Economic promotion of its affiliated milk producers through cooperative self-help by a) ensuring the most advantageous and rational utilization of traffic milk through processing or sale, as well as creating the necessary structural and technical prerequisites or participating in corresponding special-purpose companies; b) promoting the dairy industry in general and supporting measures to improve the quality of milk and dairy products, as well as participating in efforts and events of related organizations, insofar as they are in the interest of the entire dairy industry; c) promoting the professional knowledge of its members and fostering the cooperative spirit and united action to combat hardship and misfortune.