Wilson Farm Meats of Elkhorn is State Fair champion meat processor
Becky Merwin of Linn-based Merwin Farms, and Scott Wilson of Elkhorn-based Wilson Farm Meats, were in attendance at the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Meat Products Auction at the 2024 Wisconsin State Fair. Wilson Farm Meats won Honorable Mention at the Wisconsin State Fair in the specialty cured meat products division for their “Super Bacon.” Wilson Farm Meats’ award-winning bacon sold for a record-breaking $5,500 to Merwin, a longtime 4-H supporter and advocate. Auction proceeds benefitted the Madison-based Wisconsin 4-H Foundation.
Wilson Farm Meats, of Elkhorn, won Honorable Mention at the 2024 Wisconsin State Fair in the specialty cured meat products division for their “Super Bacon.”
Photos: The Original Cream Puff Pavilion at the Wisconsin State Fair
Hadleigh Walden, 14, and her brother, Hampton, 12, receive root beer-flavored cream puffs during a visit to the Original Cream Puff Pavilion at the Wisconsin State Fair. Other flavors being offered this year include raspberry cheese cake, English toffee and birthday cake with sprinkles. However, only a limited number are sold each day.
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Kelly and Audrey Schlinder of Battlefield, Missouri. hold their two-month-old daughters, Clover and Iris, during a visit to the opening day of the Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis on Thursday.
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It takes about 200 people to produce more than 300,000 cream puffs each year at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Norm and Martha Ecastaedt of Oconomowoc enjoy cream puffs outside the main entrance to the Original Cream Puff Pavilion. Constructed in 1903, the pavilion is on the cusp of a $12.5 million renovation and expansion scheduled for completion before the start of the 2025 State Fair.
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Workers inside the Original Cream Puff Pavilion at the Wisconsin State Fair toil behind glass so visitors can see the process. About 30,000 cream puffs are produced each day.
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Visitors to the opening day of the 2024 Wisconsin State Fair begin their day enjoying cream puff treats inside the Cream Puff Pavilion on the grounds of the annual fair in West Allis, Wis. Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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Crew members tend the production area of the Cream Puff Pavilion at the Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis, Wis. Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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Shelly Adams, 53, enjoys a root beer-flavored cream puff purchased for her by her mother, Sheila Bethia, 77, on their opening-day visit to the Wisconsin State Fair. Special-edition flavors are being offered to celebrate 100 years of state fair cream puffery. Bethia has been coming to the fair and eating cream puffs for 71 years.
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Visitors to the opening day of the 2024 Wisconsin State Fair gather outside the Cream Puff Pavilion on the grounds of the annual fair in West Allis, Wis. Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Becky Merwin of Linn-based Merwin Farms, and Scott Wilson of Elkhorn-based Wilson Farm Meats, were in attendance at the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Meat Products Auction at the 2024 Wisconsin State Fair. Wilson Farm Meats won Honorable Mention at the Wisconsin State Fair in the specialty cured meat products division for their “Super Bacon.” Wilson Farm Meats’ award-winning bacon sold for a record-breaking $5,500 to Merwin, a longtime 4-H supporter and advocate. Auction proceeds benefitted the Madison-based Wisconsin 4-H Foundation.
