WE BRING DAIRY
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.
PRODUCTS
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.
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.
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.
RESPONSIBLE
FOR HEALTHY FOOD
We provide healthy and affordable food with traceable ingredients. Safety and quality are top priorities for our nutritious products.
FOREMOST FARMS IN 2024
BY THE NUMBERS
Foremost Farms has eight locations – seven 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.
POUNDS OF CHEESE
POUNDS OF BUTTER
POUNDS OF DAIRY INGREDIENTS
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.
LATEST STORIES
Foremost Farms Announces Strategic Sale of 1950-127 Brand to Wisconsin Dairy Distributing
Foremost Farms USA, a leading dairy cooperative and manufacturer in the Midwest, is excited to announce that it has reached an agreement to sell its foodservice cheese business, including the 1950-127 brand and related manufacturing equipment to Wisconsin Dairy Distributing (WDD), headquartered in Waupun, Wisconsin.
Employees Represent Foremost Farms at Women in Manufacturing Event
Foremost Farms is proud to spotlight recent contributions to the manufacturing industry on behalf of the cooperative, as two of our talented employees led a learning session at the Women in Manufacturing (WiM) event at UW-Madison’s College of Engineering.
Driving Dairy Innovation: Meet Dairy Scientist Dana McCurdy
Foremost Farms’ Research and Development team works hard to ensure high-quality products through trials, testing and process analysis. Meet Senior Scientist Dana McCurdy, whose work keeps the cooperative competitive in the cheese market while honoring its cheesemaking roots.