Dairy Farmers
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{{Infobox Company
| company_name = Dairy Farmers
| company_logo = [[Image:Dairy-farmers-brand.svg|181px]]
| company_type = [[Cooperative|Co-operative]]
| foundation = [[1900]]
| founder =
| location = {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Homebush Bay, New South Wales]]
| origins = Dairy Farmers Co-operative Milk Company
| key_people = [[Ian Langdon]], [[Chairman]]<br>[[Rob Gordon]], [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]]
| area_served = {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australia]]
| industry = [[Food]]
| products = [[Dairy]]
| services =
| revenue = {{profit}} [[Australian dollar|A$]]1,155.928 million (2006)
| operating_income = {{profit}} [[Australian dollar|A$]]30.905 million (2006)
| net_income = {{profit}} [[Australian dollar|A$]]288.590 million (2006)
| num_employees =
| parent =
| divisions = Australian Co-operative Foods Limited
| subsid =
| owner =
| company_slogan =
| homepage = [http://www.dairyfarmers.com.au/ www.dairyfarmers.com.au]
| intl = yes
}}
'''Dairy Farmers''' is one of Australia's largest and oldest dairy manufacturers, established in 1900, supplying products to local and international markets such as [[eastern Europe]], the [[Middle East]] and [[Asia]].
==History==
On [[15 January]] [[1900]] the Dairy Farmers Co-operative Milk Co-operative Limited was created by 65 stakeholders, most being dairy farmers in the [[Illawarra|Illawarra region]] of [[New South Wales]]. The aim of the co-op was to market their milk and butter products effectively to city customers.<ref>{{cite web | title = Our History | work = Student pack | publisher = Australian Co-operative Foods Limited | url = http://www.dairyfarmers.com.au/df/aboutus/studentpack/ourhistory | format = HTML | accessdate = 2007-09-02 }}</ref>
After 107 years, Dairy Farmers is still 100% Australian owned by Australian dairy farmers, with 11 processing facilities in the country.<ref>{{cite web | title = Facts at a glance | work = What we do | publisher = Australian Co-operative Foods Limited | url = http://www.dairyfarmers.com.au/df/aboutus/whatwedo/factsataglance | format = HTML | accessdate = 2007-09-02 }}</ref>
In [[2005]], Dairy Farmers came third in dairy sales, with [[Norco milk|Norco Co-operative]] second and [[National Foods]] with their brand Pura respectively coming first.
In [[2008]] it was reported that [[Japanese]] beverage maker Kirin Holding was in preparations to buy Dairy Farmers. <ref>{{cite web | title = Japanese firm readies bid for Dairy Farmers | publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/19/2221567.htm | format = HTML | accessdate = 2008-08-26 }}</ref>
==Brands==
Main brands of products manufactured by Dairy Farmers include the Dairy Farmers milk range, Cracker Barrel and [[Coon cheese|COON]] cheeses, dare and OAK flavoured milks, moove flavoured UHT milk, Shape milk, and SKI yogurt.
==External links==
*[http://www.dairyfarmers.com.au/ Dairy Farmers]
==References==
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[[Category:Food companies of Australia]]