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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

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The National Potato Council has a new president, and he comes from the Pacific Northwest. On Tuesday, Jared Balcom of Pasco, WA, was elected to serve a NPA’s 2022 president and head the grower-led organization’s Executive Committee. The elect ...

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 ...

Washington-based Chelan Fruit Cooperative has been acquired by International Farming. The news comes just after grower, packer and shipper of apples, cherries and pears celebrated its 100th anniversary as a grower-owned cooperative. The vertically integrated tree fruit producer currently includes 1,100 acres of apple and cherry orchards and state-of-the-art packing facilities, controlled atmosph

The Mid-Columbia Agriculture Hall of Fame announced its 2022 inductees last week. And those being recognized are being done so for their outstanding contributions to agriculture and agribusiness in four categories. This year’s class represents the 21st year Hall of Fame honors have been awarded to Mid-Columbia farmers, families and agribusiness leaders. T... Read More ...

Last month, Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced that he and senator Patty Murray were exploring options to breach the lower Snake River dams. Conservation groups and northwest tribes have increased efforts as of recent to remove the four dams located between Lewiston, ID and Pasco, WA ...

Washington Governor Jay Inslee and Senator Patty Murray are exploring options to breach the lower Snake River dams. According to the Spokesman-Review, Inslee made that announcement during a virtual gathering of Washington environmentalists Thursday ...

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

Darigold plans to build a new state of the art facility near the Tri-Cities. The Port of Pasco announced Thursday the sale of approximately 150 acres of the Reimann Industrial Center to Darigold. Darigold said this purchase will allow them to construct the most sophisticated, large scale milk protein facility in North America, with more than 50% of the facility’s finished product set for export,