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Heritage Ridge Creamery wins cheese award

Michigan Milk Producers Association comes out on top in cheese competition

Its Heritage Ridge Creamery pepper-Jack cheese was named the Grand Champion in NMPF’s Championship Cheese Contest.

November 8, 2017

Its Heritage Ridge Creamery pepper-Jack cheese was named the Grand Champion in NMPF’s Championship Cheese Contest.

Saputo to acquire Montchevre

Montchevre manufactures, markets and distributes goat cheese in the United States.

November 7, 2017

Montchevre manufactures, markets and distributes goat cheese in the United States.

Schuman Cheese's Lake Country Dairy plant makes Italian-style, alpine cheeses

Lake Country Dairy makes award-winning Italian-style and alpine cheeses. The plant supports four family dairy farms and spurred an investor to build a whey processing facility across the street.

James Carper

September 5, 2017

In northwest Wisconsin, about 25 miles from the Minnesota border, Schuman Cheese makes award-winning cheeses with techniques borrowed from French and Italian cheesemakers.

Processor news

Wisconsin cheese companies send over 17,000 pounds of cheese to Houston

The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board helped coordinate a state-wide effort to send cheese to those affected by the hurricane.

September 1, 2017

The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board helped coordinate a state-wide effort to send cheese to those affected by Hurricane Harvey.

Cheese workshop

WCMA launches two-day workshop for artisan cheesemakers

March 3, 2016

The intensive training workshop from WCMA and CDR will run alongside the Cheese Technology Expo in Milwaukee, April 12-14.

Food fetish

Dairy industry needs a whole month (April) to celebrate the grilled cheese sandwich

Is your grilled cheese recipe worth $15,000?

April 7, 2015

Dairy brands and associations are taking to the web and using social media to promote grilled cheese sandwiches in April, known as National Grilled Cheese Month.

Comfort food

On International Day of Happiness, U.S. cheesemakers are happy

There is widespread comfort with current conditions in the cheese industry. Cheese manufacturers are happy to take additional volumes of milk.

March 21, 2015

There is widespread comfort with current conditions in the cheese industry. Prices have been moving within a narrow trading range and cheese manufacturers are happy to take additional volumes of milk.

Bel Brands invests $144 million in a plant to make Mini Babybel cheeses in South Dakota

James Carper

March 6, 2015

Bel Brands USA built a plant on a green field in Brookings, S.D., to make the popular Mini Babybel cheeses. The management philosophy values transparency and the building itself reflects that.

Ethnic cheeses from Karoun Dairies find a mainstream audience

James Carper

March 5, 2015

Karoun Dairies started out making cheeses for ethnic markets. Today, the cheesemaker is tapping into mainstream America’s taste for feta, queso fresco, labne and other specialty cheeses and cultured dairy foods.

Bel Brands has big plans for its Babybel cheese

James Carper

March 4, 2015

Bel Brands USA is enjoying double-digit growth with its Mini Babybel brand. It opened a plant last year to meet demand for the little waxed-covered cheeses. President Frederic Nalis (right) talks about the success of the brand and the challenges yet to be overcome.