Pioneer Sweets Dairy Pilot Plant provides research and education on dairy food product development while also giving students an opportunity to learn about rural economic development, entrepreneurship and sustainability. The Dairy Pilot Plant will also be integrated into system level research on feed efficiency, energy usage and water usage.

 

In the future, we have hopes of moving the facility from GWAM to Pioneer Farm. Our Dairy Plant will be the first dairy food processing plant on a university farm in the state of Wisconsin. Faculty and students will be able to process milk from Pioneer Farm to make cheese and ice cream, while performing research and development for other types of products, such as using goat milk from other farms to make cheese.