Steven H. Lefkowitz joined Minerva Dairy as chief financial officer on July 5. A veteran financial leader and Ohio native, Lefkowitz is a growth-oriented business executive who brings a new vision of corporate governance to the fifth-generation family-owned company. 

The company will be launching Neutral pasture-raised butters in August and will continue to add several more retailers to more than double its year-over-year distribution point growth before the year’s end.

Biennial survey data from Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin show some trends that need dairy’s attention.