new dairy plants

Fairlife to expand, build production facility in Arizona

The new facility is expected to begin operation in the latter part of 2020.

April 9, 2019

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The new facility is expected to begin operation in the latter part of 2020.

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Erse-while activities

DFA and 3 other dairies plan cheese/whey plant in Michigan

The plant is projected to process 8 million pounds (3.6 million liters) of milk daily.

January 27, 2017

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Glanbia plc is a 50% JV partner with Dairy Farmers of America, Michigan Milk Producers Association and Foremost Farms USA in a proposed cheese and whey production facility to be built in Michigan.

Cheddar chatter

Arla and DFA begin a Cheddar cheese joint venture

Construction of the cheese plant, next to DFA’s Craigs Station Creamery ingredient plant, is expected to begin this autumn.

March 23, 2016

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Dairy Farmers of America and the European dairy cooperative Arla invest $58 million to build a Cheddar cheese plant in New York.

Walmart builds a milk processing plant in Indiana.

Digging in

Walmart will build a milk plant Indiana

The facility will produce whole, 2%, 1% and skim milk as well as 1% chocolate milk.

March 22, 2016

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Walmart plans to build a 250,000-square-foot milk processing plant in Fort Wayne, Ind. It is scheduled to open in summer 2017.

Plant of the Year

Kroger’s new dairy processing plant in Denver is the Dairy Foods 2015 Plant of the Year

Mountain View Foods processes fresh conventional and organic milk in half-gallons and gallons and it packages aseptically processed milk, creams and juices in quarts and smaller bottles.

July 7, 2015

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The Kroger Co.’s Mountain View Foods plant in Denver is the 2015 Plant of the Year. It was one of 11 plants nominated. More than 5,100 votes were cast on dairyfoods.com.

Eastern cultured

Texas-based Daisy Brand breaks ground on sour cream plant in Ohio

A 200,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility is expected to add 89 jobs in Wooster.

May 14, 2014

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Daisy Brand broke ground last week on a sour cream facility in Wayne County, Ohio. The 200,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility to be built in the city of Wooster is expected to be fully operational by late 2015. The $116 million project is expected to add 89 jobs

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Fonterra chooses Relco Europe for new factory in The Netherlands

October 31, 2013

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Relco Europe said it signed a contract with New Zealand-based Fonterra to manufacture L-Tech lactose plant, evaporators and consumption equipment for Fonterra’s new dairy ingredients plant in Heerenveen, The Netherlands

Supplying demand

DFA breaks ground on dairy ingredient plant in Michigan

The $40 million plant will serve a region where milk production is steadily outpacing local plant capacity.

September 26, 2013

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today Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) broke ground on an ingredient processing facility in Cass City, Mich. The $40 million plant will serve a region where milk production is steadily outpacing local plant capacity.