The Fédération des producteurs de lait du Québec (FPLQ) is an agricultural organization representing milk

Milk

Milk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they are able to digest other types of food. Early-lactation milk contains colostrum, which carries the mother's antibodies to the baby and can reduce the risk of many...

 producers in the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 province of Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. It was founded in 1983 as a federation of fourteen syndicates as is affiliated with the Union des producteurs agricoles

Union des producteurs agricoles

The Union des producteurs agricoles is an agricultural trade union representing producers in the Canadian province of Quebec. Originally a Catholic union called the Union catholique des cultivateurs , it shed its denominational character as a result of the Quiet Revolution and has existed in its...

(UPA), Quebec's largest agricultural organization.

The federation's data indicates that, as of 2004, Quebec had 7,657 dairy farms and provided 47,200 jobs in the sector.

External links

• Fédération des producteurs de lait du Québec (French page)
• Fédération des producteurs de lait du Québec (English page)