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