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NORTHWEST U.S. CO-OP DARIGOLD BREAKS GROUND ON NEW $600 MILLION DAIRY PROCESSING FACILITY
Sep. 12, 2022
Feedstuffs reports:
Darigold Inc. recently hosted a commemorative groundbreaking ceremony at the site of its future Pasco, Washington, production facility. The $600 million facility is slated to open in early 2024 and will process approximately 8 million pounds of milk per day when fully operational from more than 100 dairy farms in surrounding communities.
"The Pasco project represents our third major capital investment in as many years, the largest investment in our co-op's 104-year-history, and a significant step in an ongoing strategy to expand and modernize Darigold," said Joe Coote, the co-op's chief executive officer. "
We are a beloved heritage brand with deep roots in Washington and around the Pacific Northwest, but there's still considerable opportunity for us to leverage industry growth - here at home and around the world - to become a top-tier global dairy producer. This facility will play an important role in helping us achieve that vision."
The Pasco facility will be outfitted with two specialized milk dryers and two packaging lines for powdered milk products (or what the dairy industry calls "premium proteins"), two butter churns, two bulk butter packaging lines for commercial and institutional customers and five consumer butter packaging lines.
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