Sponsorship RecognitionNational Mastitis Council

54th Annual Meeting February 1-3, 2015

Memphis, Tennessee

The generosity of our sponsors helps drive the success of the Annual Meeting and supports NMC and our commitment to

improve milk quality worldwide.

Diamond Sponsors

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.

www.bi-vetmedica.com

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. believes prevention is a better approach to animal health. Disease and illness are costly to the bottom line. Prevention Works encourages producers and veterinarians to work together for improved overall herd health.

GEA Farm Technologies, Inc.

www.gea-farmtechnologies.com

GEA Farm Technologies is a global leader in milking, manure, and livestock housing equipment solutions; dedicated to saving producers time, labor and money through increased efficiency, management assistance information and leading-edge product innovation. GEA Farm Technologies provides a complete line of WestfaliaSurge, Houle, and Norbco products to meet producers’ needs of all sizes and management styles.

Zoetis

www.dairywellness.com/MilkQuality

Zoetis is a leading animal health company dedicated to supporting its customers and their businesses. Building on a 60-year history as the animal health business of Pfizer, Zoetis strives to help producers practice Dairy Wellness every day to help keep cows well, drive profitability and ensure a safe, healthy food supply. Milk quality matters more than ever. Zoetis provides mastitis management programs and expertise to help enhance milk quality, increase production and improve profitability.

Diamond Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

Afimilk

www.afimilk.com

Afimilk has provided dairy producers the technology and knowledge to profitably produce high-quality milk for almost 40 years. Based on its creativity and proven expertise, the company continues to lead the dairy industry. By advancing technology and introducing innovations, Afimilk meets the dairy sector’s changing needs, and with systems installed in over 50 countries, the company stands at the forefront of management software and sensors.

Advanced Animal Diagnostics

www.advancedanimaldiagnostics.com

Advanced Animal Diagnostics provides livestock producers with diagnostics that improve profitability and empower more precise care of animals so they live healthier, more productive lives. AAD is committed to researching, developing and commercializing the industry’s most reliable, on-farm diagnostic tests for addressing costly livestock diseases, including mastitis. With its diagnostic offerings, the company aims to empower real-time management decisions that increase productivity, prevent losses, improve animal welfare and protect the food supply.

Platinum Sponsors

Elanco Animal Health

www.elanco.us

Elanco is a global animal health company. But ultimately, people benefit from Elanco’s work. That’s reflected in the vision shared by Elanco’s more than 7,000 employees: Food and companionship enriching life. Elanco fulfills this vision through three primary pursuits:

1. Helping deliver a safe, more affordable, more abundant food supply by improving the health and performance of animals

2. Helping pets live longer, healthier, higher-quality lives3. Improving food safety

Improving the health and performance of animals helps to ensure a growing supply of safe, affordable, abundant food for today and in the future. It also contributes to the company’s commitment to worldwide food security.

Ecolab, Inc.

www.ecolab.com

Ecolab can help optimize every aspect of your dairy operation – from udder hygiene and hoof treatments to milk equipment cleaning to pest elimination. That’s why Ecolab programs deliver measurable improvements in operational efficiency, overall farm sustainability and milk quality. We help dairymen improve cleaning and sanitation processes and provide high-quality udder hygiene and hoof care products needed to produce safe, wholesome milk. The Ecolab dealer network delivers our innovative products and programs to you, backed by our experienced field staff and technical experts. We work as partners to trouble-shoot and solve problems.

Platinum Sponsors

Land O’Lakes, Inc.

www.landolakesinc.com

Land O’Lakes, Inc., one of America’s premier agribusiness and food companies, is a member-owned cooperative with industry-leading operations that span the spectrum from agricultural production to consumer foods. With 2013 annual sales of more than $14.2 billion, Land O’Lakes is one of the nation’s largest cooperatives, ranking 199 on the Fortune 500. Building on a legacy of more than 93 years of operation, Land O’Lakes today operates some of the most respected brands in agribusiness and food production including LAND O LAKES® Dairy Foods, Purina Animal Nutrition and WinField. The company does business in all 50 states and more than 60 countries. Land O’Lakes, Inc. corporate headquarters are located in Arden Hills, Minn.

IBA, Inc.

www.iba-usa.com IBA Inc. is a family owned dairy supply company serving dairy men and women in all of the contiguous United States, as well as, portions of Canada, Mexico and Europe. The primary goal of IBA is to supply dairy producers with top quality teat dips, cleaners, sanitizers, milking inflations and many other udder health related products, along with a commitment to on time farm delivery, certain diagnostic services which are offered at no charge to customers and the transfer of knowledge to milk producers that is unparalleled in the industry. Our corporate philosophy is as true today as it was in 1960, “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”

ABS Global, Inc.Ambic Equipment Limited

BouMaticChristian Hill Dairy

Dairy Farmers of AmericaDeLaval, Inc.

Fight Bac / Deep Valley Farm, Inc.Grande Cheese

Merck Animal HealthMerial Ltd.

PortaCheck, Inc.Udder Tech, Inc.

Silver Sponsors

Milk Break SponsorTurner Dairy

AlltechCentral Life Sciences Foremost Farms USA

Hypred

Gold Sponsors

Industry Seminar SponsorZoetis