The new cheese factory will need lots of milk

With a cattle population of more than 6.5 million head, and slightly less than 3 million humans, cattle significantly outnumber Kansans in the Sunflower State. So much so, according to Mike Brouk, Ph.D., a dairy management extension specialist with Kansas State University, much of the dairy produced in the Sunflower State is shipped to other states. But the amount of milk surplus might change in the coming years. On Friday, Hilmar Cheese Co., which will take about two years to build, broke ground on a new cheese factory in Dodge City. When looking for a third location for a cheese manufacturing plant, David Ahlem, president and CEO of Hilmar Cheese, said, “Dodge quickly rose to the top, the cream of the crop.”
Source: Salina Journal