The closure of the yogurt plant in North Lawrence and the presumed demise of the kosher cheese plant in Ogdensburg leave one large-scale dairy manufacturer left in St. Lawrence County.
St. Lawrence, Lewis and Jefferson counties are collectively the state's largest dairy producers, but milk manufacturing has been in slow decline for years. Among those left standing are McCadam Cheese in Chateaugay, Great Lakes Cheese in Adams, Crowley Foods in LaFargeville and Kraft Foods in Lowville.
The state Department of Agriculture & Markets has suspended operations temporarily at Tubroville in New Bremen for possible safety violations. Its sister plant, Tubroburg, Ogdensburg, which has struggled for years to stay afloat, halted operations a few weeks earlier after National Grid cut off its electricity for nonpayment.
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