Products: Meat, meat, meat... and more meat; farm fresh brown or white eggs. All of the pork and beef products are guaranteed to have had "no growth hormones, no animal by-products," Ellen proclaims. "We guarantee it because we grew it." The cattle are fed corn and hay the Stelpflugs have grown on their 214-acre farm, and the meat does indeed have a sweeter, more juicy taste.

Ellen also delivers to customer's homes. She provides to restaurants and, in McFarland, to the Parsonage Bed and Breakfast. She calls customers in the area to see if they need anything when she knows she has a delivery here.

All products are frozen and vacuum packed for freshness.

Cost: Prices are below store costs and "for organic, way low," Ellen said.

Center loin pork chops go for $2.89/lb. and fresh links go for $3.09/lb. Bratwurst is $2.75/lb., Italian brats for $3.25/lb. Liverwurst is $2.89/lb. Pork steak will run $2.50/lb.

Ground pork is $1.89/lb. or for seasoned, $2.09/lb. Pork patties are $1.99/lb.

There are two choices of bacon, regular for $3.25/lb. or cottage for $2.79/lb.

Four varieties of ham are offered: boneless ham steak at $3.29/lb or bone-in at $2.99/lb; deli ham at $2.50; and just plain ham at $2.59/lb.

Roasts are reasonable at $2.49 for shoulder and $2.69 for boneless. Two special order roasts are offered, the crown for $3.39/lb and the tenderloin for $3.89/lb.

Both spare and country-style ribs are available at $2.59/lb. and $2.89/lb., respectively.

Beef, glorious, beef. You have your essentials, the ground to $2.59/lb, ground sirloin for $3.59/lb and the 4-pk of hamburger patties that keeps customers coming back for $2.75.

Ellen's got your roasts here: arm for $2.49/lb., chuck for $2.89/lb., rolled for $2.89/lb. and sirloin for $3.59/lb.

For steak lovers, try a porterhouse for $9.49/lb. or a t-bone for $8.29/lb.

For those with sirloin on the brain, it's regular sirloin for $5.99/lb or special order a boneless sirloin for $7.39/lb.

Other steaks available are the rib for $7.29/lb, rib-eye for $9.29/lb, club steak for $2.89/lb, cube steak for $3.29/lb and round steak is available for $2.89/lb.

Other beef products available include summer sausage for $3.99/lb, tongue for $1.59/lb and liver for $1.19/lb. Corned beef brisket is a special order treat for $3.59/lb.

For soup and stew makers, soup bones go for $1.79/lb, while lean stew meat costs $2.29/lb.

Half of beef, at hanging weight, is $2.50/lb.

How it all got started: "Virgil Morrow of Lancaster set me up with my husband," Ellen said. A Chicago native herself, her dad bought a farm up in Bloomington, Wis. Morrow managed the farm.

When Ellen came up to visit, she met farm-hand Bill Stelpflug. Over time, the two got to know one another. "We got married on contract," Ellen jokes, saying they each brought two certified Black Angus cows to the relationship. That was in 1993. Now, 11 years later, they have 100 head of cattle.

Philosophy: "I bring good product to consumers at a reasonable price."

The future: "I hope to stay in it, hope to give it to the kids, so they'll always have a home base."

Contact: 1-800-WISPORK or 608-994-2033.