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    Prairie Farms Dairy plants are vital to feeding American families

    Dairy coop manufactures thousands of cultured dairy products at 47 plants in 18 states.
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    Barbara Harfmann
    April 25, 2024

    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, Prairie Farms Dairy boasts a wide range of manufacturing operations.


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    Women in dairy are forging out their own path to success

    Women in the multifaceted dairy industry share their challenges, aspirations.
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    Barbara Harfmann
    March 15, 2024

    Since 1995, presidents have issued a series of annual proclamations designating the month of March as “Women’s History Month.” Dairy Foods is proud to highlight and celebrate 10 fascinating women working in the multifaceted dairy industry who are carving out their own unique path to success.


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    PFlow Industries' vertical material lifting solutions at MODEX 2024

    Efficient M Series lifts bring high speed, high cycle automation to dairy plants.
    March 5, 2024

    PFlow Industries announced it will be showcasing its vertical reciprocating conveyor (VRC) solutions at MODEX 2024, March 11-14, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga. It will highlight its M Series 2-Post Mechanical Material Lifts that is ideal for almost any material lifting application.


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    Women in dairy overcome obstacles, rise through the ranks, and share the latest goals to achieve success

    Multifaceted dairy industry embraces talents and innovation of women.
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    Barbara Harfmann
    December 18, 2023

    From an early age, the following six women have been involved with the dairy industry for most of their lives. Running around her parents’ dairy farm, Venae Watts, fifth-generation owner of Minerva Dairy, Minerva, Ohio, recalls her first job was to add up the milk tickets from the receiving bay. 


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    Finding the right QA and QC equipment

    Suppliers talk about new technologies, managing data and training staff.
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    Brian Berk
    September 22, 2022

    Suppliers talk about new technologies, managing data, and training staff.


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    Our Dairy Plant of the Year is a greenfield standout

    MWC, our 2021 Dairy Plant of the Year, was built with food/employee safety, sustainability and future expansions in mind.
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    Anna Boisseau
    August 2, 2021
    Dairy Foods has a long tradition of devoting part of the August issue to our “Plant of the Year” winner. Previously, we’d nominate only the dairy plants we’d profiled in the past 18 months, and allowed readers to choose the winning facility. But this year we decided to do things a little differently: We opened up nominations to any exceptional U.S. dairy plant.
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    Artisan cheese, yogurt producer modernizes to captures competitive edge

    Skotidakis Goat Farm relied on Qualtech and Rockwell Automation’s technology to automate more of its plant operations.
    Andrew Smith
    July 13, 2021
    The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in the dairy industry. Unprecedented interest in unique and artisanal offerings has spurred dairies and cheesemakers to explore new product lines. 
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    Danone North America’s plant is a master of flexibility

    The company’s Minster, Ohio, facility has to be nimble to produce a slew of products, including Activia drinks and yogurt cups.
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    Anna Boisseau
    June 2, 2021
    Danone North America is a dairy behemoth — coming in at No. 4 on Dairy Foods’ 2020 Dairy 100 list of the largest dairy processors in North America. And it operates 13 plants to manufacture its many product lines. One of its largest — a 440,000-square-foot facility located in Minster, Ohio — is where the company produces Activia offerings, along with Danimals, Light + Fit, DanActive, Oikos, and Dannon.
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