Mark O'Keefe

DairyAmerica Honored as U.S. Dairy Exporter of the Year

Company honored for its great supply-chain efforts, plus much more.

Mark O'Keefe

October 31, 2022

Company honored for its great supply-chain efforts, plus much more.

Schreiber Foods named U.S. Dairy Exporter of the Year

The dairy company knows how to adapt under pressure and made logistical and other changes to serve its global customers during the COVID-19 crisis.

Mark O'Keefe

October 20, 2021

The ability to nimbly adapt under the intense pressure of a global pandemic has earned Schreiber Foods the title of Tom Camerlo Exporter of the Year.

Proliant Dairy Ingredients is the 2020 Exporter of the Year

The whey permeate company blazed trails to China and other global markets, creating new opportunities for the US dairy industry.

Mark O'Keefe

October 19, 2020

Proliant Dairy Ingredients has built a growing international business focused exclusively on whey permeate - an ingredient that turns what was once considered dairy waste into a global treasure exported to more than 30 countries.

BelGioioso named 2019 Exporter of the Year

Errico Auricchio built a company using Italian artisan methods, passed down generation-to-generation, to create specialty cheeses that have been sold in 45 countries

Mark O'Keefe

November 7, 2019

In a board meeting room dominated by a framed oil painting of his great grandfather, Errico Auricchio tells the story about his audacious entrepreneurial dream. In 1979, he left Italy with his wife and young children to craft specialty cheeses with the same artisan methods his family had used for 100 years.

Milk Specialties Global named 2018 Exporter of the Year

With a vision focusing on what’s next, fast-growing Milk Specialties Global works with its international customers to grow their businesses with innovative uses of high-protein dairy.

Mark O'Keefe

November 8, 2018

Milk Specialties Global (MSG) does more than sell dairy ingredients to customers in 40 countries. With a vision focusing on what's next, the fast-growing company works with its international customers to grow their businesses with innovative uses of high-protein dairy.

Sartori is the recipient of the 2017 Tom Camerlo Exporter of the Year award

The company’s award-winning artisan cheeses are sold in 47 countries.

Mark O'Keefe

November 1, 2017

Sartori Co. has proven through multiple generations that creative artisan cheesemakers using milk from carefully chosen Wisconsin farmers yield a taste your mouth will never forget.

2016 Exporter of the Year Swiss Valley Farms exports to 23 countries

The Iowa-based dairy cooperative invests in people and equipment to support cream cheese and whey powder exports.

Mark O'Keefe

November 4, 2016

Swiss Valley Farms, Davenport, Iowa, is the 2016 Tom Camerlo Exporter of the Year. The award goes to a dairy supplier that exemplifies leadership in advancing U.S. dairy exports, demonstrates commitment to export market development and makes exports an integral part of its overall growth strategy. It is presented by Dairy Foods and sponsored by the U.S. Dairy Export Council, Arlington, Va.

2015 Exporter of the Year: California Dairies Inc. sees the future

Mark O'Keefe

November 11, 2015

The dairy co-op has six processing plants near three major ports. From there, CDI exports milk powders and butter to markets in Asia and elsewhere.

Best practices in traceability

Mark O'Keefe

October 12, 2013

Protocols from The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy give processors a guide for implementing new traceability systems. Processors with long-established traceability procedures can utilize the protocols to see how they measure up.