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 […]
Celebrating National Cooperative Month
October is National Cooperative Month, a time to recognize and celebrate the impact we, as cooperatives, make in our communities. A recent article published in the Pierce County Journal highlighted Ellsworth area cooperatives, including Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery. St. Croix Economic Development Corporation and Pierce County Economic Development Corporation acknowledged both Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery and Pierce […]
Celebrating June Dairy Month!
It’s a whole month dedicated to dairy and dairy farms. Join us in the celebration! During the month you’ll find our team deep frying cheese curds at several farm breakfasts, festivals, and events. Mark your calendars and we’ll see you there! Barron County June Dairy Month Breakfast Free will offering for breakfast and nominal cost […]
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! Â Ethan Beaudry, Albertville, MNEthan is a graduate of St. Michael-Albertville (STMA) High School. He will be attending Ridgewater […]
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 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!
KSTP’s Twin Cities Live visits Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery
We met Kristin Haubrich from KSTP’s Twin Cities Live last June when she came to Ellsworth to broadcast live from the annual Cheese Curd Festival. Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery’s master cheese curd fryers, Dean and Shane, taught her how to fry cheese curds like a pro. It was so much fun we invited her to visit […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
