Click here to view the photos from this year's ODI Golf Tournament! 

Thank you to everyone that attended! Click here to view the photos from the 114th Annual ODI Conference. 

Click here to view the photos from this year's ODI Golf Tournament! 

View the 2025 ODI Conference Photos! Click here.

We want to express our heartfelt thanks to all who took part in the recent 113th Annual ODI Conference!

With approximately 220 total participants, 22 exhibitors, and support from 16 sponsor companies, the 2025 Oregon Dairy Industries Conference was a tremendous success—bringing together industry professionals for two days of connection, education, and collaboration. We are incredibly grateful to everyone who contributed to making this event such a standout. Attendees enjoyed robust networking opportunities, informative educational sessions, engaging speakers, and high-quality content. We’re thrilled with the positive feedback and enthusiasm expressed throughout the conference. The Cheese Tray auction basket sales were once again a highlight—thanks to your generous support! Proceeds benefited the OSU Floyd Bodyfelt Scholarship, and attendees loved sampling an impressive variety of delicious cheeses. Presentations, if available, will be up on the ODI website soon, along with conference photos, thanks to Shawn Bennette, our ODI photographer!  We look forward to continuing our work together and hope to see you at the 114th Annual Conference, April 14-15, 2026, at the Salem Convention Center!

Congratulations to the People's Choice Award Winners from the 2025 Cheese Tray! 1st Place - 2014 Maker's Reserve from Tillamook County Creamery Association, Tillamook, OR 2nd Place - Cougar Gold from Washington State University, Pullman, WA 3rd Place - Oaxaca from Don Froylan, Salem, OR To read the full press release, click here.

Join us for the ODI Annual Golf Tournament! July 16, 2026 Langdon Farms Golf Club

People's Choice Awards! Click here to view the press release and the winners!

View the 2024 Golf Tournament Photos! Click here to view. 

View the 2024 ODI Conference Photos! Click here. 

April 10, 2024 

Oregon Dairy Industries Elliker Cheese Tray – Salem Convention Center, OR 

People’s Choice Awards 

Today over 200 people from across the dairy industry gathered at the ODI Elliker Cheese Tray, the social finale and fund raiser of the 112th Annual ODI Conference. The cheese tray has long been a closing feature of the conference for participants to gather, socialize, and enjoy both local and international cheeses accompanied by fine Oregon wines and beers. Beyond providing relaxed networking time, a goal of the cheese tray is raising funds to support the ODI Bodyfelt Scholarship endowment for OSU Food Science students. This year’s silent and live auctions grossed more than $7,000 increasing the endowment beyond $300,000 and assuring scholarships in perpetuity. 

A recent addition to the cheese tray has been the People’s Choice Awards where each attendee is supplied with 3 poker chips to vote for their 3 favorite cheeses from the 39 cheeses offered in 2024. This year’s most popular cheeses were: 

1st Place - Cougar Gold from Washington State University, Pullman, WA 

2nd Place- Smokey Blue from Rogue Creamery, Central Point, OR 

3rd place- Daniel’s Reserve from Daniel’s Artisan`, Ferndale, WA 

Marc Bates, cheeseguy@charter.net 

For the ODI Cheese Tray committee 

View the 2023 Golf Tournament Photos! Click here to view the album.