Scheetz Mercantile debuts South Dakota’s first commercial French-style yogurt

Scheetz Mercantile debuts South Dakota’s first commercial French-style yogurt

MOUNT VERNON, S.D. — South Dakota has long had a strong tradition of homegrown dairy products, but until now, the state had never produced its own French-style creamline yogurt. That changed this fall at Scheetz Mercantile, a family-run micro-dairy near Mount Vernon, where Kelly and Sam Scheetz have created what they say is the first cup-set French-style yogurt made commercially in South Dakota. The product is a labor of patience, tradition, and…