Article: Dairy cooperatives plan to team up Land O'Lakes, Swiss Valley to unite bottling plants

Land O'Lakes Inc. and Swiss Valley Farms Co. -- two of the Midwest's largest dairy cooperatives -- said Tuesday they're creating a partnership that will combine their fluid milk and cultured dairy product businesses.

The joint venture, with combined annual revenue of $480 million, will unite the two cooperatives' six Midwestern milk- and juice-bottling plants and two cultured dairy product plants. About 75% of the joint venture's revenue will come from Land O'Lakes' side of the partnership, said company spokeswoman Lydia Botham.

Land O'Lakes has 1,700 member dairy farms in Wisconsin and operates a plant in Richland Center, which has 160 employees. Land O'Lakes also operates plants in ...

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