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Yogurt culture grows in CNY; Lysander plant expected to bring in 120 new jobs
Posted: 03.14.2013 at 11:50 AM
Alice Maggiore
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LYSANDER, NY -- The yogurt culture continues to grow in Central New York, and may bring as many as 120 new jobs to Onondaga County.

A company that specializes in making fruit preparations for dairy products, including yogurt, is setting up shop in Lysander.

Agrana Fruit US is expected to break ground on the $50 million plant in the Radisson Corporate Park -- not far from the Anheuser Busch In-Bev company -- next month.

Agrana is based in Ohio; it has three other plants in the midwest.

The Lysander plant will be Agrana's first in the northeast, and the 30th yogurt production plant in New York state.

A $600,000 grant and $2 million in tax credits from New York state is funding the project.

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