HISTORY
DAIRY INDUSTRY LEADERS
FOREMOST FARMS, SINCE 1995
Foremost Farms partners with Ginkgo Bioworks to better utilize low-value biproducts
Relocated headquarters to Wisconsin Trade Center in Madison, Wisc. area
Open dairy campus in Greenville, Michigan to begin processing up to six million pounds of raw milk per day
Implement a proprietary process to standardize every vat of cheese regardless of the milk components used
Richland Center Renewable Energy begins operating
Member-owners reach the first year of producing six billion pounds of milk
Double mozzarella production at Appleton from 65 million to 130 million pounds a year – largest ever capital expansion ($50 million) project
Expand Appleton facility to double cheese production
Expand butter production at the Reedsburg plant
Partnership with Kerry Bio Science to market pharmaceutical lactose
Merge with Stacyville (Iowa) Cooperative Creamery
Invest in new plant technology for Clayton to make long-style provolone
Invests $240 million in dairy infrastructure during first ten years to meet customers’ needs
Richland Center plant exits the barrel cheddar business, retrofits to make mozzarella in 10- and 20- pound loaves for the growing pizza and entrée markets
Wisconsin Dairies Cooperative and Golden Guernsey Dairy Cooperative consolidate to create Foremost Farms USA
Foremost Farms USA acquires Morning Glory Farms region from Associated Milk Producers, Inc.