Dairy Processor Daisy Brand to Build $627 Million Facility in Boone, Iowa

April 22, 2024

Manufacturer of sour cream, cottage cheese and dairy-based dips expects 750,000-sq.-ft. plant to employ as many as 255 when it is fully operational.

Andy Hanacek

Dairy processor Daisy Brand will invest $626.5 million to build a new processing facility in Boone, Iowa, after receiving city approval and a state incentives package late last week.

The 750,000-sq.-ft. plant will be the Dallas, Texas-based company’s fourth, and it is expected to create as many as 255 jobs for the region once fully operational.

The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) approved $7 million in direct financial assistance, as well as tax benefits for Daisy Brand. The company, which is more than 100 years old, settled on Boone after an extensive search throughout the upper Midwest, the Ames (Iowa) Chamber of Commerce news release noted.

Daisy Brand’s three other processing facilities are in Garland, Texas; Casa Grande, Ariz.; and Wooster, Ohio.

About the Author

Andy Hanacek | Senior Editor

Andy Hanacek has covered meat, poultry, bakery and snack foods as a B2B editor for nearly 20 years, and has toured hundreds of processing plants and food companies, sharing stories of innovation and technological advancement throughout the food supply chain. In 2018, he won a Folio:Eddie Award for his unique "From the Editor's Desk" video blogs, and he has brought home additional awards from Folio and ASBPE over the years. In addition, Hanacek led the Meat Industry Hall of Fame for several years and was vice president of communications for We R Food Safety, a food safety software and consulting company.