Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Inc. began in 1920 thanks to a determined group of dairy farmers seeking to more successfully market their milk in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Today Maryland & Virginia is a financially sound milk marketing cooperative owned and operated by nearly 1,500 dairy farm families from Pennsylvania to Alabama.

The cooperative markets member milk throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. In addition, Maryland & Virginia operates three fluid processing plants, one manufacturing plant and a farm supply equipment division, plus owns majority interest in Valley Milk LLC.