Which national milk marketing cooperative owned by nearly 15,000 dairy farmer-members makes a brand of butter whos anem is derived from the French phrase "plus gras"?
Dairy Farmers of America
Dairy Farmers of America
Dairy Farmers of America Inc. (DFA) is a national milk marketing cooperative in the United States.
 It is owned by and serves nearly 15,000 dairy farmer-members representing more than 9,000 dairy farms in 48 states.
 DFA markets members' raw milk and sells milk and derivative products (dairy products, food components, ingredients and shelf-stable dairy products) to wholesale buyers.
 Net sales in 2013 were $12.8 billion, representing about 30 percent of the raw milk production of the United States.
Plugrá
Plugrá is a brand of butter made in the United States by Dairy Farmers of America.
 It is made with a higher butterfat content than most American butter (82% butterfat, vs. 80%.)
 The name "Plugra" is derived from the French "plus gras" ("more fat").
Minnesota-Wisconsin price
The Minnesota-Wisconsin price (M-W price), prior to May 1995, was a component of the basic formula price for farm milk formerly used in federal milk marketing orders.
 It represented a survey of the average price Minnesota and Wisconsin plants were paying farmers for Grade B milk to be used in processed dairy products.
 In 1995, the M-W price was replaced with the basic formula price as the price mover under federal milk marketing orders. Dudhsagar Dairy
The Mehsana District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Ltd., popularly known as Dudhsagar Dairy, is a member of the state-level Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, Anand.
 Dudhsagar Dairy is the largest dairy in Asia, processing on an average 1.41 million kilograms of milk each day.
 It has established a network for procuring milk from 4,500,000 milk producers through 1150 village milk cooperatives. Big M
Big M is a brand of flavoured milk that was founded in Mordialloc, Victoria, Australia, in 1977–78.
 It was launched by the newly formed Victorian Dairy Industry Authority (VDIA), which replaced the more regulatory-oriented Victorian Milk Board.
 The VDIA was given a greater marketing role by the Minister of Agriculture, Ian Smith.
 He appointed Des Cooper (MD of the Victorian Oat Growers Pool) as chairman, and Brian Purtell as general manager.
 Purtell appointed agricultural-science graduate Peter Granger as Marketing Manager.
 Granger conceived the VDIA Marketing Plan to introduce branding and promotion to flavoured milk (Big M) and reduced-fat milk (Rev), and it was embraced by the board.
 Until this time there had been dozens of small 'zoned' dairies, some with their own flavoured milk brands – but with the exception of a dairy in Shepparton (Ducats), sales were minuscule.
 A reduced-fat milk called 2:10 had been launched years earlier  by the Milk Board and failed due to lack of co-operation by dairy processors, and the inability of the Board to overcome this resistance.
 Similarly, there was resistance to the launch of Big M and Rev, but it was ultimately embraced by the industry following consumer interest and demand the advertising promotion generated.
 Granger was principally the creative input, with Cooper and Purtell administrators who maneuvered the launch in the face of industry reluctance and scepticism.
 The advertising agency George Paterson was appointed to handle the campaigns.
 They conceived the brand names and contracted Paddington Films to produce the highly successful Big M surfing ads.
 This was a very rare occasion where a government department launched a successful and contemporary consumer product.
 Big M accounted for sales of 19 million lites per year, and licence fees of $6 – 6.5 million pa prior to the trademarks being sold in 2000 for almost $62 million.
 Big M flavoured milk is available primarily in Melbourne, regional and rural areas of Victoria and the southern and western Riverina regions of New South Wales near the state border of Victoria.
 In recent years distribution of the Big M brand has expanded further north into the rest of New South Wales and into Queensland as well as its state of origin.
 The brand has gained popularity through television ad campaigns in Victoria such as 'Think Big, but not too big'.
 It is sold in cartons, Tetra Briks and plastic bottles in both fresh and UHT varieties.
 The Big M brand is currently owned by Lion (formerly National Foods). Economy of Kalpetta
The Wayanad dairy of Milma (Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation) is situated at Chuzhali within Kalpetta Municipal Limits.
 This dairy processes over 100,000 liters of milk daily and markets it in Wayanad, Kozhikode, Malappuram and Kannur districts.
 The dairy also manufactures high quality ghee which is exported to the Middle East countries.
 Other products of the dairy are Butter, Buttermilk, Curd and ice-cream. Dairy Farmers of Ontario
Dairy Farmers of Ontario, formerly known as the Ontario Milk Marketing Board, was formed as result of the Ontario Milk Act passed in 1965.
 The name Dairy Farmer's of Ontario was utilized on August 1, 1995 as the result of a merger of the Ontario Milk Marketing Board and the Ontario Cream Producers' Marketing Board. Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation
The Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (KCMMF) or Milma was registered as a co-operative society in 1980 with its head office in Thiruvananthapuram.
 It was brought under the Operation Flood programme of the National Dairy Development Board.
 KCMMF is a Federation of Regional three Regional Milk Unions, the ERCMPU, TRCMPU and MRCMPU.
 It follows a co-operative structure and one of the most profitable cooperatives in Kerala State.
 In 1983, it took over (absorbed) the production and milk marketing facilities under the Kerala Livestock and Milk Marketing Board.
 The board was later renamed to Kerala Livestock Development Board. Basing point
A basing point is a geographical site used to establish minimum fluid milk prices for federal milk marketing orders. Generally, minimum fluid farm milk prices increase according to the distance from the basing point.
 When federal milk marketing orders began in the 1930s, Eau Claire, Wisconsin was viewed as the principal surplus milk production region in the nation and hence served as the basing point for most milk priced under federal milk marketing orders.
 Generally, the further a region is from the Upper Midwest, the higher that region’s minimum price for fluid farm milk.
 Some have argued that there currently are other surplus production regions in the country (e.g., in the northeast and southwest) which should serve as basing points.
 An attempt by USDA to establish a pricing structure using multiple basing points was thwarted by legislation in 1999. Grade A milk
In the United States, Grade A milk, also called fluid grade milk, refers to milk produced under sufficiently sanitary conditions to qualify for fluid (beverage) consumption.
 Only Grade A milk is regulated under federal milk marketing orders.
 Grade B milk (also referred to as manufacturing grade milk) does not meet fluid grade standards and can only be used in cheese, butter and nonfat dry milk.
 More than 90% of all milk produced nationally is Grade A, and much of the Grade A milk supply is used in manufactured dairy products.