New York Dairy Farmers Eye Growth To Meet Greek Yogurt Demand
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announced Wednesday new legislation to help New York dairy farmers expand their operations to meet the milk demand from the Greek yogurt boom. New yogurt plants including the Pepsi Project Wave plant, Alpina, Fage, and Chobani, the New York Farm Bureau predicts that New York’s dairy farmers must be able to expand their output by 15 percent in order to take advantage of the Greek yogurt surge. …