Agropur partners with GrantMatch to secure funding for a new facility
Agropur Cooperative is one of the largest dairy product manufacturers in North America, offering consumers the highest quality milk, cream, cheese, yogurt, butter, ice cream, and other dairy related products.
Agropur is constructing a state-of-the-art cheesemaking facility in Little Chute, Wisconsin
The new plant will increase Agropur’s demand for milk—most of which is purchased from farms within a 40-mile radius of the facility. The plant’s milk needs are expected to go from about 300 million to 750 million pounds annually. Agropur anticipates spending nearly $60 million more per year on Wisconsin milk.
THE WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (WEDC) IS COMMITTED TO CREATING AND MAINTAINING A BUSINESS CLIMATE THAT MAXIMIZES POTENTIAL
WEDC has awarded Agropur a $4.5 million incentive to support their expansion project
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation helps growth-oriented companies expand their facilities, hire and train more employees and add new equipment to benefit the state’s economy.
PROJECT SCOPE
With sales of C $ 7.7 billion, Agropur has become the fifth largest producer of cheese and dairy ingredients in the United States and one of the 20 largest dairy processors in the world. Agropur processes more than 6,627 million liters of milk annually in its 32 plants in North America, including 1.6 billion gallons of milk in its 9 plants in the United States.
The new 210,000 square-foot facility will allow Agropur to increase its production capacity for cheese and ingredients in order to respond effectively to demand, and ensure flexible growth potential. The $168 million investment is the second largest ever made by Agropur in the United States, following the expansion of the Lake Norden, South Dakota plant in 2018.
THE BREAKDOWN
Production
The facility's milk processing volume is expected to more than double from 300 million pounds to 750 million pounds per year.
Sustainability
The project will include the construction of a state-of-the-art wastewater treatment facility that will generate power.
Community
With this new facility, Agropur will create up to 54 new, highly skilled and well-paying jobs for local workers over the next four years.
$4.5M in funding
FUNDING APPROVAL: WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
54 jobs
PROJECT IMPACT: 54 NEW FULL-TIME JOBS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS
150% more milk
THE PLANT’S MILK NEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO GO FROM ABOUT 300 MILLION TO 750 MILLION POUNDS ANNUALLY
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