Founded in April 2002 in Menands, Midland Farms is an independent family-owned dairy company that processes milk and distributes dairy products across the Northeast. Its growth from a Capital Region plant into a regional operation has been driven by investments in modern pasteurization, plant sanitation, and federally certified laboratory capabilities. Midland Farms’ milk won second place at the New York State Fair in 2025.
Mountainside FarmsFounded in 2006, Mountainside Farms processes milk and introduced UltraPure milk as a new category of milk in the United States. An affiliate of family-owned Elmhurst Dairy, it produces its milk at a facility in Roxbury, New York, using filtration and clarification alongside pasteurization.ROXBURY, NY
Clark Farms CreamerySince 1907, the Clark family has farmed in Delhi, New York, and Clark Farms Creamery now turns milk from its own five-generation herd into minimally processed dairy products. Kyle Clark returned home with an agricultural sciences degree in 2018 and reopened the family’s former creamery as a 21st-century dairy lab in 2020, serving the Catskills with fresh milk and hand-packed butter.DELHI, NY
Dygert Farms CreameryDygert Farms Creamery is a 13th-generation dairy farm and on-farm creamery in New York’s Mohawk Valley, producing milk from its own cows and processing it on the family farm since 2021. The operation traces its roots to 1723, when the Dygert family received the original 50 acres, and remains one of the area’s few operational bicentennial farms. Customers can see the cows and where their milk comes from, with glass-bottle delivery extending that farm-to-home connection.PALATINE BRIDGE, NY
United DairySince 1954, United Dairy has processed fresh milk and other dairy foods, along with beverages and frozen desserts, for the Tri-State Area and beyond. The family-owned company works with more than 300 local family dairies, sourcing milk from farms within 100 miles of its plants and moving products from farm to fridge in about 24 hours. United Dairy also develops custom ice-cream and yogurt mixes for private-label and co-packing customers in batches ranging from 3 to 400 gallons.MARTINS FERRY, OH