Agropur to triple capacity of Lake Norden cheese plant

Janelle Atyeo
Feb 28, 2018
Feb 28, 2018 Updated Mar 1, 2018

Agropur expansion — South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard addresses the crowd at the Agropur dairy processing facility in Lake Norden. The plant is expanding its plant to have the capacity to process more than 9 million pounds of milk per day.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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One of South Dakota’s largest dairy plants will be capable to producing three times as much cheese once a major expansion project is complete.

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Janelle is editor of the Tri-State Neighbor, covering South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, northwestern Iowa and northeastern Nebraska. Reach her at jatyeo@tristateneighbor.com or follow on Twitter @JLNeighbor.