Dairy Farmers of America recognizes the importance of developing future leaders in the dairy industry and is committed to investing in their education. Since its inception 10 years ago, the DFA Cares Foundation Scholarship has grown to honor an increasing number of outstanding students who are pursuing careers in the dairy industry.

Through its DFA Cares Foundation, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national farmer-owned dairy cooperative, is making good use of Northeast-Area milk this holiday season by providing a donation of more than 37,000 pounds or the equivalent of 4,300 gallons of milk to the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington D.C, which is part of the national Feeding America network.

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national farmer-owned dairy cooperative, recently announced sponsorship of the 2017 Sprint Accelerator, an innovative program that helps accelerate and grow startup businesses.

Dairy Farmers of America recognizes the importance of developing future leaders in the dairy industry and is committed to investing in their education. Since its inception nine years ago, the DFA Cares Foundation Scholarship has grown to honor an increasing number of outstanding students who are pursuing careers in the dairy industry.

Dairy Farmers of America’s Members of Distinction program honors members who embody the Cooperative’s core values and excel on their operations, in their communities and in the industry. Each year, one member farm from each of DFA’s seven regional Areas is honored during the Annual Banquet at DFA’s Annual Meeting. The 2016 Members of Distinction are:

At the Cooperative’s Annual Meeting today, 
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) officials reported net income of $94.1 million, compared to $43.1 million for 2014. The increase was attributable to strong performances from DFA’s commercial operations and affiliates, as unit sales were up and margins improved.

DFA’s net sales totaled $13.8 billion for 2015, compared to $17.9 billion in 2014. This decrease is primarily a result of lower milk prices. The all U.S. milk price averaged $17.08 per hundredweight in 2015 compared with $23.97 in 2014.

This week, more than 1,500 members and guests gathered in Kansas City for the Cooperative’s 18th Annual Meeting.

This year’s meeting theme – Dairy Reimagined – looks at how, from the farm to the dairy case, the possibilities are limitless for the industry. Guests were encouraged to join the Cooperative in challenging the status quo.

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) announced today that it would acquire 100 percent ownership of DairiConcepts, the Cooperative’s joint venture with Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited (Fonterra).

Fonterra and DFA have partnered in DairiConcepts as equal owners since 2000 when the joint venture was formed. DairiConcepts plays a key role in DFA’s strategy to further grow its ingredients division and extend its global marketing outreach, but was viewed as a non-core component of Fonterra’s strategy. The decision was made by both DFA and Fonterra to consolidate ownership.

Today, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) officially announced plans to build a dairy ingredients plant in Garden City, Kansas. In a ceremony at its 156-acre site in Garden City, representatives from the Cooperative were joined by Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, city and state officials and the area’s dairy farmers to break ground on the facility. The state-of-the-art plant will produce whole, skim and nonfat dry milk powder, as well as cream, and is a partnership between DFA and 12 of its member farms in Southwest Kansas.