Plant of the Year 2020
Plant of the Year 2020
Help us choose the 2020 Dairy Plant of the Year. Dairy Foods nominated 12 dairy processing plants that manufacture fluid milk, cheese, ice cream and/or cultured dairy products. All have been featured on dairyfoods.com over the previous 17 months. Cast your vote below. Voting runs through June 26.
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Borden Dairy Co., Dallas, TX
Under Borden Dairy's new "people-first" approach, employees at the company's Dallas milk plant understand their value — and are motivated to work together to create the highest-quality product.
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Toft Dairy, Sandusky, Ohio
The ice cream Toft Dairy produces at its Sandusky, Ohio, plant is subject to the high standards the company has had in place for all of its products over the last 119 years
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Schreiber Foods, Carthage, Mo.
Schreiber Foods’ Fairview cheese-converting plant in Carthage, Mo., is notable not only for its massive size, but also for its high level of automation and dedicated partner-owners.
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Michigan Milk Producers Association, Constantine, Mich
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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Turkey Hill Dairy, Conestoga, Pa.
2019 is a big year for Turkey Hill Dairy’s Conestoga, Pa., plant: It’s the year it became one of the first major ice cream or ice tea facilities to be run on 100% renewable energy.
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Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery, Sebastopol, Calif.
New spaces and new equipment are allowing Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery’s plant to meet increased demand for the company’s cultured dairy products.
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Rumiano Cheese Co., Crescent City, Calif.
Rumiano Cheese Co.’s plant strives to ensure nothing is wasted in its cheese-making process.
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Graeter’s, Cincinnati, Ohio
Graeter’s ice cream plant blends a centuries-old process with modern technology to create an operation that’s like no other.
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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.
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High Road Craft Brands, Marietta, Ga.
Boasting a chef as its co-founder and a culinary approach to ice cream production, High Road Craft Brands has found the right ingredients for success.
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Baker Cheese, St. Cloud, Wis.
Baker Cheese’s plant expansion was designed to handle the continually increasing demand for the company’s string cheese.
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Oregon Ice Cream Co., Eugene, Ore.
Oregon Ice Cream Co.’s software investments allow the company to make continuous improvements to its plant operations.