Cheese processing in the Midwest with Greg Siegethaler and Mike North

Billions of dollars in new investment are pouring into the I-29 corridor and the Great Lakes region, creating some of the most technologically advanced cheese processing plants in the world.

Dairy Stream host, Joanna Guza, and guests, Greg Siegethaler and Mike North, discuss the following topics: 

• Overview of cheese processing capacity in the Midwest
• Economic signals for the Midwest area
• What it means for farmers in the short-term
• Processors achieving net zero and ESG requirement
• Make allowances
• Dairy landscape in 10 years

About the guests

• Greg Siegethaler, president of the Dairy Business Association and the VP of Milk Marketing, Strategic Sourcing, & Sustainability at Grande Cheese 

• Mike North, president of the Producer Division at Ever. Ag and a past DBA president  

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