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Darigold has finalized plans to close its production facility in Chehalis, WA. Company officials announced this week operations expected to wrap up by early December.

Darigold’s new plant north of the Tri-Cities in Washington is up and running.  The plant began receiving and processing milk at the new facility this week.  Darigold officials say when completely online, the new plant will process up to eight million pounds of milk per day from more than 100 regional farms.  Butter and powdered mil...

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 ...