WHY DAIRY COOPERATIVES
HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL FOR
101 YEARS!
Some of the dairy cooperatives that
merged or joined together over time to form what is
today Agri-Mark!
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New England Milk Producers Assoc.
1913-1972
Connecticut Milk Producers Assoc.
1916-1967
Southern Mass. Milk Producers
1917-1960
United Farmers' Cooperative Creameries
1919-1947
Bethel Cooperative Creamery
1921-1963
Local Dairymans' Cooperative Assoc.
1931-1968
New England Dairies
1932-1947
Colebrook Dairy Producers
1937-1947
Fall River Milk Producers
1944-1963
New Bedford Milk Producers
1944-1960
United Farmers of New England
1947-1972
United Dairies
1950-1963
Modern Milk Producers Assoc.
1957-1957
White River Valley Dairies
1960-1974
Consolidated Milk Producers Assoc.
1967-1972
Yankee Milk, Inc.
1972-1980
Agri-Mark, Inc.
1980 - present
Cabot Farmers' Cooperative Creamery
1919-1992
Chateaugay Cooperative Marketing Assoc.
1938-2003
Allied Federated Cooperatives
1965-2006
Agri-Mark’s Mission:
• Market all member milk
• Perform member services
• Represent our members’ interests
• Make a profit!
Agri-Mark’s Mission:
Market all member milk
-for quality and quantity reason, farm milk must be
picked up every day or two
-hauling a liquid that is more than 85% water is
expensive unless truck is full so co-mingling
member and non-member milk is crucial
-must find the highest paying buyer of farm milk
(50,000 pound tanker of milk every 10 minutes)
-balancing milk supplies with demand on a daily,
weekly and seasonal basis (a few homeless loads
can collapse entire market price
Agri-Mark’s Mission:
Perform member services
-can take advantage of economies of scale
and volume discounts to lower costs
-lab tests and information, milk check
deductions requests, quality milk assistance
and tank calibrations
-communicate issues or concern to members
-TRUST is key
Agri-Mark’s Mission:
Represent our members’ interests
-Agri-Mark cooperative is owned and
controlled by its member owners
-farmer members elect their peers to oversee
all aspects of the cooperative including the
business, policy and practices
-ratio of farmers to milk handlers is as large
today as it was a century ago
-legislative involvement is crucial to secure an
effective market safety net and limit
government intrusion in farm operations and
activities
Agri-Mark’s Mission:
Make a profit!
-find and maintain high premium markets for
member milk and products
-manufacture member milk into value-added
and profit making products
-built the sales, quality and reputation of the
cooperative brands
Agri-Mark members
from New England and
New York own and
control the cooperative.
100% of our profits are
allocated to our farm
families each year!
Cabot, Vt.
Chateaugay,N.Y.
West Springfield,
Mass.
Middlebury, Vt.
We have Agri-Mark
members in every
county colored in blue.
Agri-Mark has four manufacturing facilities and one cut and wrap operation
Agri-Mark’s McCadam Cheese Plant,
Chateaugay, N.Y.
Agri-Mark’s West Springfield, Mass,
Butter/Nonfat milk powder plant
Agri-Mark’s Middlebury, Vt.,
Vermont Cheddar and Whey Protein Plant
The “World’s Best Cheddar” starts with only the highest quality milk
from more than 200 local farm families.
This is an exterior shot of Agri-Mark’s whey protein processing
facility at Middlebury.
Whey Permeate Dryer
Whey Protein Dryer
This early construction photo shows the size
of the whey processing equipment in the
building.
Agri-Mark’s
Cabot, Vt. Visitor’s Center and
manufacturing facility
This is the cut and wrap building at Cabot where more
than 72 million pounds of cheese are packaged each year.
Agri-Mark Members
Own the Cooperative!
Agri-Mark activities are to benefit the
Member/Owners and enhance their income
and support their industry structure
This is
what
makes
our
company
so
unique!
Working year-round
for Northeast dairy
farm families!