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LaClare Creamery develops distinctly delicious goat cheese with 100% Wisconsin milk

Midwestern Creamery distributes chèvre and hard cheeses to 50 states.

March 18, 2024

Wisconsin’s reputation as “America’s Dairyland” remains a point of pride in a state where cows not only serve as the lead brand ambassadors but the primary engines of the economy.

JBT’s Proseal launches new case de-stacker

Automated case stacker reduces manual handling, prioritizes safety.

February 28, 2024

JBT’s Proseal launched a fully automated case de-stacker solution to compliment and maximize the efficiency of its market leading case packing range of equipment.

Vermont Creamery is artisan but agile

The dairy processor has managed to scale up volume growth to meet retail demand without compromising its products’ artisanal qualities.

Kathie Canning

June 3, 2022

Vermont Creamery’s processing facilities look a little bit different today than they did 38 years ago when the company was founded as a two-person artisan operation (see the processor profile).

Baker Cheese facility named Dairy Plant of the Year

The St. Cloud, Wis.-based cheesemaker will be featured in the August issue of Dairy Foods.

June 29, 2020

After nearly 4,000 votes were cast for the 2020 Dairy Foods plant of the year, Baker Cheese Inc. came out on top.

Consider advanced vibration analysis

New technologies are allowing managers to take a proactive approach to maintaining parts and systems in a plant.

Jonathan Wilkins

March 15, 2019

New technologies are allowing managers to take a proactive approach to maintaining parts and systems in a plant.

Build today’s — and tomorrow’s — dairy plant workforce

Industrial machine technicians are critical to the operation of today’s high-tech dairy plants.

Glen W. Spielbauer

August 20, 2018

Industrial machine technicians are critical to the operation of today’s high-tech dairy plants.

Dairy plants use pigging systems to recover product, reduce waste

James Carper

April 6, 2015

Clearing processing lines with a pig captures product that can be re-used and saves on cleaning chemicals. Valve manifolds can improve flexibility and efficiency in plants processing liquid products.

Making ice cream the safe way

Safety first, then efficiency. That’s how Safeway makes packaged ice cream and frozen novelties at its plant in Bellevue, Wash. Lean manufacturing principles guide the business.

James Carper

October 10, 2012

Safeway Inc. takes the mystery out of making ice cream. At its Bellevue, Wash., ice cream plant, silos, pasteurizers, stainless steel tubing, flavor vats, fillers and other equipment are all labeled as to their contents or function. There is even a label above a hand-crank pencil sharpener. That was put there either for the benefit of a younger generation raised on hand-held devices (instead of pencil and paper) or else it was an expression of an engineer’s sense of humor.

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High Road Craft Brands - Marietta, Ga.

The building is home to High Road Craft Brands and its 75,000-square-foot SQF Level 3-certified processing facility. It’s here that the company makes it small-batch, craft-style super-premium ice cream, which boasts a low overrun and 16.5% butterfat, as well as premium gelato, sorbetto and ice cream novelties.

This photo gallery contains additional, unpublished photos of dairy processing facilities featured in Dairy Foods magazine. To view more Behind the Scenes galleries go to our archives page!

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Darigold - Portland, Ore.

Producing over 150 SKUs, Darigold’s ultrapasteurized milk plant in Portland, Ore., has to stay flexible and organized to manage its complicated production schedules. While the plant might be older on the facility side, Darigold has invested in flexible operation systems to make it functional for today’s needs.

This photo gallery contains additional, unpublished photos of dairy processing facilities featured in Dairy Foods magazine. To view more Behind the Scenes galleries go to our archives page!

Sustainable Solutions for Treating High-Strength Wastewater

On-Demand What if you could generate energy from your wastewater and meet your treatment requirements? We will cover different solutions for treating biological wastewater including methods for generating biogas, creating green energy, and reducing fresh water demand with solutions for water reuse.

2024 State of the Industry

On-Demand What is the latest going on in the dairy industry? This is your chance to hear an all-encompassing look at the latest trends, as well as look forward to the future. Dairy Foods will also provide a sneak peek of its industry-leading State of the Industry report during our special November 13th webinar.