Upstate Niagara Cooperative

Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc. is an American dairy cooperative located in Buffalo, New York. Products provided by the cooperative include milk, cream, butter, yogurt, half and half, juices, egg nog, cottage cheese, sour cream, ice cream mix and chip dips. Upstate Niagara Cooperative is owned by farmers throughout western New York State.

Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc.
Agricultural marketing cooperative
IndustryFood
Founded1965
HeadquartersBuffalo, New York,
United States
Area served
Western New York
ProductsDairy
SubsidiariesBison Foods Company
O-AT-KA Milk Products
North Country Dairy, LLC
Websitewww.upstateniagara.com

Primary production facilities are located in Buffalo, West Seneca, New York and Rochester, New York.[1] A plant was also located in Manchester, New York, but has since closed. It was formerly owned by Dairy Center of the Finger Lakes before being purchased by the cooperative in 1979.[2]

Brands

The family of brands for Upstate Niagara Cooperative:[1]

  • Upstate Farms (formerly Upstate Milk)
  • Upstate Farms Food Services
  • Bison Foods
  • Intense Milk
  • Crave
  • O-AT-KA Milk Products Cooperative (part ownership with Dairy Farmers of America)[3]
  • Valley Farms Dairy (Williamsport, PA)

History

The cooperative was started in 1965, originally known as Upstate Farms Cooperative. It was changed to the current name in 2006 when the business merged with longtime dairy producer Niagara Milk Producers Cooperative, Inc. of Niagara Falls, New York.[4][5]

Upstate Niagara Cooperative acquired Bison Foods Company of Buffalo in 1983, a producer of cottage cheese, sour cream, chip dips and yogurt.[1]

In 2011, Upstate Niagara Cooperative purchased a dairy plant in North Lawrence, New York from Healthy Food Holdings. The facility, built in 1900, has been through numerous owners including Borden, National Dairy Products Corporation and Kraft. It was established by the cooperative as North Country Dairy, LLC, which will continue to produce yogurt as it has been doing since 1969.[6]

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References
  1. Upstate Niagara Cooperative (Our History), Retrieved Feb. 9, 2015.
  2. Village of Manchester (Timeline 1967-1992), Retrieved Feb. 9, 2015.
  3. O-AT-KA Milk Products Cooperative, Inc. (About Us), Retrieved Mar. 15, 2017.
  4. Bloomberg (Company Overview of Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc.), Retrieved Feb. 9, 2015.
  5. Community-Wealth.org (Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc.), Retrieved Feb. 9, 2015.
  6. Upstate Niagara Cooperative (North Country Dairy, LLC), Retrieved Feb. 9, 2015.
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