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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.
Milk wagon, 1936. The Sheffield Farms–Slawson–Decker Company, known as Sheffield Farms, [1]: §8p5n21 was a dairy that pasteurized, bottled, and delivered milk in New York City in the first half of the 20th century. It became one of the largest dairy companies in the world, selling 20% of the city's milk.
Global milk production has increased rapidly over the past 50 years. According to Our World in Data, global milk production has nearly tripled since 1961, reaching around 930 million tonnes in 2022. The most popular milk is cow milk, followed by buffalo milk, goat milk, sheep milk and camel milk.
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.
The co-op's annual sales are over $2.0 billion, [5] and production is over 8,600,000,000 pounds (3.9 × 10 9 kg) of milk a year. In August 2003, Darigold locked out their union in one production facility. Workers in that facility continue to be represented by a union, as are employees in most Darigold production facilities. [6]
Dairy Farmers of America United States: 19.3 5 Yili Group China: 18.2 6 Fonterra New Zealand: 14.8 7 Mengniu Dairy China: 13.7 8 FrieslandCampina Netherlands: 13.6 9 Arla Foods Denmark: 13.3 10 Saputo Inc. Canada: 12.0 11 Amul India: 9.6 12 Savencia Fromage & Dairy France: 6.6 13 Unilever United Kingdom: 6.3 14 Sodiaal France: 5.9 15 Meiji ...
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 ...
Borden Dairy Company is an American dairy processor and distributor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. [6] Established in 2009, [2] the company is a successor to the original Borden Company established in 1857 by Gail Borden. [7]