Chobani held a ground-breaking ceremony for a new $1-billion yogourt-producing plant at Rome, New York.
It will add capacity to the first plant it built, also in upper New York state.
It has another plant in Idaho.
At one time it wanted to build in Ontario, but marketing board politics prompted it to build in Idaho instead.
While the new investment at Rome is welcomed by most, dairy farmers expressed concerns about labour shortages that Chobani has met by employing immigrants.
