A Thackeray family company · Since 2013 Independence, Oregon · Serving the Northwest and beyond
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The people behind Day One Dairy

The family behind the system.

Day One Dairy begins with the Thackerays—a family that has spent years showing up for dairy producers, solving practical problems and building the equipment that keeps communities working.

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The Thackeray family behind Crystal Creek USA
Family ownedIndependence, Oregon
2013Family business founded
Dairy firstThe work that built the company
Northwest + beyondWhere trusted service led
One crewService, refrigeration + fabrication

The Thackeray story

Started in 2013.
Still showing up.

In 2013, the Thackeray family started a dairy service company with the support of their families. From Independence and Dallas, Oregon, they built the business the straightforward way: honest work, quality service and a willingness to stay until the job was done.

Farmers responded. Crystal Creek grew across the Northwest and beyond, but the center of the company stayed the same—real relationships with producers and practical responsibility for the systems their livelihoods depend on.

“Quality is the goal. Honesty is the key.”
The Crystal Creek team representing the family business in the community
Crystal Creek in the community · same family, growing crew

Capability earned in the field

One honest job led to the next.

Dairy remained the core while producers asked Crystal Creek to solve adjacent problems. Refrigeration, ice, fabrication and custom trucks became part of one practical capability: understand the operating need, build the right system and stand behind the result.

Dairy barn and herd supported by Crystal Creek USA
01 · DairyWhere the company learned what uptime means.
Crystal Creek crew completing hands-on field work
02 · Build + serviceHands-on capability from shop floor to field.
01

Dairy service

Support the equipment and routines producers rely on every day.

02

Refrigeration + ice

Control temperature and protect product across demanding operations.

03

Fabrication

Build around the real site instead of forcing a generic answer.

04

Integrated systems

Bring equipment, utilities, controls and service into one working whole.

What does not change

Relationships.
Experience.
Reliability.

R

Relationships

Listen first, stay transparent and build the kind of trust that earns the next call.

E

Experience

Bring years of dairy and related commercial work to the decisions that matter in the field.

R

Reliability

Show up, take responsibility and keep working until the job is done.

Why Day One Dairy

The next expression of the same promise.

Day One Dairy takes the same dairy, refrigeration and fabrication mindset and applies it to a transportable production platform. The ambition is larger, but the standard is familiar: design around the people who will use it, make the system understandable and stay honest about what it takes to succeed.

For the Thackerays, food security is not an abstract idea. It is the daily work of helping producers turn livestock, skill and dependable equipment into food for their communities.

By Crystal Creek

  1. 01Day One MilkReceive · pasteurise · chill
  2. 02Day One CreameryProcess · fill · cold store
  3. 03Local capabilityTrain · operate · maintain

Our mission

Give a hand up.

The farmers Crystal Creek serves are the lifeblood of the company. The family’s aim is to help people produce quality products, support the communities they call home and use the capability they have built to bless the lives of others. Work until the job is done. Help people build something that lasts.

A serious mission deserves a real conversation

Bring us the place. We’ll help shape the pathway.

Tell Crystal Creek who will operate the system, what it needs to produce and where it needs to work.

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