13 dairy processing plants were nominated. The winner was determined by visitors' votes on dairyfoods.com.
Readers of Dairy Foodsselected the 2013 Plant of the Year. The magazine nominated 13 dairy processing plants that manufacture fluid milk, cheese, ice cream or cultured dairy products. All had been featured in Dairy Foods magazine and on dairyfoods.com over the previous 18 months. Voting was online at dairyfoods.com during the month of June.