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Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA) honored Dennis and Karolyn Auker of Aukerlyn Farm in Landisburg, Pennsylvania as its District 1 Producer of the Year during the co-op’s recent District Meetings. The District Producer of the Year award recognizes a cooperative member for outstanding farm management, animal care, and environmental stewardship in each […]

San Diego, CA – Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA) has earned national recognition from QCS Purchasing Cooperative for marketing and philanthropy at the 2022 QCS Annual Conference. MDVA won the 2022 Outstanding Marketing Award for our “If the milk was any fresher, you’d have a cow” campaign, and was also recognized for

Peach Bottom, PA – Graywood Farms, a member of Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA), underscored the need for agriculture labor reform during an immigration roundtable held this week. The event, entitled “Lower Food Prices, Keep Shelves Stocked: Common Sense Solutions to Pennsylvania’s Farm Labor Shortage” called attention to the urgency of fixing

The Conservation Innovation Fund (CIF), Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (ESMC), and the Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA) have been awarded $25 million by the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding pool. The Mid-Atlantic Conservation Innovation Fund Climate-Smart Commodities project (the “Project”) builds on an existing partnership between

Reston, Va. – Five Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA) facilities earned top safety honors from the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and Dairy Foods magazine through the annual Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Awards. MDVA’s processing facility in Strasburg, Va. was an honoree as were four of MDVA’s local distribution branches: Charlotte, N.C.;

Reston, Virginia – Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA) is thrilled to congratulate Grayhouse Farms of Stony Point, N.C., for earning the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy’s 2022 Outstanding Dairy Farm Sustainability award. In its eleventh year, the award recognizes dairy farmers who are dedicated to socially responsible, economically viable, and environmentally sound

Reston, Virginia – Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA) is pleased to announce its 2022 scholarship winners. The cooperative awarded $7,500 in scholarships from the MDVA Fund to a promising crop of 10 students pursuing careers in the dairy industry. Five students each received a $1,000 scholarship and five additional students each received