Borden Dairy Company files for Chapter 11

Dallas-based Borden Dairy Company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday, which includes its subsidiary Borden Dairy Company of Louisiana LLC, The Advocate reports.

Borden Dairy operates a milk processing plant in Lafayette near the intersection of Dulles Drive and Bertrand Drive.

The company has 3,300 employees across its entire footprint, but the number of workers in Louisiana was not immediately available, The Advocate reports.

Borden Dairy has 13 plants across the U.S. and processes more than 500 million gallons of milk each year.

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