A sprawling, $1.2 billion Chobani dairy plant should get under construction later this year in Rome, Oneida County.
Gov. Kathy Hochul made the announcement Tuesday — the latest in a series of sizable dairy plant projects in upstate New York driving increased demand for farmers and promising hundreds of jobs.
The New York-based company best known for its Greek yogurt would build its second production facility in the state on what today is a county-owned triangle-shaped parcel at Griffiss Business and Technology Park…