-The Garden City Telegram Two industries — dairy and wind — are beginning to come to the forefront in Finney County and the surrounding region. A $235 million dairy plant being built in Garden City is expected not only to bolster the area’s growing dairy industry, but also provide jobs, grow ancillary businesses, and provide another source of water to the … [Read more...]
Dairy Farmers of America breaks ground on new plant in Kansas
Today, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) officially announced plans to build a dairy ingredients plant in Garden City, Kansas. In a ceremony at its 156-acre site in Garden City, representatives from the Cooperative were joined by Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, city and state officials and the area’s dairy farmers to break ground on the facility. The state-of-the-art plant will produce … [Read more...]
DFA announces plans to build global headquarters in Kansas
February 10, 2015 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Feb. 10, 2015) – Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), Kansas City’s largest private company with approximately $18 billion in revenue in 2014, has announced plans to build its new global headquarters in Kansas City, Kansas. The announcement means the company will relocate its 325 employees from space it has leased in Missouri since its … [Read more...]
McCarty Family Farms Continues Learning with Dannon
From Dairy Herd Management If there was such an award for dairy term of the year, “price volatility” would have won it four times in 2009 through 2012. But long before that, the McCarty family wanted to take control of volatility on their farm by vertically integrating their dairy. McCarty Family Farms' on-farm processing plant condenses milk into three products; cream that … [Read more...]
Kansas Dairyman Discusses Opportunities
Ken McCarty of McCarty Family Farms briefly visited with Kansas Ag Minute. In his interview, he describes the benefits of dairies to local Kansas communities and the positive aspects that make Kansas a great place to own a dairy farm. … [Read more...]