From a small 5,000-square-foot plant in Springfield, Ill., solely focused on making ice cream mixes, to a large, 126,000-square-foot plant in Dubuque, Iowa, that processes nearly 40 million pounds of fluid milk a month, to the team at the Faribault, Minn., plant who earned the top prize for their handcrafted Cave Aged Rinded Swiss, Prairie Farms Dairy boasts a wide range of manufacturing operations.
Founded in 1938, Prairie Farms Dairy is a large cooperative headquartered in Edwardsville, Ill., which is located about 25 miles northeast of St. Louis. Since August 2017, more than 100 employees have called the 30,000-square-foot facility home. Additionally, the company says that 7,000-plus dedicated employees contribute to the production and delivery of a plethora of dairy products made at 47 manufacturing plants in 18 states.