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    100 largest dairies

    Nestle, Dean, Saputo are North America’s largest dairies

    More than one-third of the dairy processors on the Dairy 100 have annual revenues of $1 billion or more.
    James Carper
    August 17, 2015

    Dairy Foods' 22nd annual Dairy 100 report identifies the largest dairy processors based in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Three companies are based in Canada and one in Mexico. Wisconsin is home to the most Dairy 100 firms (12), followed by California and Minnesota (each with 10).


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    Big cheeses (and others)

    Nestlé USA takes the top spot on the Dairy 100

    Dean Foods loses its No. 1 spot because it sold Morningstar to Saputo and spun off WhiteWave. Nestlé is the largest publicly held firm, Schreiber Foods is the largest privately owned business and Land O'Lakes is the top dairy co-op.
    James Carper
    August 6, 2013

    Nestlé USA is North America's largest dairy processor, bumping off Dean Foods Co. which held the spot for at least half of the 20 years that Dairy Foods has been compiling the Dairy 100.


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    Oakhurst Dairy is Maine's largest milk processor

    James Carper
    April 12, 2013
    For today’s lesson in anthropology, let’s consider the residents of the great state of Maine. The native-born citizens are fiercely proud of their heritage. They refer to themselves as Maineiacs.
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