Dairy Industry Promotion Board

Promotes Louisiana dairy to local consumers and may levy an assessment on all milk solids, milk fats, or fluid milk components sold.

The Dairy Industry Promotion Board is tasked with promoting Louisiana dairy to local consumers and may levy an assessment on all milk solids, milk fats, or fluid milk components sold. The assessment is paid by each dairy producer and used to develop promotional and educational programs and implement advertising to increase the understanding and consumption of dairy.

Go to  our page with the Louisiana Division of Administration  to see members, read meeting minutes, and more.

Meetings

* Designates tentative minutes that are pending approval

Members

• 9 Members 

• State Area No. 1, comprising those parishes or portions of parishes that are located west of the Mississippi River, shall be represented by three members. 

• State Area No. 2, comprising those parishes or portions of parishes that are located east of the Mississippi River, shall be represented by five members. 

• For each appointed member of the board from each area, the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation shall nominate two persons who are dairy producers from that area. 

• For each appointed member of the board from each area in which the cooperative has membership, each dairy cooperative having a membership of at least twenty-five dairy producers in the state shall nominate two persons who are dairy producers from that area. 

• The ninth member of the board shall be the commissioner or his designee, who shall serve ex officio but with all of the powers, rights, duties, and privileges as all other members. 

Current members

• Michael "Shaun" Houeye - Chairman

• Donnie "Dusty" Schilling - Vice - Chairman

• Henry Capdeboscq Jr.

• Stewart Leblance

• Taylor "Ted" Miller

• Tracy Sharkey

• Commissioner Mike Strain, DVM - Ex-Officio

Services

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Related links

• Dairy Stabilization Board

• Milk and dairy

• https://geauxdairy.com/