F.C. firms team for $10M dairy deal

FORT COLLINS – Machines that could change the Chinese dairy industry forever are currently being unloaded and installed because of the work of two Fort Collins companies.

DakoCytomation and XY Inc. signed a joint deal worth more than $10 million in machinery and scientific services to help improve milk production in China.

The Chinese dairy industry is considered one of the poorest in the world. In 2001, China’s 5.6 million cows produced 10.2 million tons of milk. By comparison, America’s 9.1 million cows produced 75 million tons of milk in the same year.

The Babcock Institute for International Dairy Research…