Dairylea Cooperative Inc.

Dairylea Cooperative Inc. was 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.[1] In the 1920s, the Cooperative's membership had increased to more than 100,000 farms.[1] While based initially in Pearl River, New York, the organization was most recently headquartered in East Syracuse, New York.[2] They renamed themselves after their most famous product, Dairylea Milk.[3] It was formerly named DCLA, and changed its name to its present one in 1969.[1]

Dairylea Cooperative Inc.
TypeAgricultural marketing cooperative
IndustryFood
Fatemerged with Dairy Farmers of America
Founded1907 (1907)
Orange County, New York,
United States
DefunctApril 1, 2014
Headquarters
East Syracuse, New York,
United States
Area served
Northeastern United States
Key people
Gregory I. Wickham (CEO)
ProductsDairy
Members2,000+

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.[2] In 2001, it was the largest marketer of raw milk in the northeastern United States.[1] The cooperative was a part of the National Milk Producers Federation.[4] Dairylea merged with Dairy Farmers of America on April 1, 2014.[5][6]

References
  1. Eisenstadt, P.R.; Moss, L.E. (2005). The Encyclopedia of New York State. Syracuse University Press. p. 436. ISBN 978-0-8156-0808-0. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  2. Plunkett, J.W. (2007). Plunkett's Food Industry Almanac 2007: Food Industries Market Research, Statistics, Trends & Leading Companies. Plunkett's Food Industry Almanac. Plunkett Research Limited. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-59392-068-5. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  3. Dairylea Cooperative Inc. (About Us), Retrieved Feb. 10, 2015.
  4. Hanson, Hilary (September 8, 2016). "Dairy Industry Killed Off 500,000 Cows In Alleged Price-Fixing Scheme". HuffPost. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  5. "N.Y.-based Dairylea merges with Dairy Farmers of America". Farm and Dairy. February 6, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  6. Dairylea Cooperative, Inc. (Home Page), Retrieved Feb. 10, 2015.


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