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Featured Farm of the Month
Four Hands Holsteins
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.
Market Corner
Employee Highlights
Foremost Farms announces three new licensed cheesemakers
Foremost Farms is proud to announce three more of its employees are now licensed cheesemakers, a prestigious certification awarded only to the most dedicated fans of cheese.
Fourth Quarter 2024 Circle of Excellence Winners
Congratulations to the Foremost Farms Fourth Quarter 2024 Circle of Excellence Winners!
Safety First: A Spotlight on Our EHS Director
Meet Jim DeSonia, Director of Environmental, Health and Safety. Jim plays a key role in ensuring a safe and compliant work environment at Foremost Farms.
Insights
Growth Mindset: The Key to Resilience and Continuous Improvement
In the dairy industry, uncertainty is a constant; so fostering a growth mindset and prioritizing learning and leadership development have been essential to continuous improvement at Foremost Farms, a major dairy manufacturing business and member cooperative.
Co-op, Industry and Member News
Biennial U.S. Cheese Championships at Resch Expo this week
The Biennial U.S. Cheese Championship is underway in Green Bay, Wisconsin! Take a look at the detailed technical process the judging team will use to evaluate over 2,400 entries, using Foremost Farms’ cheddar from our plant in Marshfield, Wisconsin.
U.S. Championship Cheese Contest Reveals Elite Judging Team for 2025
The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA), proud host of the 2025 United States Championship Cheese Contest®, has revealed the esteemed team of dairy industry experts tasked with evaluating thousands of dairy product entries this year. Included in this prestigious lineup is Matt Zimbric, Foremost Farms Principal Scientist.
Gen Cheese
Bethany Johnson, Dairy Product Technologist at Foremost Farms, is spotlighted in this exciting article about how a new era of cheese rebels is cracking the code on wonderfully weird, climate-friendly, and Instagrammable dairy.
Market Corner
Employee Highlights
Foremost Farms announces three new licensed cheesemakers
Foremost Farms is proud to announce three more of its employees are now licensed cheesemakers, a prestigious certification awarded only to the most dedicated fans of cheese.
Fourth Quarter 2024 Circle of Excellence Winners
Congratulations to the Foremost Farms Fourth Quarter 2024 Circle of Excellence Winners!
Safety First: A Spotlight on Our EHS Director
Meet Jim DeSonia, Director of Environmental, Health and Safety. Jim plays a key role in ensuring a safe and compliant work environment at Foremost Farms.