Jeff Thompson recently joined the management team at FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative as the Director of Accounting and Finance. Jeff began his duties on March 30. He previously worked for AgSource Cooperative and Cooperative Resources International (CRI).
Jeff brings a great deal of cooperative business experience to the position, with more than 20 years of experience overseeing all aspects of accounting while managing a team of employees, developing and coordinating budget planning, working with a board of directors and setting benchmarks to meet their goals, performing internal audits, evaluating potential acquisitions and divestments, and conducting financial analysis of new projects and continued growth.
FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative represents farmers in Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana by providing legislative and regulatory advocacy, disaster protection and industry promotion in addition to dairy marketing services through its Family Dairies USA division and laboratory testing opportunities through its Fox Valley Quality Control Lab division.