Dairy Farmers of America and Sprint kick off application process for 2018 Accelerator program
New for 2018: CoBank will join DFA as a supporting partner for the agricultural segments of the program.
Kansas City, Kan.-based Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national farmer-owned dairy cooperative, and Sprint, Overland Park, Kan., said applications are open for the 2018 Accelerator program. The program helps accelerate and grow startup businesses.
For the 2018 program, DFA will be joined by CoBank, a Denver-headquartered cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America, as a supporting partner. DFA, along with CoBank, will further expand their involvement by recruiting ag tech companies, as well as early stage food product companies that are dairy-focused or dairy-based. It is not a requirement that the product is exclusively dairy, but dairy must be a primary ingredient, DFA said.