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STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Recent upgrades to the Custer Dairy Processing Plant at Mississippi State University mean fewer balls of Edam and other cheese products will be available for 2015.
Troy Weaver, the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station sales store manager, says production was shut down for three months for the renovations.
Weaver is encouraging customers to get their Christmas orders in early.
He says orders will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis, including orders placed in-store, online or over the phone.
Officials say the upgrades included replacing and waterproofing the plant floor and updating the plumbing and electrical systems.
It opened in December of 1970.
Cheesemakers produce more than a thousand pounds a day, five days a week, all year long except when the university is closed for holidays.
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