Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announces 15 innovation grants for labor-saving technology and on-farm processing.

The Iowa State University Creamery has been awarded a $25,480 grant through the Iowa Department of Agriculture’s Choose Iowa Dairy Innovation program, one of 15 awarded to Iowa dairy projects aimed at expanding on-farm dairy processing and incorporating labor-saving technology.

The funding will allow the university’s creamery to expand its ice cream and cheese-making capacity with the purchase of a new combination batch pasteurizer and cheese vat for its on-campus facility. The equipment is...