Foremost Farms is planning to double mozzarella production at a Wisconsin cheese plant after being awarded a $3.1m state grant.

Currently, the co-op, which employs 1,000 people and specializes in cheese, whey ingredients, butter, and bulk fluid milk, produces 65 million pounds of mozzarella cheese annually at the plant in Appleton, Wisconsin.

It now plans to more than double that production figure to 130 million pounds, and hire 35 more workers to add to the existing workforce of 91 people.

Dave Fuhrmann, president of Foremost Farms, said: “The combination of a strong demand for mozzarella cheese and the nearby availability of a growing milk supply among Foremost Farms members in eastern Wisconsin drove the decision to reinvest in the Appleton facility.”

To help with that effort the company has received a Special Agricultural Facilities Grant of $3.1m from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

Source: Dairy Reporter

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