1965
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Jim Boyd and Reese Boatman moved from Golden to start Longmont
Dairy Farms. Having worked in the dairy industry in Golden, Boyd
and Boatman were interested in their own business.
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1968
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Jim and Reese started with a small processing plant
behind the Boyd's home on Coffman Street, a small dairy herd and
an old milk truck.
They milked the cows by 6:00 a.m., processed the milk the same day,
and delivered it cold and fresh by 6:00 a.m. the following morning.
In the 60's, customers would come by the family home to buy milk
from the dairy. David's mother and sister would go out to the
processing plant, behind the house, to sell milk in bottles to
the customers.
Home Delivery continued to be popular in Longmont and surrounding
areas during the years when it was being phased out in the rest
of the country.
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| 1988 |
Co-founders Boyd and Boatman retired from the business in 1988.
The family tradition was assured when David and Susan Boyd entered
the business. |
| 1989 |
David and Susan rented a new farm, the processing
plant and store. They purchased a new herd of Holstein dairy cows,
reorganizing as Longmont Dairy Farm, Inc.
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| 1991 |
The first MOOO NEWS was published; a unique way to
keep customers informed and provide feedback to Longmont Dairy Farm.
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| 1992 |
Glass bottle supplies were threatened with only one manufacturer
of glass milk bottles remaining in the country. With rapid growth,
supply was critical, so the Boyd's commitment to glass led them
on a frantic search. With average use of bottles at twenty times,
the supply was critical. Fortunately, one company saw the recycling
trend in containers, and started a glass bottle plant in 1992. |
| 1994 |
Longmont Dairy bought a new, larger farm and expanded
the existing barn to milk more cows.
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| 1995 |
Longmont Dairy began serving customers of Golden
Peak Dairy, in Golden, the original training ground of the farm's
founders.
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| 1998 |
New offices were opened to allow more space at the
plant for more growth.
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1999
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With a strong commitment to customer service, Longmont Dairy
launched a Website with order-change forms, information on the
company, nutritional data, a Kids' Corner and Mooo News recipes.
2000 The Country Store, located on Hwy. 66 and North Main St.
in Longmont, received a new look and name. Filled with Farm Fresh
products, from all over Colorado, the location is a fun stop for
ice cream and dairy products.
Today, with over 700 cows on our new farm near Loveland, we control
the entire process of milking. The dairy is still growing and
services a wide area extending from north of Longmont, south along
the foothills to the Denver suburbs. |
| 2001 |
Longmont Dairy launches version 2 of its website. |
| 2006 |
Online order changes added to the website. |
| 2007 |
Longmont Dairy opens its new office and truck repair facility. |
| 2008 |
Longmont Dairy continues to advance technology, working on new internal and external systems to be implemented in 2009, helping our customers manage their account. |
