2017 revenue: $3.1 billion
+17.4%
A merger with Iowa-based Swiss Valley Farms, which reported $325 million in annual revenue prior to the sale, helped revenue at Prairie Farms Dairy grow to $3.1 billion despite another year of depressed milk prices.
At its St. Louis butter plant, the dairy installed new production and packaging lines that became operational in November. Prairie Farms is projecting butter to be a growth category and that the company will be able to add private label co-packing…