Producer Committee Members 2024 – 2025 Term:

Producer Name Committee Position Pool Plant Receiving Milk Dairy Name

Sam Hofer Member Meadow Gold – Great Falls Surprise Creek Colony Dairy

Mark Kleinsasser Member Meadow Gold – Billings Mountain View Colony Dairy

Shane Leep Member Meadow Gold – Billings Leep Dairy

John Waldner Member Meadow Gold – Great Falls Fairhaven Colony Dairy

Gary Wurz Member Meadow Gold – Great Falls Big Stone Colony

Dave Lewis Member Darigold – Bozeman Big Creek Dairy

Nelson Kamerman Member Darigold – Bozeman Dairyland Farms

October 23, 2024, Producer Committee - The committee met via conference call to vote on two quota transfer requests. The transfers were approved, with the mandated forfeiture of 10% of the quota balance to be removed from the quota pool.

December 17, 2024, Producer Committee - The committee met via conference call to vote on one quota transfer request. The transfer was approved, again with the mandated forfeiture of 10% of the quota balance to be removed from the quota pool.

LICENSING SUMMARY

The program issues licenses to producers, producer-distributors, distributors, and jobbers (a class of distributors that purchase and resell milk). The following table shows the number of licenses issued in fiscal year 2025 for each type of business. Licenses are issued on an annual fiscal year basis (July 1 – June 30). By statute, the license fee is two dollars per license, and the fees are deposited into the state general fund.

Licenses Issued for Fiscal Year 2025

The following chart shows the number of licenses issued for each license type for Fiscal Year 2016 through Fiscal Year 2025, combining the number of producers and producer-distributors. The chart reflects consolidation affecting the milk industry.