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Yogurt company Chobani has broken ground on a $1.2 billion dairy plant encompassing 1.4 million square feet in Rome, N.Y. This marks the largest natural food manufacturing investment in the nation’s history.

The construction site spans 150 acres inside the 3,500-acre Griffiss Business & Technology Park in Mohawk Valley. Last year, the campus received more than $23 million in grants for infrastructure and transportation improvements.

Upon completion, the plant will feature up to 28 production lines designed to process roughly 12 million pounds of milk per day. At full capacity, the factory will produce upward of 1 billion pounds of dairy products per year.