Milk Powder More Valuable Than Fluid?

‘We can make a lot more money drying milk and exporting it to China.’ -- CDI CEO Andre Mikhalevsky.

The best return for California Dairy, Inc. milk is milk powder, not fluid, says CEO Andre Mikhalevsky in a report published by Sierra2theSea internet newspaper this week.

“We can make a lot more money” drying milk and exporting it to China, says Mikhalevsky. That’s why CEI is planning to add two new milk dryer units to the 13-unit plant in Visalia, Calif.

You can read the full report here.

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