Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.

Dairy Farmers of America Inc. is a United States-based nationwide milk marketing cooperative. It is owned by and services about 14,500 dairy farmer-members from 48 states, representing over 8,500 dairy farms.

Dairy Farmers of America is a cooperative, which implies that all of the farmers who make up the group are co-owners. DFA is made up of over 13,000 farmers in this example. DFA facilities process, package, and sell the milk produced by these farms.

Borden Cheese, Breakstone's Butter, Cache Valley, Cass Clay, Craigs Creamery, Dairy Maid Dairy, Falfurrias Butter, Guida's Dairy, Keller's Creamery Butter, Kemps, La Vaquita, Live Real Farms, Oakhurst Dairy, Plugrá Butter, and Sport Shake are some of the co-most op's well-known products.

The bulk of these firms is localized, sourcing their ingredients from farmers in the area they serve.

Founded: 1998

Headquarters: Kansas City, Kansas

Annual Sales: $11.361 billion

Website: www.dfamilk.com