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Powder to the people: Slaking China’s thirst for milk

A new factory in Fallon, Nev., will turn milk from nearby dairy farms into powder to be shipped to China, where parents depend heavily on powdered milk to feed young children. Above, the evaporator room.

A new factory in Fallon, Nev., will turn milk from nearby dairy farms into powder to be shipped to China, where parents depend heavily on powdered milk to feed young children. Above, the evaporator room.   (James Glover II / For The Times)

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An hour away from Reno, the United States’ first milk powder factory aimed solely at the Chinese market is about to open.

Producing powdered milk in Nevada

A painter works in the evaporator room of the factory, which is to start making powdered milk in April.   (James Glover II / For The Times)

Producing powdered milk in Nevada

The factory has been built by the Dairy Farmers of America.  (James Glover II / For The Times)

Producing powdered milk in Nevada

Cows stand in a field at a dairy farm in Fallon, Nev.  (James Glover II / For The Times)

Producing powdered milk in Nevada

Cows eat at a dairy farm in Fallon, Nev. Output of the milk powder factory in town is to be sold to Yili Group, one of China’s three biggest dairy companies.  (James Glover II / For The Times)

Producing powdered milk in Nevada

Tony Apolinar milks a cow at Liberty Jersey Farm in Fallon, Nev.   (James Glover II / For The Times)

Producing powdered milk in Nevada

Lindsay, 20, left, and Emily Cristoph, 22, prepare to feed an electrolyte drink to a calf they’re nursing back to health at Liberty Jersey Farm.  (James Glover II / For The Times)

Producing powdered milk in Nevada

The calf, which had fallen into a water trough, drinks the electrolyte drink.  (James Glover II / For The Times)

Producing powdered milk in Nevada

Bill Christoph, center, who operates Liberty Jersey Farm in Fallon, Nev., prays before lunch with his family.   (James Glover II / For The Times)

Producing powdered milk in Nevada

Cows at Liberty Jersey Farm wait to be milked.  (James Glover II / For The Times)

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