Dairylea Cooperative Inc. was a

dairy A dairy is a business enterprise established for the harvesting or processing (or both) of animal milk – mostly from cows or buffaloes, but also from goats, sheep, horses, or camels – for human consumption. A dairy is typically located on ...

cooperative A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-control ...

which was founded in 1907 as The Dairymen's League when group of dairy farmers in

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united to increase their bargaining power. In the 1920s, the Cooperative's membership had increased to more than 100,000 farms. While based initially in

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, the organization was most recently headquartered in

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. They renamed themselves after their most famous product, Dairylea Milk.Dairylea Cooperative Inc. (About Us)
Retrieved Feb. 10, 2015. It was formerly named Dairyman's League Co-Operative Association, and changed its name to its present one in 1969. While it changed and adapted over the years, Dairylea helped manage the sale and distribution of raw milk from more than 2,500 farms producing 5.5 billion pounds of milk annually. In 2001, it was the largest marketer of raw milk in the northeastern United States. The cooperative was a part of the

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. Dairylea merged with

Dairy Farmers of America 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) ...

on April 1, 2014.Dairylea Cooperative, Inc. (Home Page)
Retrieved Feb. 10, 2015.

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