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TO LIFE

WHO WE ARE

At Foremost Farms, we are proud to be one of the largest dairy cooperatives in the United States and a major food manufacturing business. We are owned by hundreds of Midwest dairy farm members located across seven Midwest states that produce the high-quality milk used to make millions of pounds of award-winning cheese, butter and dairy ingredients every year.

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AWARD-WINNING

PRODUCTS

CHEESE

For nearly 30 years, we’ve produced 100% all-natural cheeses. From Italian- to American-style, our award-winning, premium cheeses are made to meet our customers’ needs for taste, functionality and performance.

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BUTTER

Our award-winning butter is made with all-natural, nutritious cream from the member-owners’ farms, resulting in rich flavor and smooth texture. Produced in Reedsburg, Wisc., with cream separated on-site and from our Sparta, Wisc. facility, our quality butter is sold to business customers across the nation.

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DAIRY INGREDIENTS

Our wholesome and nutritious ingredients provide our customers with innovative solutions. We produce both liquid and powder ingredients, carefully utilizing every part of the quality milk member-owners supply.

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MILK

Member-owners of Foremost Farms supply high-quality milk that has superior butterfat and protein content. It is used to manufacture cheese, butter, dairy ingredients and fluid milk products, including condensed skim and cream, reverse osmosis skim and whole milk and innovative blends for our customers.

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OUR EMPLOYEES’ MISSION

Our Mission is to create value for our dairy farm families by partnering with our customers to deliver high quality, nutritious, safe and sustainable milk products to the marketplace.

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OUR SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENTS

Our Sustainability Strategy was built with the input of our stakeholders, including customers, employees and industry associates, to determine the highest priority commitments for adoption.

RESPONSIBLE
FOR PEOPLE

We train and educate employees, focus on occupational health and safety throughout the cooperative network, create value for members and protect customer privacy.

Wastewater management plant

RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE PLANET

We believe in ethical animal care and focus strongly on water quality and conservation, wastewater management, greenhouse gas emission management and environmental compliance.

Corn on the cob with melted butter.

RESPONSIBLE
FOR HEALTHY FOOD

We provide healthy and affordable food with traceable ingredients. Safety and quality are top priorities for our nutritious products.

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"We have a small farm but work really hard to diversify ourselves to build something that lasts for our lifetime and hopefully for our daughters’ lifetimes as well."

– Brenda Conley, High-Gem Holsteins & Normandes in Neosho, WI

ABOUT THE MEMBERS

"At the core of our operation, it's just the three of us, and being able to work with family is one of the biggest positives. Anybody can do a good job if they surround themselves with good people - and we do."

– Darrell Richard, Darita Holsteins in Goshen, IN

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"Sustainability is important for our farm," Margaret said. "We want to be sure the soil is there for the future."

– Margaret Johnson, Trailside Holsteins near Preston, MN

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"If the cows are happy and healthy, I'm happy and healthy."

– Rick Burkhamer, Burkhamer Farms in Richland Center, WI

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FOREMOST FARMS IN 2023

BY THE NUMBERS

Foremost Farms has nine locations – eight manufacturing plants plus one headquarters in the Wisconsin Trade Center in Middleton, Wisconsin. Each plant operates 365/24/7 to make the award-winning products our retail and foodservice customers rely on to serve millions of consumers.

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EMPLOYEES

OUR VALUED EMPLOYEES

We hire great people who embrace learning and our “continuous growth mindset” toward professional and personal development. It is the key to our culture, job satisfaction and successfully achieving our business objectives.

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The roots of Four Hands Holsteins stretch back to 1977 when Merle and Thelma Betzold moved their family from Farmington, Minn., to Amery, Wisc. Today, Four Hands Holsteins continues to be a family dairy farm, milking 450 registered Holsteins in a step-up parlor, raising youngstock and managing 1,500 acres of corn and alfalfa.