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South Dakota dairy industry expands to serve cheesemakers The dairy industry expansion has come in response to South Dakota’s emergence as a major player in the burgeoning cheesemaking industry. Written By: Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch | 9:33 am, Mar. 11, 2021 × A pair of milking cows take a break from eating silage to nuzzle shortly after being milked at the Drumgoon Dairy near Lake Norden, South Dakota. Dairy farmers in South Dakota have added thousands of cows to their operations in recent years to provide milk for the state's growing cheese industry. (B...

Dairy farmer Rodney Elliott stands in a small room where part of his $12 million robotic milking system is doing its job. The robotic system is located inside a huge new barn on Elliott’s farm northeast of Lake Norden and is one of only a handful of fully robotic milking operations in South Dakota.  As the system functions flawlessly around him — feeding, watering, bedding, washing and milking hundreds of cows day and night with nary a human touch — Elliott watches with a mix of excitement and awe. “My mother milked cows with just a bucket and a stool,” Elliott said, his Irish acce...

South Dakota is emerging as a major player in the dairy industry. Here's why Bart Pfankuch South Dakota dairy producers have undergone a rapid expansion over the past few years to meet the milk needs of the state’s growing cheesemaking industry, bringing a burst of economic prosperity to farm families and farming communities throughout the eastern half of the state. Milk production in South Dakota rose by 12% from December 2019 to December 2020, and farmers added about 14,000 new dairy cows during that one-year period, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistic Service. The recen...