About Dairy One
Dairy One Cooperative, Inc. exists to help farms succeed. The organization is a not-for-profit cooperative with a core DHIA membership of approximately 3000 dairy farmer members throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region. Our primary business office and laboratory facilities are located in Ithaca, New York, about 2 miles from Cornell University. Dairy One employs approximately 250 people, about 80 of them based in Ithaca. We are governed by a 16-member board of directors, all of whom are dairy farmers.
Dairy One offers a variety of tools and solutions to help farms of all types and sizes make more informed decisions. Dairy One Agronomy Services provides soil analysis and pre-sidedress nitrate testing. The Dairy One Forage Laboratory offers feed, forage, manure, water, and plant tissue analysis. Information regarding DHIA testing, records, animal identification, and milk analysis for dairy cows and goats can be found through DHIA Records & Milk Analysis. Cameras, network solutions, herd management software, activity monitoring systems, soil sampling services, and precision farming solutions are offered by our Integrated Farming Solutions team. Other Lab Services include pregnancy and disease testing offered by our Animal Health Diagnostic Lab, wet chemistry analysis of liquid dairy products through our Check Mark Lab, and bacteria and regulatory testing performed by our Producer Payment Lab.