Maytag Dairy Farms is a manufacturer of blue cheese and other cheeses, based in Newton, Iowa. It was established in 1941 by a son of the founder of Maytag Corporation, and is currently owned by a dozen of his descendents.

The dairy was founded to take advantage of a process developed by Iowa State University researchers to make blue cheese out of cow's milk, rather than the traditional sheep's milk used in Roquefort cheese.

Fritz Maytag, a co-chairman of the dairy, is also the owner of Anchor Brewing Company since 1965.

External links

• Maytag Dairy Farms (http://www.maytagblue.com/)
• The big cheese (http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041128/BUSINESS02/411280321/1029/archive), a November 2004 article from the Des Moines Register
• Little Big Cheese: Maytag's Growing Niche Market (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4245627), a January 2005 story from the National Public Radio website