What does Denver’s Leprino Foods Co., the world’s biggest mozzarella cheese maker, mean for Colorado’s dairy industry?
That’s easy, according to people who work in that sector of the state’s $40-billion-a-year agriculture industry.
“Without Leprino, the Colorado dairy industry would be about one-third smaller,” said Rick Podtburg, chairman of the board of the Western Dairy Association and managing partner of Longs Peak Dairy, which has two dairy farms near Pierce, 7,000 dairy cows and 115 employees.
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