Swiss Valley Farms, Luana, Iowa
Swiss Valley Farms is a farmer-owned cooperative that has been producing quality dairy products, including Blue cheese, Swiss cheese, cream cheese and whey powders.
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Don Boelens, Jeff Saforek and Jeff Jirik
CEO Don Boelens reorganized Swiss Valley Farms by product lines. Jeff Jirik (left) heads the natural cheese division. Jeff Saforek is in charge of exports.
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Don Boelens
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Two men at a conference table
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A man looking at bags of whey
Pallets of whey and ingredients have RFIDs tag for traceability.
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Packaging cream cheese
Cream cheese is packaged. Customers include bakeries in the United States and abroad.
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Swiss Valley management
Don Boelens (from left), Rod Kregel, Fernando Vaquero and plant manager Colin Rowe check out an ultra-filtration unit in the Luana, Iowa, facility.
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Cheese curds in the press vats
Cheese curds in the press vats form themselves into a single slab of cheese.
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The Luana facility accepts 20 to 22 milk tankers every day.
The Luana facility accepts 20 to 22 milk tankers every day.
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