With raw milk prices low and demand for cheese, yogurt and other dairy foods high, America’s dairy processors are opening up their checkbooks to buy new equipment. A survey by BNP Market Research (Dairy Foods’ research arm) found that 56% of dairy processors are buying equipment this year and 60% plan to buy in 2017.
The purchases include processing equipment such as pumps, valves, ice cream freezers and fillers, as well as equipment such as vats, tanks and racks. Dairies also plan to invest in refrigerated and dry storage.