Despite being June Dairy month and a time to celebrate milk and dairy products in our state, many of our dairy farmers are being forced to dump milk due to ongoing issues at multiple processing plants.
Hastings Creamery in northern Minnesota has been closed for 30 days now due to ongoing wastewater issues, and 45 farms, including many in the Badger State, have been left with nowhere else to turn. Other dairy plants in the region have been unable to take on the extra capacity.
Until the processing facilities are back on their feet, farmers will have to find other ways to process the milk, or keep dumping it out.
