Dairy Farmers of Manitoba

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The Dairy Farmers of Manitoba was established by the province of Manitoba in 1974. It is a dairy farmer organization which is completely directed and funded by dairy producers.

The Dairy Farmer board meets 2 to 3 days each month to set policy for Manitoba's dairy farmers, hear reports of marketing activity, review quotas and Canadian requirements for milk and dairy products.

The Board buys from producers and sells to processors. The average is about 25 million litres of milk per month worth about $16 million. Dairy producers share equally in all markets, both fluid and industrial. The board conducts one pool of revenue monthly and pays producers according to the amount and quality of milk marketed.

The Dairy Farmers of Manitoba takes an active role in Dairy Farmers of Canada, the Canadian Milk Supply Management and Keystone Agricultural Producers'.

[edit] The Impact of the Dairy Sector in Manitoba

There are 526 milk producers who sold 299,474,324 domestic litres of milk in the 2003/2004 dairy year (August to July) for a farm gate value of $192,605,316.

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