW SHARON, IA10 YEAR AWARDNUNNIKHOVEN, LYLEOSKALOOSA, IA9 YEAR AWARDMARTIN, JOHN E.BELLE PLAINE, IA8 YEAR AWARDFRANCK, RONALD E.NEWHALL, IA

HAINES, MIKE & HEATHERNORTH ENGLISH, IA4 YEAR AWARDSCHULTE, JOHN C.NORWAY, IA3 YEAR AWARDGOODMAN, MARK A.ROSE HILL, IAMACHIN, LLOYDNEWTON, IA2 YEAR AWARDBIERSCHENK, CARY & JENNIFERVAN HORNE, IA1 YEAR AWARDBEAR CREEK DAIRY LPBROOKLYN, IAROSDAIL & SONMARION, IASCHULTE, AUSTINNORWAY, IA

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district 6: 20-Year Award: GEORGE & JUDY CADDENBrooklyn, Iowa

district 6: 25-Year Award: LYON JERSEYS, Toledo, Iowa. Seated: joe & duffy Lyon; standing: Terry, Eric, Stuart Lyon & Rod Boldt

district 6: 21-Year Award: ISU DAIRY-JOE DETRICK Ames, Iowa.

district 6: 10-Year Award: LYLE & SHARON NUNNIKHOVEN (holding Micah), AARON & MICHAL NUNNIKHOVENOskaloosa, Iowa

district 6: 8-Year Award: RON FRANCK with sons nathan & Caleb, newhall, Iowa.

A tribute from the Swiss Valley Board of directors was presented to the family of the late William Strief at the district 5 annual meeting. donna Strief, holding the plaque, along with several of the Strief children, accepted the award.

ON THE COVER: Klug dairy Farm of Spring Grove, Minn. graces this month’s cover. Steve Klug, center, and his sons darrel and Matt, picked up their Five-Year Quality Award at the district 20 meeting in Caledonia, Minn.

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YCer’s, mark your calendar for the YC overnight conference. Your registration materials are on the next page. u Tour the John Deere Tractor Works in Dubuque.u Tour Jim and Lorie Schmitt’s Holstein dairy in Sherrill.u Learn to use future milk contracting to lock in a profit.u Hear the history of the Caves of Faribaultu Get more details on the proposed Foundations for the Future.u Play “A Minute To Win It” at the YC Friday night banquet.

Co-op members between the ages of 18 and 45 are eligible to participate. Make time this winter to have fun, make new friends and learn information that will help you in your dairy operation. Do it all at the Swiss Valley Farms Young Cooperator Conference!

Yc spring Break set for Feb. �� -�� in dubuque

YC’ers, Get Ready for Your Big Break!Register Now for the Swiss Valley YC Conference Feb. 25 & 26, 2011 at the Best Western Plus Dubuque Hotel (formerly the Midway Hotel)

Yc’ers, get registered now!!

Who is a Young Cooperator?You are a Swiss Valley Farms Young Cooperator if you are between and including the ages of 18 and 45

ANDYou are a Swiss Valley Farms co-op memberOr the son or daughter of a co-op memberOr if you work in the dairy operation of a Swiss Valley Farms member

It also helps if you are eager to learn new things, meet new people and want to have fun! If you fit this description, we want to see you at the 2011 YC Spring Break!

Enter the 2011 Outstanding Young Cooperator Contest Also during this conference, the Swiss Valley Farms Outstanding Young Cooperator Contest will be held on Friday. If you want to open the door to unlimited opportunities for learning, leadership and travel, look into participating in this contest. Fill out the YC Contest Application on the next page, write the short essay and submit everything in an envelope separate from your Spring Break Registration form. The contest interviews will be held during the afternoon on Friday with results announced at the end of the conference on Saturday. This year’s NMPF National Dairy Summit will be held this fall in San Diego, California. The age limit on this national YC contest is 21 to 40 years.

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Swiss Valley Farms 2011 Young Cooperator Contest CONTEST RuLES

To be eligible to enter, contestants must be a member of the cooperative or in the immediate family of a member and active in the dairy operation or a full-time employee of a Swiss Valley Farms member’s dairy operation, be between the ages of 18 and must not have turned 41 before november 1, 2011.To enter: Fill in the following form as completely as possible.Entries must be submitted to nancy Feeney at the Swiss Valley Farms Corporate Headquarters by Wednesday, February 16, 2011. Entries may be faxed to the Corporate Headquarters at 563.468.6616. Entrants will be interviewed by the Member Relations Committee on late Friday afternoon, February 25th at the YC Conference in dubuque, Iowa, where the final judging will take place.

YC CONTEST APPLICATION PART 1: Tell Us About YourselfContestant’s Name (s)_____________________________________Phone # ____________________________________Address __________________________________________________________________________________________Birthdate _______________ Age ________ Number of Years in Dairying ______________________________________ Community and Civic Activities (Also list spouse’s activities, if applicable) Use additional sheet if necessary: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Agricultural related activities and organizations: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________List other cooperatives in which you have memberships. (Indicate if director, etc.): ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

YC CONTEST APPLICATION PART II: Write Down Your Thoughts

On a separate sheet of paper, write your thoughts on the following question.“ As a co-op member, what do you see as the most important service Swiss Valley Farms performs for your dairy operation?”Please keep your answer to 250 words or less. Remember that we are looking for your opinions and ideas. There is no right or wrong answer to this question.

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Mail your entry to: Swiss Valley Farms, Co., Outstanding YC Contest, c/o Nancy Feeney PO Box 4493, Davenport, IA 52808

Entries must be in the SVF Corporate Headquarters by: Wednesday, February 16, 2011DO NOT PUT THIS FORM IN THE SAME ENVELOPE AS YOUR SPRING BREAK REGISTRATION FORM.

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY: Contestant # ___________(This # will be assigned by the Member Relations Committee)

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2011 YC Spring Break & Two-Day Conference Registration Form

YC Conference registration deadline is Thursday, February 17, 2011.Include your $10 per person check with your form.

YES! Reserve a room for me at this YC Spring Break - February 25-26, 2011 in Dubuque, Iowa

Name ________________________________________________ Phone_____________________

Address ______________________________________________________________________________

Producer# ________________ Do you require a smoking room? Yes No

Mail this form and your check to: Swiss Valley Farms Co. , YC Spring Break , PO Box 4493, davenport, IA 52808

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Managing price risk is the key to weathering the ups and downs of the dairy market and coming out on top. Smoothing out this bumpy ride can lead to success for your dairy operation. To help our co-op members with this, new options in the Swiss Valley Farms Forward Contracting Program are designed to offer more

ways to manage price risk.To hear all about these changes, join Blimling and Associates on-line for a special webinar prepared for Swiss Valley

Farms member-owners. During this brief webinar, you will hear about these new features:

- Minimum price Class III contracts- Minimum/maximum Class III price contracts- New contracting procedures- New contracting hours

A brief overview of current dairy market conditions also will be presented by the Blimling and Associates represen-tatives, who manage the Swiss Valley Farms forward contracting programs.

How Do You Connect to a Webinar?Space is limited in these Webinars, so it is important that you register quickly. To register, go to --

http://info.blimling.com/SVFContractingWebinar.html and follow the instructions. A Blimling representative will then e-mail you a meeting invitation containing all the information you will need to join the webinar.

If you would prefer to attend an in-person meeting, there will be a luncheon workshop held at the Holiday Inn at 450 Main St. in Dubuque, Iowa. You will need to RSVP for this meeting by Feb. 4 by calling Trish Horn at Swiss Valley Farms at 563-468-6661.

The Webinar Schedule Is . . .

• Wednesday, Feb. 9 – 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. On-line Webinar• Thursday, Feb. 10 – 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Luncheon meeting at the Holiday Inn in Dubuque, Iowa, 450 Main St. (RSVP required. Phone Trish Horn at Swiss Valley at 563-468-6661)• Friday, Feb. 11 – 11 a.m. to Noon On-line Webinar

If you have any questions regarding this, check with your Swiss Valley Farms field representative.

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new options for Milk contractingM a n a g i n g P r i c e R i s k

Applications for the Swiss Valley Farms 2011 Scholarship Contest are now available. The co-op is opening the scholarship competition earlier in the year to help students gain access to these funds before the fall. If you are

a high school senior or are currently enrolled in a college or technical school, or plan to enroll in the fall, it is time to get your application for a 2011 Swiss Valley Farms Cooperative Scholarship.

The co-op is pleased to again offer five agriculture scholarships in addition to three scholarships for non-agriculture majors.

Co-op members who are studying agriculture-related majors can compete for five scholarships . . . two for $1,000 and three for $500. These scholarships are designed to promote the study of agriculture beyond the high school level. There are also three $500 scholarships for students studying in any field.

To be eligible for any of these scholarships, an applicant must be a co-op member or a son or daughter of a co-op member, or the manager or operator of a farm for a Swiss Valley Farms Cooperative member, or a student whose family manages or operates a farm for a Swiss Valley Farms Cooperative member at the time of submitting the scholarship application and when the cash awards are made.

Any high school graduate or any 2011 college student who meets these qualifications is eligible to apply for a scholarship. However, if you have won a Swiss Valley Farms scholarship in the past, you are ineligible to win another.

The applicant must be enrolled full-time in an accredited university, college or vocational-technical institution for a degree program or short-course program. To get an application, go swissvalley.com and look under Member Benefits. Or e-mail nancy.feeney@swissvalley.com.

The Insurance Advisory Council of T.I.C. Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of six $500 scholarships for 2011. Three of these scholarships are provided by WPS Health Insurance and three are provided by T.I.C., Inc. (The Insurance Center.)

To be eligible for a scholarship, students must be a high school graduate, continuing their education in an agricultural related field while attending a post-secondary college, university or technical school program.

To get an application, call 1-800-362-8046 and ask for Randi. Deadline for returning applications is March 15, 2011.

wis. cheesemakers offer dairy industry scholarshipsWisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA) proudly

announces its 2011 student scholarship for manufacturer and processor/marketer member companies. Two scholarship awards, worth $2,000 each, will be offered to students in Wisconsin. The WCMA Board of Directors named this scholarship in honor of Mike Dean, Wisconsin’s tireless educator and promoter of quality cheese. WCMA wishes to encourage and assist our next generation of cheese industry leaders. Any employee, or a child of an employee, or a co-op member’s child who is a WCMA member manufacturing or processor/marketer company can apply for this scholarship. Swiss Valley Farms Platteville and Mindoro cheese plants are WCMA members.

Applications must be returned to WCMA by February 25, 2011. The winning applicants will be announced March 25, 2011. Winner’s will be invited to accept their awards at the Wisconsin Cheese Industry Conference, on April 13, in La

Crosse, Wisconsin.Priority will be given to students emphasizing studies

that may lead to a career in the Wisconsin dairy industry. This includes studies leading to a career in production, quality assurance, marketing, management or other industry segments.

The scholarship is open to students attending any university or extension campus in the University of Wisconsin system or technical college in Wisconsin. It is also open to high school seniors registered to attend a UW system college or technical school. Applicants must supply current GPA (verified by transcript), a letter of recommendation and a completed application form. If you have any questions regarding the WCMA Myron P. ‘Mike’ Dean Cheese Industry Scholarship, contact WCMA’s Dawn Roe at 1-800-999-2454 or email droe@wischeesemakers.org. Complete scholarship information and an application are available at www.wischeesemaker.com.

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Somatic Cell Range -- Percentage listed is based on number of A Farms0 - 100,000....................................................... 7 %100,001 - 200,000..................................... 36%200,001 - 300,000...................................... 30%300,001 - 400,000...................................... 16%400,001 - 500,000........................................ 6%500,001 and above................................... 5%

Chris Hoeger VP, ProcurementEldridge, IA 52748

Office 563.468.6628Mobile 563.340.7943

Nancy Feeney Member Relations3855 Manchester Dr • Bettendorf, IA 52722

Office 563.468.6640Mobile 563.320.4815

Tim Genthe Lab & Safety Manager803 S. School St. • Cuba City, WI 53807

Office 563.583.7669Home 608.744.3515

Marv Thompson Raw Milk Sales617 Monroe St. • Sparta, WI 54656

Office 608.366.1770Home 608.269.4850

Ron Brenner Field Supervisor1817 Loomis St. • LaCrosse, WI 54603

Office 608.366.1770Home 608.781.5324

Thomas Tegeler Field Supervisor1320 11/2 St. SW • Dyersville, IA 52040

Office 563.583.7669Home 563.875.2059

Randy Heisel259 E. Lakeview Dr. • LaFarge, WI 54639

Home 608.625.2045Mobile 608.386.6681

Mike Howald 7105 N. Freeport Rd. • Forreston, IL 61030

Office 815.938.2651Fax 815.938.9151

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Field personnel & stats FieldDepartment&ProcurementDivisionDirectory During the Month of November,

these Swiss Valley Farms Members averaged below 100,000 for their

Somatic Cell count.ALDINGER, ROGER 88,000ARENDS, DARWIN & DULCI 99,000BAUS, RON & MARY 77,000BENNETT, JOHN & CHARLENE 69,000BERLAGE, JOHN K. 77,000BIERSCHENK, CARY & JENNIFER 97,000BREUCKMAN, CHAD 78,000BROCKMEYER, PAUL 72,000CAROLAN, KEVIN & DONNA 62,000D & J DAIRY INC. 76,000DEAVER, MIKE 96,000DREIER, RANDY D. 94,000ELMHORST, MICHAEL & EVANGELINE 77,000ESSER, RICHARD J. 92,000FASSBENDER, PAUL G. 73,000FROZENE, TOM, RICK, LINDA & PENNY 88,000GILBERTSON, LARRY 67,000GOODMAN, MARK A. 95,000HALL, LARRY F. & ROXANNE 97,000HAMILTON, JOHN & EVIE 83,000HAMILTON, WILLIAM J. 83,000HENDEL FARMS 67,000HESSENIUS, CRAIG 94,000JOHNSON, DUANE A. 83,000JOHNSON, ROY A. 83,000KAUFFMANN, JERRY & STEPHANIE 91,000KAUFFMANN, RICHARD & LUANN 91,000KETCHUM, ROBERT C & TERRI A 60,000KLEIN, ANDREW J. & SHARON 95,000LAUFENBERG, KOTY J. 97,000MAIER, EUGENE H. 84,000MAIER, JULIE K. 84,000MARTIN, JOHN E. 56,000MARTIN,CHERYL & GLENN SCHMIDT 97,000MEIER, BRIAN 71,000MEIER, CHERYL 71,000MEIER, MIKE 71,000MILLER, NICHOLAS & BARB 73,000NOLT, WESLEY 72,000OBER, RANDY & DEBBIE 99,000PATTISON, LEE & SARA 90,000PETERSON, PER K. 60,000PRIER, DONALD 92,000ROSEDALE GENETICS LTD 78,000SCHAEFER, JEFFREY G. 90,000SCHAEFER, KURT 90,000SCHAEFER, SUSAN 90,000SCHMITZ, KENNETH & MARLUS 51,000SCHROEDER, CRAIG A. 80,000SCHUMACHER, PAUL & JENNIFER 94,000SCOTT, MATTHEW G. 96,000SHOGUN FARMS 82,000STAUFFER, TITUS 82,000STRIEF FARMS INC 88,000TROYER, MERLIN 82,000VALLEY VIEW DAIRY INC 71,000YODER, LEIGHTON 80,000

Kara Koopmann6142 Roller Coaster Rd. • Epworth, IA 52045

Plant 563.583.7669Home 563.876.3900

Roger Lenius319 9th St. • Waverly, IA 50677

Office 319.352.5463Home 319.352.5015

Ken Ley225 S. Clifton • Livingston, WI 53554

Plant 608.348.3932Home 608.943.6240

Lynne Melchert117 Culver Rd. NE • Hopkinton, IA 52237

Office 563.926.2363Home 563.926.2794

Jim Murphy430 Linden • West Union, IA 52175

Office 563.422.5789Mobile 563.380.0393

Jim Schmitz304 Dale Dr. • Montfort, WI 53569

Office 608.943.1172Cell 563.599.2400

Cheryl Zablocki-WagnerW 1919 Hofa Park Dr. • Seymour, WI 54165

Office 920.822.2933Mobile 563.663.1306

Bob Zielsdorf309 North St. • Sparta, WI 54656

Office 608.366.1770Home 608.269.5452

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Just a reminder: adulterated Milk will Be rejected

The Pasteurized Milk Ordinance defines Abnormalities of Milk as the following types of lacteal secretions that are not suitable for sale for Grade “A” purposes.

1. Abnormal Milk: Milk that is visibly changed in color, odor and/or texture.

2. undesirable Milk: Milk that, prior to the milking of the animal, is expected to be unsuitable for sale, such as milk containing colostrum.

3. Contaminated Milk: Milk that is un-saleable or unfit for human consumption following treatment of the animal with veterinary products, i.e. antibiotics, which have withhold requirements, or treatment with medicines or insecticides not approved for use on dairy animals by FDA or the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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RANDALL BERGWatertown, Wis.

TORVALD ENESSOntario, Wis.

WESLEY NOLTFloyd, Iowa

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Members who would like to get their milk test results can call our toll free number:

800.397.7669Our Dubuque Procurement

office is staffed with real peo-ple (no recordings) on Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon.

rapid milktest resUlts

•Governance Committee will create questions to be answered by each candidate. The questions are finalized by the Governance Committee in Summer 2011.•Nominated individuals will have their biography, photo and informational interview published in the November 2011 Dairyman.•Elections will take place at the District meetings with ballots. Results of the election will be announced at the next Board meeting after the last District meeting and in the Dairyman.•New At Large Director will attend the annual meeting in February 2012.

The Board’s Governance committee hopes that these district changes will benefit all members and as well as contribute

to the success of the cooperative. I wish you all a healthy and prosperous New Year! --- Don Boelens

Component Tests Via E-mailTo further assist our co-op members in getting their test results as quickly as possible, members now can elect to have their

pickup component test results e-mailed to them each Monday through Saturday. If you want to get your test results over the Internet, you will need to supply Swiss Valley Farms with a working e-

mail address. To set this up, use the e-mail account you would like to have your tests sent to and send an e-mail to: www.tim.genthe@swissvalley.com.

Include in this e-mail both your farm name AND farm number, then retype your e-mail address in the letter. Swiss Valley Farms will discontinue sending your test result with your hauler and you will receive them via this e-mail address.

If you have any questions, please contact Tim Genthe at 563-583-7669 or contact your Swiss Valley field representative.

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