Indiana dairy innovators earn grants
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The Dairy Business Innovation Alliance, an organization that develops and administers programs providing technical assistance to dairy farms and businesses throughout the Midwest, has awarded 31 grants, including five to Indiana dairy businesses.
The Dairy Business Builder grant program aims to encourage small- to medium-sized dairy farmers, entrepreneurs, and processors in the Midwest to pursue innovative projects such as diversification, on-farm processing, value-added product creation, and efforts to market dairy products for export.
Reimbursement grants of up to $100,000 each are awarded following a competitive review process. In this round of funding, $2.5 million in grants were awarded.
Indiana recipients include:
- Twin Springs Creamery in Monroe County
- Goat Milk Stuff LLC in Scottsburg
- Freshly Dairy in Lizton
- Sirocco Ridge Farmstead Creamery LLC in Clark County
- JB’s Barnyard, which is a mobile ice cream business in Evansville
“Amid robust competition from across the Midwest, these projects stood out for their ambitious, distinctive approaches to adding value from farm to vat. We’re thrilled to support dairy innovation today and in the future,” said John Umhoefer, WCMA Executive Director.
The DBIA is a partnership between the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association and the Center for Dairy Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but it supports dairy producers and businesses in 11 states.