Erie's Meadow Brook Dairy will close later this year, a worker told Erie News Now Tuesday. 

The worker said employees were informed of the news during a meeting Tuesday morning.

Meadow Brook is owned by Dean Foods, the nation's largest milk producer.

The facility on Buffalo Road ships milk to customers in Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio.

Meadow Brook started as a family-owned business in 1932.

Erie News Now's requests for comment and more information have not been returned by Dean Foods.

In March, Erie News Now reported Dean foods is cutting ties with more than 100 farms in eight states.

Forty-two of those farms are in Pennsylvania -- 26 in Eastern Pa., the other 16 in Western Pa. with several in our area, according to Jayne Sebright, the executive director for the Pennsylvania Center for Dairy Excellence.

Dean Foods, which also owns the Meadow Brook plant in Sharpsville, told Erie News Now it cut ties with the farms as a result of oversupply and shrinking demand.

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