About the Cooperative

The Michigan Milk Producers Association is a dairy farmer owned cooperative and dairy processor. Founded in 1916, the MMPA serves dairy farmers in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin.

As a cooperative, our members are owners of the business and have the opportunity to be active in its governance. The 13 dairy farmers on our board work to guide the direction of the cooperative in the best interest of our members. MMPA works to best serve members every day by providing leading on-farm services, training and member involvement opportunities. With forward-thinking vision, MMPA also support education for the next generation of dairy leaders with scholarships.

MMPA maintains a strong presence within the dairy industry with strategic business relationships through a variety of channels like processing shelf-stable, value added dairy products. MMPA has four member owned processing plants in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, including Superior Dairy and the Middlebury Cheese Company. Products made at MMPA’s plants include fluid milk, sour cream, cheese, ultra-filtered milk, cottage cheese, ice cream, butter, nonfat dry milk, cream and condensed skim milk.

MMPA Brands

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Our Core Values

Quality

We commit to produce the highest quality milk and milk products for our customers to feed the people of the world.

Integrity

We operate honestly and ethically in all manners of production and business – always holding ourselves to the highest standard.

Progress

We provide solutions and lead the dairy industry to continued advancement, sustainability and production.

Community

We value all people in our diverse workforce and cooperative. We commit to provide leadership, education and proactive involvement to strengthen our communities and ensure America is a great place to live, work and raise a family into the future.

Leadership

We engage actively in state and national issues impacting the dairy industry, our cooperative and our communities.

MMPA has been helping farmers for over 100 years.

We provide a wide range of on-farm services to members to assist them in producing the highest quality milk possible. The milk produced on our farms is some of the highest quality available in the United States. Each year, members take home a significant portion of the National Dairy Quality Awards. Our members are committed to superior animal care and all are enrolled in the National Dairy FARM program, a national animal care verification program.

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