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The Cooperative

Growing together,
preparing the future of dairying

At a Glance

Dangjin Dairy Cooperative

Dangjin Dairy Cooperative has presented a new model for the dairy industry by successfully advancing nutrient-cycling agriculture — with a forage production base, a TMR feed plant, a shared livestock-manure resource-recovery facility, and a specialized heifer-rearing farm. In 2024, it completed NatureFarm, Korea's 1st smart livestock complex, not only completing nutrient-cycling agriculture after 20 years but also leading the way in future-oriented smart livestock farming that combines ICT and AI.

Founded
199234th anniversary in 2026
Members
30294 in 1992 → 302 in 2020
Annual Collection
30,000ttotal raw milk collected by the cooperative
Annual Revenue
85.8bn KRWKRW 23.6 bn in 2008 → KRW 85.8 bn in 2020

Membership, annual collection, and revenue are based on figures provided by the cooperative and public press releases, and are updated periodically.

Chairman

Chairman's Message

Lee Kyung-yong, Chairman of Dangjin Dairy Cooperative
Lee Kyung-yong Chairman · Dangjin Dairy Cooperative

To prepare for an aging workforce and expand raw-milk productivity, dairying must shift from "backyard dairying" to "complex dairying." Only by moving toward dairying that combines AI and smart farming can we secure competitiveness.

Circular Agriculture

Nutrient-Cycling Agriculture, Completed Over 20 Years

A nutrient-cycling agriculture diagram: the smart dairy complex, shared resource-recovery facility, forage production base, TMR plant, and heifer farm form a circle connected by replacement heifers, manure, compost, forage, and TMR.

2008

TMR Feed Plant

The cooperative's own feed production. Annual sales of 89,000 tons, blended and supplied by cow group.

2010

Forage Cultivation Base

Seokmun · Songsan reclaimed land. 359 ha under cultivation (1.2 times Yeouido), 11,699 tons harvested a year.

2012

Shared Manure Resource-Recovery Facility

Dangjin Nature World farming corporation. Produces high-quality compost through 1–2 months of fermentation and about 6 months of curing.

2019

Heifer Farm

Songsan-myeon. Korea's largest specialized heifer farm, raising 1,500 head.

2024

Smart Dairy Complex

Dangjinpo-ri, Godae-myeon. Korea's 1st smart livestock complex, with 1,000 milking cows.