David Jones Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

Southwest Area 3500 William D. Tate Avenue Suite 100 Grapevine, TX 76051-8734 Phone: 817-410-4500 FAX: 817-410-4501

About Our Milkshed Member Farms 421 Annual Milk Production 8.2 Billion Lbs. Average Production Per Member 19 Million Lbs.

Services and Programs Professional On-Farm Field Service • Young Cooperator Program • Quality Assurance Program • Quality Pricing Program • Volume Pricing Program • Bulk Tank / Driveway / Generator Loan Program • Custom Lab Services through Eastern Laboratory Services, Ltd. • Invidividual cow, heard helth and bulk tank monitoring • Milk Income Loss Program • Gold Standard Dairy Program • DFA Scholarship Program • Agri Services Agency • Dairy Risk Management Services • Eagle Dairy Direct • Dairy Educational Political Action Committee • Agri-Max Financial Services • Member 401(k) retirement plan

Facts about DFA Southwest Area

The Southwest Area of Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA) serves a milkshed extending into five states. DFA’s Southwest Area represents 421 member farms that market 8.2 billion pounds of milk cooperatively. Average production per member farm is 19 million pounds of milk per year.

Southwest Area Council Governance Structure
The Southwest Area Council is made up of 20 districts. The members in each district select one representative each to serve on the Southwest Area Council and the Southwest Area resolutions committee. The Area Council monitors the marketing of member milk and provides advice to the Corporate Board of Directors in matters pertaining to the Area. From these 19 Council representatives, five members are elected to serve on the DFA Board of Directors. The 18 elected Area resolutions committee members help determine policy guidelines for the Board and select five members to serve on DFA’s corporate resolution’s committee. Members also chose Delegates to represent them when a member vote is necessary. The Southwest Area sends one delegate for each fifty farms to vote on necessary matters at the DFA Annual Meeting.