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Valley Queen joins GDT Events

7 June 2026

We are pleased to announce that Valley Queen will be joining GDT Events.

Privately owned since 1929, Valley Queen has built its reputation on producing high‑quality cheese and whey ingredients and remains a leading dairy specialist committed to excellence.

Jason Mischel from Valley Queen said:

“We are excited to be working with Global Dairy Trade with our new lactose offering. This partnership aligns with our focus on being a trusted supplier of premium dairy ingredients for global companies”.

Global Dairy Trade’s VP of Sales USA, Todd Wittlinger, said he is excited to see Valley Queen join GDT Events which aligns with a strong momentum of new sellers joining the platform.

“It is exciting to see Valley Queen add lactose to the GDT platform, continuing the growth through increased numbers of sellers and products being offered on the platform”.

 

 

For further information, contact: 

 

Valley Queen

Evan Grong

Egrong@vqcheese.com

GDT USA

Todd Wittlinger

todd.wittlinger@globaldairytrade.com

 

GDT Help Desk

help@globaldairytrade.info

 

 

 

 

About Valley Queen

Valley Queen Cheese was founded in 1929 by "The Alfreds" - two Swiss immigrants named Alfred Nef and Alfred Gonzenbach. The partners had worked together in a Wisconsin cheese factory before venturing to Milbank, SD to start their own business.

Privately owned and employing more than 450 people, Valley Queen is a trusted supplier of highquality cheese and whey ingredients for national and global food processors. Valley Queen prides itself on a commitment to uphold a legacy of excellence.

Read more on Valley QueenValley Queen Website

 

About Global Dairy Trade 

Global Dairy Trade (GDT) is the world leader in developing and operating dairy trading platforms and actively supports the development of efficient dairy derivative trading.

The GDT Events auction service is the world’s pre-eminent price discovery platform for globally traded dairy products, bringing together buyers and sellers of dairy ingredients from 60 countries to trade US$2-3 billion annually.

GDT’s credible, market-based reference prices play an important role in allowing buyers and sellers to trade with confidence in global and regional dairy markets. Data generated from the auction process is available through our GDT Insight subscription service to support the global dairy industry and associated financial trading.  

 

 

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