April 2012 - Swiss Valley Farms

Published Monthly by:
swiss Valley farms
Cooperative
P.O. Box 4493
Davenport, IA 52808
563.468.6600 FAX 563.468.6616
www.swissvalley.com
nancy feeney
Editor/ Member Relations Mgr.
Swiss Valley Farms, Co. will produce,
distribute and sell value-added, quality
products for our:
Customers & Consumers
Owner/Members
Workforce
Swiss Valley Board Officers
Chair
Pam Bolin.................................................Clarksville, IA
Vice Chair
Randy Schaefer....................................Blue Grass, IA
Assistant Secretary
Francis Leibfried...................................Cuba City, WI
Assistant Treasurer
James Schmitt............................................Sherrill, IA
swiss Valley directors
Loyde M. Beers......................................Eastman, WI
Jeff Berg...................................................LaCrosse, WI
Dale Humpal.........................................Ridgeway, IA
Richard Kauffmann...................................Farley, IA
Steve Klug...................................Spring Grove, MN
G. Joe Lyon..................................................Toledo, IA
Patrick Schroeder...............................Lancaster, WI
Eugene Smith...........................................Clinton, WI
Donald Berlage......................................Elizabeth, IL
Baby Swiss
best of Class Cheese
Winning awards is always
exciting! Winning a
World Championship
title is even better!
So I am very, very excited to
share the news that a wheel of Baby
Swiss cheese made at the co-op’s
plant in Shullsburg, Wis. was named
Best of Class in the Baby Swiss
Style category at the 2012 World
Championship Cheese Contest,
held March 5-7 in Madison, Wis.
This international event, which is
hosted by the Wisconsin Cheese
Makers Association, attracts cheese
makers from around the world
to its biennial competition. This
year marked a record number of
participants, tallying 2,503 entries
from 24 nations.
Swiss Valley Farms had recently
transitioned production of these
Baby Swiss wheels from its former
manufacturing site in Platteville,
Wis. to White Hill Cheese Co.,
LLC, which is a joint-venture with
Emmi-Roth Käse USA, located
in Shullsburg, Wis. Swiss Valley
Farms owns this facility as well as
supplies all the milk needed for the
by Don Boelens
CEO Don Boelens
cheesemaking.
Swiss Valley Farms Baby
Swiss cheese is characterized by its
numerous small, shiny eyes and
its exceptionally creamy texture.
It has a milder flavor profile when
compared to traditional Swiss.
Swiss Valley Farms Baby Swiss
now joins the “Best of Class”
ranks with the co-op’s other World
Championship Cheese Contest
winners, including Swiss Valley
Farms Swiss, made at our Luana,
Iowa plant that won a Best of Class
in 2008 and AmaGorg, a caveaged
Gorgonzola from the Caves of
Faribault that took home the award
in 2010.
Congratulations to the
cheesemakers and plant employees
for producing this excellent, awardwinning
cheese! And thanks to all
the members for producing the
quality milk that was used in the
manufacturing of this cheese.
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