With the International Dairy Show coming up next week in Chicago, Connie Tipton, IDFA president and CEO, paused recently to reflect on the long history of dairy shows in her recent column for Cheese Market News.

“These years of dairy shows were all marked by growth and expansion, and the revenues that came from the events helped to build a strong processing association,” she said. “Success with the early dairy shows also set us up to expand the scope of the show.”

Read the full column here.