{"id":626140,"date":"2026-04-24T19:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/626140\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T19:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:04:08","slug":"agropur-announces-expansion-of-operations-in-nova-scotia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/626140\/","title":{"rendered":"Agropur announces expansion of operations in Nova Scotia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Agropur dairy co-operative is set to invest nearly $1 billion to expand operations at two facilities in Quebec and Nova Scotia amid strong demand for protein-enriched foods.<\/p>\n<p>The co-operative says the money will double milk processing capacity at its plant in Beauceville, Que., southeast of Quebec City and create about 60 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Agropur CEO \u00c9mile Cordeau says the co-operative wants to completely renovate the Quebec plant and install new technology.<\/p>\n<p>Its plant in the Halifax area, which specializes in fluid milk, will be expanded to produce dairy proteins, creating nearly 30 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The governments of Nova Scotia and Quebec have also contributed financially to the project.<\/p>\n<p>Cordeau says there are still some details to iron out and the final approval for the co-operative\u2019s plans are expected by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 24, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Agropur dairy co-operative is set to invest nearly $1 billion to expand operations at two facilities in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-626140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}