NEW KOSHER CHEESE PLANT TO OPEN

CAYUGA COUNTY, N.Y. — It’s a beacon of hope in these difficult economic times. A $40 million cheese production plant to be built in Cayuga County, bringing with it new jobs and new business for area dairy farmers.

“The cooperation has been incredible. It is a reason that we are locating here, along with the tremendous opportunity to add value to the raw milk supply that flows in this region,” said Brian Teator, the Saratoga Cheese Corporation Spokesman.

“Instead of the normal course of sending those ag products away to other areas of the country for processing, that the processing can be done right here in New York, creating New York jobs, New York opportunities and New York careers,” said Senator Michael Nozzolio.

Saratoga Cheese Corporation to build local plant
Cayuga County will be home to a new cheese production plant. Saratoga Cheese Corporation’s new facility will bring 77 jobs to the area. Katie Morse was in Auburn for the announcement.

The Kosher cheese plant will be built in the Aurelius Business Park and provide 77 full-time jobs once it’s completed. And the local economy is expected to be enormously impacted. In fact, after the second year of production, the plant will purchase 240 million pounds of milk from New York dairy farmers. That’s more than $50 million worth of milk.

“It is great news to see the upstate economy now focus on its strengths and develop manufacturing centers close proximity to where great agriculture products are produced,” said Senator Nozzolio.

The cheeses that will be made at the plant are part of a growing worldwide market.

“These are specialty soft cheese. In Europe, they make up over 30 percent of the total cheese market. Here, it’s five percent, has grown to six percent over the last two or three years,” Lawrence Rosenbaum, Saratoga Cheese Corporation Chairman.

Construction on the plant will take between 12 and 18 months.

All of the Saratoga Cheese Corporation products created at the plant will be Kosher. Rabbis will supervise both milk and cheese production.