Dairylea Cooperative Inc.
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| Agricultural marketing cooperative | |
| Industry | Food |
| Founded | 1907 Orange County, New York, United States |
| Headquarters | East Syracuse, New York, United States |
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Area served
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Northeastern United States |
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Key people
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Gregory I. Wickham (CEO) |
| Products | Dairy |
| Members | 2,000+ |
| Parent | Dairy Farmers of America |
| Website | www |
Dairylea Cooperative Inc. is a dairy cooperative which was founded in 1907 as The Dairymen's League when group of dairy farmers in Orange County, New York united to increase their bargaining power. By the 1920s, the Cooperative's membership had increased to more than 100,000 farms. While based initially in Pearl River, New York, the organization is currently headquartered in East Syracuse, New York. They renamed themselves after their most famous product, Dairylea Milk.[1]
While it has changed and adapted over the years, Dairylea helps manage the sale and distribution of raw milk from more than 2,300 farms producing 5.5 billion pounds of milk annually. The cooperative is a part of the National Milk Producers Federation. Dairylea merged with Dairy Farmers of America on April 1, 2014.[2]
References
- ↑ Dairylea Cooperative Inc. (About Us), Retrieved Feb. 10, 2015.
- ↑ Dairylea Cooperative, Inc. (Home Page), Retrieved Feb. 10, 2015.
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