Cheese: (Satellite)
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| Street View, Nov 2023 |
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| Wesley Peters posted Grain Elevator Photography Trip 2, North Dakota/South Dakota/Minnesota. Milbank, Grant County, SD. Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association. False-front combination headhouse/annex built in 1975, Hogenson Construction Co. Bushel capacity unknown. Features Hogenson's signature mint green office and driveway. Photographed on 7/20/2025. Photo courtesy of Wesley Peters. John Harker: Now Farmer owned |
Milwaukee built the railroad. BNSF now owns the mainline, and Sisseton Milbank Railroad (SMRR) owns the branch to the north.
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| 1973/76 Milbank West Quad @ 24,000 |
SMRR is a subsidiary of Twin Cities & Western Railroad Company (TC&W).
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The cheese plant is big, but I don't see any rail service. They have 12 docks and so much truck traffic that there is a building in the lower-left corner to handle the red tape for the drivers.
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| ValleyQueen “Two Swiss immigrants and an unexpected stop for gas.” 82,000 cows produce 1.8 billion pounds of milk to produce 200 million pounds of cheese each year. |
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| ValleyQueen_about-us "Today, we remain privately owned. We proudly employ more than 370 people in our small community. And we’ve become a key partner for national and global food processors looking for quality cheese and whey products to bring their own products to life." |
It looks like they use Jersey cows instead of Holsteins because they want the higher fat content.
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