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This is a list of dairy product companies in the United States. A dairy product is food produced from the milk of mammals. [1] Dairy products are usually high energy-yielding food products. A production plant for the processing of milk is called a dairy or a dairy factory.
These purchase prices are set high enough to enable dairy processors to pay farmers at least the support price for the milk they use in manufacturing these products. The 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171, Sec. 1501) mandated a support price of $9.90/ cwt , effective through December 31, 2007, when the program by law was scheduled to expire.
Largest dairy companies by dairy revenue (FY 2019) [3] Rank Company Headquarters Dairy product revenue in bn. US$ 1 Nestlé Switzerland: 22.1 2 Lactalis France: 21.0 3 Dairy Farmers of America United States: 20.1 4 Danone France: 18.2 5 Yili Group China: 13.4 6 Fonterra New Zealand: 13.2 7 FrieslandCampina Netherlands: 12.6 8 Mengniu Dairy ...
The dairy industry in the United States includes the farms, cooperatives, and companies that produce milk, cheese and related products such as milking machines, and distribute them to the consumer. By 1925, the United States had 1.5-2 million dairy cows, each producing an average of 4200 lb of milk per year.
Dairy Farmers of America Inc. (DFA) is a national milk marketing cooperative in the United States. DFA markets members' raw milk and sells milk and derivative products (dairy products, food components, ingredients and shelf-stable dairy products) to wholesale buyers both domestically and abroad. Net sales in 2016 were $13.5 billion ...
The original plant had a total investment of $3,700 (equivalent to $65,000 in 2023), which was paid by 94 farmers in proportion to the number of cattle which each owned. The cooperative started out making butter with the excess milk produced, and began shipping its products south. In 1930, it started making cheese.
Garelick Farms processes and manufactures dairy products such as milk, cream, ice cream, sour cream, cottage cheese and juices. [2] It has four manufacturing plants in Massachusetts , Maine , and New York , and purchases raw milk from approximately 1,000 local dairies in the region. [ 5 ]
The most sanitary milk depot in New England, early 20th Century. HP Hood LLC is an American dairy company based in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. Hood was founded in 1846 [1] in Derry, New Hampshire, by Harvey Perley Hood. After two years in Derry, Hood took his milk south and established a factory in Charlestown, Massachusetts.