Glacier FarmMedia – Those behind the unique milk processing plant in central Alberta’s Lacombe County have much to celebrate. Over the past five years, the five provincial organizations under the Western Milk Pool banner have overcome regulatory barriers and a pandemic and now the $75 million facility is set to open in spring 2025. Pool […] Read more
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Construction begins on Alta. dairy processing facility site
The plant at Blackfalds near Red Deer will help reduce producers’ transportation costs and serve processors
Work is finally underway on a 300-million-litre milk processing facility at Blackfalds, Alta., that is expected to save dairy farmers significant transportation costs. The $67-million Dairy Innovation West de-watering plant, the first of its kind in Canada, was announced in 2019 and supposed to be open by 2021. However, chair Henry Holtmann, a Manitoba dairy […] Read more
