Valio is owned by 5,100 dairy farms through 15 cooperatives. Our farms are mostly small family farms all across Finland, from Utsjoki to Hanko. Together with our farms, we employ 30,000 people directly and indirectly. We pay out our profits to the dairy farmers.
Our dairy farms produce roughly 80 % of Finnish milk. We refine all of the milk they produce, and the prices we pay are the same for all of them, regardless of how much milk they produce or where they are located.
Working at a dairy farm requires expertise and good physical condition. Valio’s primary production services related to milk quality, animal health and farm development are generally free of charge to our farmers.
Read moreFor these farmers producing milk is much more than a profession – it’s a passion. Meet the different kind of farmers and their families.
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