MONROE, Wis. – Maple Leaf Cheesemakers Inc. will stop as of Dec. 7 making cheese at the Maple Leaf Cooperative-owned factory. The cheese company gave its 60-day termination notice Oct. 8. It plans to remove its cheesemaking equipment unless it agrees to sell or lease the equipment so the cooperative can reopen the plant as soon as possible.
Cooperative needs home for milk soon
Jon Alt stirs a batch of Colby in 2014 at Maple Leaf Cheese in Monroe, Wisconsin.
MONROE, Wis. – Maple Leaf Cheese Cooperative has weathered milk-market cycles for 110 years. Then 2020 happened. The cooperative – comprised o…
