The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA) said a Gruyere from Bern, Switzerland, was named the 2020 World Champion Cheese.

The Guild of Fine Food, Gillingham, England, said the World Cheese Awards (WCA) will be held in the Spanish Principality of Asturias this year, taking place in Oviedo on Nov. 4.

Old El Paso, a brand of Minneapolis-based General Mills, announced a search to find “America's Cheesiest Family.”

The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA), in conjunction with the Center for Dairy Research, announced the CheeseExpo 2020 seminars, which will be focused on sustainability, cheese quality, safety, milk policy and marketing.

Tillamook County Creamery Association said it will be marking National Cheddar Day on Feb. 13 with recipe collaborations and live demos with Bon Appétit’s Brad Leone, showing consumers how they can upgrade breakfast, lunch and dinner with Tillamook cheese.

The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA), organizers of the World Championship Cheese Contest, announced the largest-ever lineup of internationally renowned judges set to evaluate entries March 3-5 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison, Wis.

In honor of National Cheese Lovers Day, Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin, headquartered in Madison, Wis., said it would host the first ever Art of Cheese Festival Aug. 14-16, 2020.

The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA) said it opened registration for its educational offerings — refreshed for 2020 — including the popular WCMA Front-Line Leadership Training courses and WCMA Advanced Leadership Series for mid-level managers.

The entry deadline for the World Championship Cheese Contest is Jan. 31.

Penn State Extension, University Park, Pa., said it is now offering free online tools for small-scale cheesemakers to help them develop a food safety system for their facilities and conduct risk assessments of their processes.