Dairy Farmers of America: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Dairy Farmers of America is a cooperative headquartered in the United States that owns 17 consumer brands.[1]
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) is a farmer-owned dairy cooperative in the United States. Its own site describes it as a leading global dairy cooperative that moves milk from farm to table and manufactures butter, ice cream, sour cream and other dairy products, with a brands page listing the regional and national dairy brands it sells. Several of the names it lists (Borden, Friendly's, Dean's) are older heritage names, so a reader should not assume DFA is the same company as any earlier owner of them; the brands page is the only source used and does not state how or when DFA took each brand.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (also DFA)
- Type
- cooperative · see all cooperative owners
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Website
- www.dfamilk.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Dairy Farmers of America in numbers
- Dairy Farmers of America owns 17 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 17 brands.[1]
Everything Dairy Farmers of America owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Full portfolio, 17 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
Recent changes to this record
- · Alta Dena Dairy added to the dataset
- · Borden Cheese added to the dataset
- · Breakstone's added to the dataset
- · Cache Valley Creamery added to the dataset
- · Cass-Clay Creamery added to the dataset
- · Dean's Dairy added to the dataset
- · Falfurrias added to the dataset
- · Friendly's added to the dataset
Official recalls involving Dairy Farmers of America products
1 recall notice from government regulators matched to Dairy Farmers of America. Each applies to the specific products, sizes and lot codes named in the notice, not to every product sold under the name.
- Carton Label: "Friendly's Vanilla Bean"; 48 fl. oz. Lid Label: "Friendly's Cookies and Cream" Product in carton is Cookies and Cream. — FDA, · Class II
Reason given: Product contains undeclared wheat and soy.
Recalling firm: DFA Dairy Brands, LLC · Brand: Friendly's
Matched automatically from FDA, USDA FSIS, UK Food Standards Agency and CPSC records only when the recalling firm corresponds to this ownership record and, for a brand, the brand name appears in the product description. Check the linked notice for exact products and lots. Method.
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Dairy Farmers of America own?
Dairy Farmers of America owns 17 consumer brands tracked here, including Friendly's, Cache Valley Creamery, Alta Dena Dairy, Garelick Farms, Kemps and Cass-Clay Creamery.
Is Dairy Farmers of America an American company?
Yes. Dairy Farmers of America is headquartered in the United States.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Find Our Farmer-Owned Dairy Brands — Dairy Farmers of America, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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