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Equipment vendors are not responsible for plant safety

A safe design takes the whole picture into account.

October 24, 2022

A compliant, efficient, and optimized plant is more than its component parts. It’s a functioning whole, based on a bigger picture of end-to-end unit operations. The problem is that equipment vendors can’t always see that bigger picture.

Byrne Inc. is the 2022 Dairy Foods Plant of the Year

Byrne Inc., our 2022 Dairy Plant of the Year, continues to plan for tomorrow, while continuing tremendous success today.

Brian Berk

August 9, 2022

Byrne Inc., our 2022 Dairy Plant of the Year, continues to plan for tomorrow, while continuing tremendous success today. Founded in 1933, the dairy, under the direction of CEO Carl Byrne, expanded it opportunities in aseptic. In fact, the upstate New York facility increased its product offerings from one SKU to 20.

Cacique breaks ground on state-of-the-art dairy processing facility in Amarillo, Texas

The new facility will help the company accelerate expansion and meet growing demand for its dairy and other products nationwide.

June 3, 2021

Cacique LLC — a privately-owned Hispanic foods company that boasts the No. 1 brand of authentic Mexican-style cheeses, cremas and chorizos in the United States — said it officially broke ground on an $88 million dairy processing facility in Amarillo, Texas.

No refrigeration required for KanPak’s Arkansas City, Kan., plant

The dairy processing facility employs aseptic technologies to create custom shelf-stable liquid-based products for its customers.

Kathie Canning

May 10, 2021

The small town of Arkansas City, Kan., also known as Ark City, is home to the Cowley County Waterfall, which Yahoo Travel included in its 2014 "Top 12 Most Beautiful Waterfalls in America" list. It is also home to a decidedly less touristy, but arguably equally fascinating, "attraction": a KanPak US dairy processing facility that employs aseptic technologies to create custom shelf-stable liquid-based products for quick-service restaurants, retail and other customers.

Rutter’s Dairy is in control of it all

Rutter’s Dairy manages the quality of its product from start to finish — from the farms providing its milk, to its quality testing, to the trucks it operates.

Anna Boisseau

April 1, 2021

An old adage says: "If you want something done right, do it yourself." This saying perfectly encapsulates the operations of Rutter's Dairy, which produces fluid milk along with some juice and tea products at its York, Pa.-based plant.

Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese’s plant is a model of sustainability

Powered by green energy, the company’s cheese plant transforms fresh milk into handcrafted fresh cheese in hours instead of days.

Kathie Canning

March 3, 2021

The first thing most visitors see as they draw near to the fresh cheese plant operated by Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese LLC is a colorful, hand-painted 52-square-foot mural depicting the unique farm-to-consumer journey of the family-run company's products.

Tillamook County Creamery Association has high expectations

The cooperative’s rigorous quality standards extend to not only its own plant operations, but also its process for auditing suppliers and co-manufacturers.

February 17, 2021

Nestled along the Pacific coast in upper Oregon is the town of Tillamook. It’s the name given to not only the town itself, but also the surrounding bay, the county in which it’s located, the local high school and Tillamook County Creamery Association, a 112-year-old cooperative that calls the area home.

Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association is delivering on promises

The cooperative produces milk and other dairy products that are ‘fresh from the farm to fridge’ and ‘100% local.’

Kathie Canning

January 11, 2021

Maola Local Dairies, the signature brand from Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association Inc. (MDVA), covers dairy products touted as being "fresh from farm to fridge" and "100% local."

Casper’s Ice Cream’s newest plant is a frozen novelty powerhouse

The state-of-the-art processing facility produces 350 million ice cream and frozen novelty products annually.

Kathie Canning

October 5, 2020

Richmond, Utah, is not exactly what one would call a metropolis, it boasts a population of fewer than 3,000 people. Despite its small status, however, the rural town has earned some decidedly big bragging rights.

Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery masterfully adapts its plant operations

The cooperative made smart moves in its Ellsworth, Wis.-based plant to adjust to its increased production and, more recently, the coronavirus pandemic.

Anna Boisseau

August 31, 2020

The small town of Ellsworth, Wis., which is tucked into the Northwest corner of Wisconsin close to the Twin Cities, has a big claim to fame. In a state renowned for its cheese curds, it was the town designated the "Cheese Curd Capital of Wisconsin" due to being home to the eponymous Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery.

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Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association Inc. (MDVA), Landover, MD

The 175,000-square-foot facility boasts 103 employees, most of whom are dedicated to production, warehouse and shipping, or engineering and maintenance. Production takes place six days a week across two eight-hour processing shifts; a third shift is dedicated to cleanup and HTST processing. Packaging formats include caseless and conventional gallons, quarts and totes, Aarons says.