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Jon Cowell (R) will succeed Jay Bryant as CEO of Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association. Photo courtesy MDVA
Mar 29, 2024

Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers CEO to retire

Jay Bryant, CEO of Herndon-based Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA), is retiring at the end of this year, and Jon Cowell, MDVA’s current chief financial officer, will succeed him, the cooperative announced Friday. Bryant has worked at the MDVA, a cooperative of more than 900 dairy farm families in 10 states, for […]

Dec 28, 2023

Russell County farm to invest $1M in expanded manufacturing

Goat milk products maker Bates Family Farm will invest roughly $1 million to relocate its manufacturing facility to a Russell County-owned building in Lebanon, a project expected to create 12 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday. “We’re creating agriculture-based jobs and selling Virginia-made products,” Bates Family Farm co-founder and CEO Joseph “Joe” Bates said. T[...]

Jan 23, 2020

Bill defining milk aims to give dairy farmers supermarket advantage

RICHMOND, Va. — As people drink less dairy milk and some turn to plant-based alternatives such as oat, soy and almond milk, dairy farmers say they’re struggling. That’s why Virginia is the latest state to advance legislation restricting the use of the word milk for marketing purposes. Del. Barry Knight, R-Virginia Beach, introduced House Bill […]

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