Congratulations Quality Award Winners!
At Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery, it all starts at the farm. We recognize and reward our top three high quality milk producers with an award each year at our annual meeting. Please join us in congratulating this year’s winners!
2023 Annual Meeting Recap
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery’s 2023 Annual Meeting, which took place on Tuesday, March 28, capped off a fantastic 2022. The meeting included an informative presentation summarizing 2022’s financial results. As was shared at the meeting, our New London division experienced a large profit. This added some unique tax implications that we are working through. In addition, […]
Congratulations to our 2023 Scholarship Winners
The Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery Scholarship program supports members of our cooperative’s families who wish to continue their post high school education in Agriculture at a two-year technical school or four-year university. Congratulations to this year’s recipients! Ethan Beaudry, Albertville, MNEthan is a graduate of St. Michael-Albertville (STMA) High School. He will be attending Ridgewater […]
2024 Employee Milestones
At Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery, our team members are more than employees; they are like family. This culture has contributed to the longevity of our staff, whose careers with us often span decades. See our most recent Commitment to Craft acknowledgements. January, 2024 Rick Wilbur- 15 years of service Laurie Schutz-Guilds- 10 years of service James […]
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery Named Finalist for Business Retention & Expansion Award
We were honored to be named one of three finalists at the Wisconsin Economic Development Association’s (WEDA) Community and Economic Development Awards (CEDA) event last month! The Business Retention & Expansion Award recognizes economic development projects in which a community successfully mobilizes to retain and/or expand an existing business of great importance to the community. […]
Award Winning Cheese and Your Milk Check
Often, when announcing that we’ve won another prestigious cheese award, we will hear the comment, “Great, but how does that help my milk check.” Sure, entering contests requires entrance fees, shipping costs, and staff time; however, it’s an investment that pays off in these four ways: 1. The judges in the competitions are very experienced […]
A 2022 Recap from the CEO
As we begin the New Year, let us take a moment to briefly reflect on 2022. The biggest and most notable accomplishment of the year was the startup of the Menomonie location. We started our first test batch of cheeses in February and began to move product in late March. Producing quality product out of […]
2023 Employee Milestones
At Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery, our team members are more than employees; they are like family. This culture has contributed to the longevity of our staff, whose careers with us often span decades. See our most recent Commitment to Craft acknowledgements. December, 2023 Erin Hayden – 10 years of service Darlene Kerr – 10 years of […]
Current Market Conditions Impact Milk Prices
Beginning last month, we began to see some interesting dynamics that are affecting market conditions and driving milk prices down. I wanted to share what I am seeing in the market, how milk prices will be impacted, and when we hope to see the market stabilize and being to improve. First, a fire at an […]
Introducing Rueben Nilsson
Please join us in welcoming Rueben Nilsson to the Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery team. Rueben joins us as our Menomonie Director of Operations. He comes to us with 15 years of cheese production experience having previously worked for Caves of Faribault-Prairie Farms Dairy and The Lone Grazer Creamery. Rueben’s focus is on keeping the Menomonie facility […]