Mountain Fresh Creamery

Glo-Crest Dairy is a 100-cow dairy farm owned by Scott and Jennifer Glover. Scott, a fourth-generation farmer, grew up working alongside his grandfather, father, and uncle. He and Jennifer started Glo-Crest Dairy in 2000 and then opened Mountain Fresh Creamery in 2011 to process and market whole, low fat, and chocolate milk; buttermilk and cream; and ice cream. Their award-winning milk is vat pasteurized and non-homogenized. The Glovers also offer farm tours and welcome about 7,000 to 8,000 people to the farm each year to learn about the dairy industry.

Q&A WITH SCOTT GLOVER

What made you decide to diversify?

We wanted to add some value to what we were doing. We’ve always stressed quality and we could make a few extra cents for that, but we thought, ‘why not put our high-quality milk in a jug and put our name on it?’ We have a larger population around our farm, and we felt it was an opportunity worth pursuing. We also provide tours of the farm and creamery, and that helps us to tell our story and it helps people understand the dairy industry, and we can go against the negative media the industry sometimes receives. My wife has done a really great job with our social media and marketing efforts, and our community has been very supportive.

What were some challenges getting started with the creamery?

Competition is always a challenge when you get started with something new like this. Also, we had to educate consumers about a non-homogenized product and what that means…what the cream line is, and how a non-homogenized milk can be easier to digest for people who previously thought they were lactose intolerant. Now, we are in about 115 wholesale outlets, and we get lots of traffic to our retail store, which is along a busy highway in Clermont.

What are your goals moving forward?

For our herd, we want to focus on outside grazing so we can cut our feed costs as we care for our cows and focus on the creamery. We want to maintain consistency and quality in products. We also plan to continue advocating for dairy through our tours and educational efforts. We don’t just push our products—many of the people who come to our tours don’t even have access to buy our products outside of their visit—but we want them to be good consumers of dairy regardless. We want to give folks a positive image of dairy.

How

does Premier help you reach your goals?

Here at the dairy, we put a big emphasis on genetics. We breed for A2A2, we breed for health genetics, and we want trouble-free cows that can manage going and getting their own groceries. We also use some of Premier’s herd management products and especially like the BioFresh® Boluses for fresh cows and any cows that are off feed. We’ve used Select Sires here for the whole 25 years that we’ve been in the dairy business, and they have been good to work with. I look to them to serve our best interest.

With Glo-Crest/Mountain Fresh Creamery, I work with Scott to pick bulls. I also make sure the farm is never running short of the supplies they use from us such as breeding supplies, BioFresh® Boluses, or First Day Formula® Colostrum Replacer. Scott is a pleasure to work with and he is very open to suggestions. I recently transferred from serving primarily large operations in Florida to serving operations of all sizes in Georgia, so I look forward to getting to know Scott and his operation even more so I can continue identifying the best combination of Premier’s offerings to meet the farm’s specific goals.

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