Rep. Adam Niemerg (R-Dieterich) | Adam Niemerg / Facebook
Rep. Adam Niemerg (R-Dieterich) | Adam Niemerg / Facebook
Rep. Adam Niemerg (R-Teutopolis) took to Facebook on June 20 to share information about National Dairy Month with the public.
"This month, we celebrate all things dairy in Illinois, like milk, cheese, ice cream, yogurt and more! What’s your favorite dairy-based treat?" he posted.
Niemerg shared a link on his official website to Farm Progress, which focused on how Illinois farmers mark dairy month. The post noted that the Illinois Milk Producers Association has several events planned during the month, such as a dairy donation event which will see the IMPA donate milk to food banks for local residents, and the organization is also set to host the Diary Tech Tour in July, the site stated. In addition, a graphic in the Farm Progress the article notes that Clinton, Stephenson, Washington, Jo Daviess and McLean counties were the top five milk producing counties in 2022.
According to the International Dairy Foods Association, National Dairy Month began in 1937, as a way to encourage people to drink milk and stabilize the demand for dairy.
In June, the IMPA donated more than 2,000 half gallon containers of milk, and nearly 400 half gallons of lactose-free milk to the Central and Eastern Illinois Food Banks, Brownfield Ag News reported. Tasha Bunting, executive director of IMPA said that wasn’t a one-time thing.
“What we are hoping to do is bring a little more awareness to milk consumption, the value, the contribution and just the overall health that dairy brings to our communities," Bunting said in the report. "This is a way to help bring those communities that maybe are a little more food insecure the products that they are needing. We worked with Prairie Farms, who’s been very generous in helping us secure product and work on getting us the tools that we need to be able to hopefully build upon it for the future and growing a program for more distribution and donation.”
Awake Illinois shared a piece of trivia on June 1, writing "June is National #Dairy Month. Did you now Illinois is home to more than 780 dairy farms?"
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