Bongards' Creameries has paid a $79,000 fine to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for wastewater violations at its cheese plant in Perham.

PERHAM, Minn. (Valley News Live) - A national cheese and whey manufacturer just announced a major expansion at its plant in Perham, Minnesota. Bongards Creameries says the expansion will increase ...

Bongards Creameries has just approved another $125 million expansion that will allow for more intake of milk and higher production of cheese and whey.

Bongards' Creameries and Land O' Lakes Inc have announced the purchase by Bongards' of the Land O' Lakes cheese manufacturing facility in Perham MN. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Bongards’ Creameries has paid a $79,000 fine to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for wastewater violations at its cheese plant in Perham.

Bongards Creameries plans $125 million expansion for its Perham dairy plant Bongards Creameries said the additions — expected to be completed by 2025 — will increase milk uptake by a third.

Bongards’ also enjoys great employee longevity. Of the 184 employees at its Bongards’ plant (an additional 96 are employed in Perham), many have worked with them for 30 years or more.

Bongards took a few tour groups through their Perham factory recently and explained just exactly what it takes to make their cheese.

PERHAM, Minn. -- Bongards' Creameries has purchased the Land O'Lakes cheese manufacturing plant in Perham.

Bongards plans to start cheese production at the Perham plant in March, Engelmann said. The Perham plant will produce cheddar blocks and some cheddar barrels while maintaining its whey processing.

A former Land O' Lakes cheese plant in Perham, Minn., will reopen this March under new ownership. Operated by Bongards' Creameries, the plant will employ 70 people and provide a local market for ...

In addition to the Tennessee plant, Bongards makes cheese at facilities in the unincorporated town of Bongards, 40 miles southwest of Minneapolis, and in Perham, Minn., about 180 miles northwest ...