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What efforts are taking place to increase on farm capacity in the dairy industry?  Monty Schilter shares his insights, plus let's us know what Pasco, WA was selected for Darigold's new facility.     If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-9791, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsquareme...

The past couple of months have been very turbulent for the farm economy, especially the dairy sector.  How are the boots on the ground fairing?  We put that question before Monty Schilter in today's Darigold Minute.   If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-9791, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsqu...

Chris Arnold with Darigold says, for a variety or reasons, now is a good time to be a Northwest dairy producer.   If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-9791, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsquaremedia.com 

It's been said the dairy industry in trouble as consumer tastes change.  Is that true, and what does that mean the future for the dairy sector?   If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-9791, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@to...

Joe Coote, said Darigold is renewing its commitment to expand and modernize production, allowing for an expansion of products on the global stage.  The CEO of the Seattle-based diary co-op says thanks to not only their recent groundbreaking in the Tri-Cities, WA area, but expansion of facilities in Lynden and Sunnyside WA, as well as Boise, ID, the company is able to focus more on value added prod

Farming is a multi-billion-dollar industry for the state of Washington, but Dan Newhouse says more ag business can be done in the Evergreen state.  The central Washington representative said there’s a lot of potential for growth and future development, such as the recent ground breaking of Darigold’s million-dollar facility outside of Pasco.  Newhouse says to en...

State, local and farm leaders were on hand Thursday, as Darigold officials broke ground on the company’s $600 million facility north of Pasco, WA.  According to company officials, the state-of-the-art facility, slated to open in early 2024, will process approximately 8 million pounds of milk per day when fully operational from more than 100 dairy farms in surrounding communities.  Darigold... Read

Darigold announced last week that president and CEO Stan Ryan will retire at the end of March, after leading the coop for six years. Current president of Global Ingredients, Joe Coote, has been promoted to CEO of the 104-year-old dairy coop ...

Count the Washington State Dairy Federation as one of many excited about Darigold's plans to construct​a $550 million processing facility in South Central Washington. WSDF Executive director, Dan Wood, said not only will it be the largest large scale milk protein facility in North America, its location means producers across the Northwest won’t need to travel nearly as much, which saves them mone

After a year of work, it appears the Port of Pasco will be the destination for Darigold’s new large scale milk protein facility. Earlier this month, the Port announced the approval of the sale of approximately 150 acres of the Reimann Industrial Center to the dairy coop for construction of an over $500 million facility. Dar ...