Medford's last milk processing plant will shutter Feb. 28, putting 29 employees out of work.
Seattle-based Darigold is the nation's fourth-largest dairy cooperative based on milk volume and one of the largest privately held companies in Washington state, with annual revenue of more than $2 billion.
"The need to significantly upgrade the facility to maintain compliance with food safety, employee safety and environmental regulations, and the plant’s distance from its core markets, among other reasons, led to the decision to close the plant," Darigold said in a news release.
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