Maytag Dairy Farms

Maytag Dairy Farms The makers of iconic Maytag Blue Cheese. Sold at retailers nationwide, we also ship directly to cust This herd of show cattle was established in 1919 by E.H.

In 1941, Maytag Dairy Farms began producing world famous Blue Cheese in the heartland of America with milk from a prize winning herd of Holstein cattle. Maytag, the son of the founder of the famous appliance firm. For nearly 80 years, Maytag Dairy Farms has been making world-class, hand-crafted blue cheese. With an unparalleled commitment to creating the world’s best Blue Cheese, Maytag Dairy Farm

s’ legacy lives on in the hearts and minds of many still today. And yet, living on a legacy does not define Maytag Dairy Farms. Maytag honors its past by remaining true to its craft of creating the world’s finest cheese experience. Each wheel is handcrafted in the traditional method by our expert cheesemakers, aged carefully in caves, and hand wrapped in our signature silver and blue foil. A taste of Maytag Blue Cheese is a taste of place — the grass, the sunlight, and the seasons. This level of commitment and dedication to the craft has defined Maytag from the beginning and continues today. A premium product inspires a premier cheese experience, one reserved for your closest friends and family. Time and a few simple, high-quality ingredients transform sweet, local, farm-fresh milk into food with complex flavor and texture. Carefully monitored conditions create a bloomy rind, beautiful blue veining, and our signature Maytag Dairy Farms flavor. Founded by family and created for friends, we invite you to enjoy this taste of legacy.

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2282 East 8th Street North
Newton, IA
50208

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+18002472458

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Seventy-seven years ago the first Maytag Blue was made. On October 11, 1941, the first wheels of Maytag Blue Cheese were formed and put to age in our caves. In the past seven decades, not much has changed - our truck is newer and our cheese makers are older - we still make each wheel by hand and age it in our caves twice as long as most other blue cheese. Today, the tradition continues. Our History In 1941, Maytag Dairy Farms began producing world famous Blue Cheese in the heartland of America with milk from a prize winning herd of Holstein cattle. This herd of show cattle was established in 1919 by E.H. Maytag, the son of the founder of the famous appliance firm. During the 1930's, the Maytag Holsteins gained fame in competition across the North American continent. Fred Maytag II, who succeeded his father in 1940, heard about a new process for making Blue Cheese developed by Iowa State University. This process is still in use today. It is a time consuming method of hand making cheese in small batches, using fresh sweet milk from Iowa dairy farms. Each batch of cheese is monitored carefully during the long months of aging in our curing caves. Only when the peak of flavor is reached, do we sell our cheese. In the tradition of E.H. Maytag's original group of Grand Champion dairy cattle, we strive to make the best cheese we can- possibly the best in the world.