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Chobani Invests $1.2 Billion for Pennsylvania Dairy Plant

9/2/2026

Summary

Story summary

Chobani is investing $1.2 billion to build a dairy manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania.
The 1.5-million-square-foot plant will occupy Keurig Dr Pepper’s Upper Macungie Township site in Lehigh Valley.
Chobani expects the facility to process over three billion pounds of Pennsylvania milk annually, about 30% of state output.
The plant is projected to create 900 full-time jobs within five years.
$50 million in PA SITES loans and $127 million for dairy farmers will support the project.

History

Historical Context

Congress created the National Dairy Checkoff in 1983, funding Dairy Management Inc. with a mandatory 15 ¢ per hundredweight assessment to promote milk through campaigns such as “Got Milk?” and school nutrition programs. DMI-backed initiatives in the 1990s expanded processing capacity, a model echoed by Chobani’s $1.2 billion Upper Macungie plant that now supplies roughly one-third of Pennsylvania’s milk.

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Story summary

Chobani is investing $1.2 billion to build a dairy manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania.
The 1.5-million-square-foot plant will occupy Keurig Dr Pepper’s Upper Macungie Township site in Lehigh Valley.
Chobani expects the facility to process over three billion pounds of Pennsylvania milk annually, about 30% of state output.
The plant is projected to create 900 full-time jobs within five years.
$50 million in PA SITES loans and $127 million for dairy farmers will support the project.

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