Articles Tagged with ''milk processing''

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MMPA chairman earns huge award

October 29, 2024

Doug Chapin was named the 2024 National Milk Producer Federation’s (NMPF) Farmer Communicator of the Year. Chapin accepted the award at NMPF’s annual meeting held in Phoenix.


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Green Field Farms

Green Field Farms preserves milk’s original form

The cooperative uses low-temperature vat pasteurization to keep the natural enzymes found in raw milk.
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Anna Boisseau
January 4, 2022

Considering that Wooster, Ohio-based Green Field Farms is run by a cooperative of Amish and Mennonite farmers who still use traditional on-farm methods, you might think that the company’s milk processing plant would also harken back to older times. 


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Rutter’s Dairy is in control of it all

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.
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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.
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Darigold’s Portland, Ore., plant is solving the puzzle

Darigold’s Portland, Ore., plant is solving the puzzle

Producing over 150 SKUs, Darigold’s ultrapasteurized milk plant in Portland, Ore., has to stay flexible and organized to manage its complicated production schedules.
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Anna Boisseau
January 6, 2020
Some residents of Oregon's largest city have sought to "Keep Portland Weird," a motto based on safeguarding the city's reputation for farmers markets, artisanal craftworks and an eccentric literary/arts scene. But before it became the de facto capital for millennial hipsters, Portland had a long history of industrial production.
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Darigold is thinking big

Darigold is thinking big

The processor isn’t just looking out for itself. It wants to show the value dairy can bring to the food industry, to the U.S. economy and to the world
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Anna Boisseau
January 3, 2020
A cooperative, by definition, works together for a common goal. But for Seattle-based Darigold, the marketing and processing subsidiary of the Northwest Dairy Association (NDA), this idea of prioritizing the greater good extends beyond its business category. The cooperative’s plans for long-term growth include supporting the dairy industry as a whole.
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Michigan Milk Producers Association expands plant

Michigan Milk Producers Association expands plant

A recent fast-tracked major expansion added ultrafiltered skim milk concentrate to the products produced at the Michigan Milk Producers Association’s Constantine, Mich., plant.
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Kathie Canning
April 16, 2019
Constantine, Mich., bills itself as the "seed corn capital of the world," producing more than 10% of the United States' supply. But this Southwest Michigan town hasn't completely "gone to seed." It also lays claim to a dairy processing powerhouse operated by the Novi, Mich.-based Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA).
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Michigan Milk Producers Association is investing in innovation

Michigan Milk Producers Association is investing in innovation

As it looks to provide value for its members and its customers, the Michigan Milk Producers Association is venturing beyond its commodity roots
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Kathie Canning
April 10, 2019
When it comes to monikers for dairy cooperatives, Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) is something of a misnomer. The name somewhat belies the fact that the Novi, Mich.-based operation serves nearly 1,600 dairy farmer-owners residing not only in Michigan, but also in Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin.
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