Dairy companies choose St. Johns, Mich., as preferred location for joint-venture plant
Glanbia Nutritionals, Dairy Farmers of America and Select Milk Producers said they expect the large-scale cheese and whey production facility to be commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Glanbia Nutritionals, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Select Milk Producers said they have, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, selected the city of St. Johns, Mich., as the preferred location for their earlier-announced joint-venture large-scale cheese and whey production facility. The facility is now expected to be commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2020 at a cost of $470 million.
The new facility will process 8 million pounds of milk per day into a range of cheese (300 million pounds per year) and whey products for U.S. and international markets, employing approximately 250 staff when in full production, the companies said.