The Dairy Business Innovation Center

The Dairy Business Innovation Center is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to growing specialty, farmstead and artisan dairy processing businesses. Our team consists of 20 world-class dairy consultants led by a stakeholder board.

The DBIC provides an array of technical services, including:

Business Planning
Product Development
Facility Assessment
Packaging & Label Development
Marketplace Penetration

Since its launch in 2004, the DBIC and its partners have assisted more than 200 dairy entrepreneurs with a variety of technical services, coordinated more than 120 projects to increase market share for Wisconsin dairy products and successfully assisted with 7 relocation ventures. This work has resulted in 43 new dairy processing plants to open in Wisconsin, and another 92 to expand operations in the past seven years.

NEW! 2012 Wisconsin Neighborhood Creamery Directory
Award-winning artisan and specialty cheeses take much of the credit for putting Wisconsin on the map as America’s Dairyland. But it’s another growing category - the rise of farmstead creameries - that’s becoming increasingly responsible for drawing a new generation of dairy entrepreneurs into the land of milk and cheese. This directory, produced by the DBIC, introduces you to 12 different Wisconsin farmstead and neighborhood creameries, with information on the products they craft and how to buy them. Learn how to get your very own FREE copy by clicking here.