Commonwealth-Ehrmann, Franklin Foods Plants Nearly Set

The Commonwealth-Ehrmann dairy partnership makes Greek yogurt on a big scale. Franklin Foods makes Greek cream cheese. Making yogurt calls for milk. Making cream cheese calls for milk and cream.

And that calls for cows, lots of cows.

The Casa Grande Valley has them, said Dennis Dugan, a Casa Grande dairyman and a board member of the United Dairymen of Arizona.

“There’s about 90,000 milk cows within 30 miles of Casa Grande and that’s one reason they came here,” Dugan said.

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