Dairy product auction raises $30,000 at World Dairy Expo
Dairy Foods sponsored the Grade A Champion trophy, won by Upstate Niagara, Buffalo, N.Y., for its sour-cream-based Bison Dill Dip. Ag Source purchased the dip for $1,078.
The eleventh annual World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest auction raised $30,029. The contest, sponsored by the Wisconsin Dairy Products Association, was held Tuesday, Oct. 1 at World Dairy Expo. (WDPA).
A portion of the auction proceeds will be used to fund the Dr. Robert L. Bradley Scholarship, Wisconsin Dairy Products Association Scholarship, MATC Culinary Foundation Scholarship, which will be awarded annually to deserving students pursuing, careers in the dairy industry. WDPA will also use a portion of the proceeds to fund a major sponsorship of the National Collegiate Dairy Product Judging Contest. Product donations were made to the MATC Culinary Arts School, UW Food Science Dept., the Ronald McDonald House and Second Harvest Food Bank.