(West Allis, WI) Dairy manufacturers from throughout the state submitted over 460 entries for the 2024 Wisconsin State Fair Dairy Products Contest, which took place June 20 at the Wisconsin State Fair Park. The contest featured over 50 classes for cheese, sour cream, butter, yogurt, milk and custard. The 2024 Grand Master Cheesemaker, Grand Champion Butter, Grand Champion Yogurt, Grand Champion Sour Cream, Grand Champion Milk and Grand Champion Custard will be announced at the Blue Ribbon Dairy Products Auction on Thursday, August 8 at The Wisconsin State Fair Park. The Blue Ribbon Dairy Products Auction is a fundraiser for the Wisconsin State Fair Dairy Promotion Board. Auction proceeds fund scholarships for students pursuing dairy-related degrees and support the board’s interactive educational display – Dairy Lane – located in the Lower Dairy Barn at Wisconsin State Fair Park.
The top entries in each class include:
Mild Cheddar
Team Sartori, Sartori Company, Plymouth, Farmhouse Cheddar, 99.000
Team Sartori, Sartori Company, Plymouth, Old World Cheddar, 98.975
Associated Milk Producers Inc., Blair, Mild Cheddar, 98.850
Aged Cheddar
Foremost Farms, Foremost Farms USA, Marshfield, Cheddar, 99.360
Widmer’s Team, Widmer’s Cheese Cellars, Theresa, 1 Year Aged Cheddar, 99.315
Kerry Henning, The Artisan Cheese Exchange, Sheboygan, Deer Creek The Imperial Buck, 99.265
Colby, Monterey Jack
Kerry Henning, The Artisan Cheese Exchange, Sheboygan, Deer Creek The Robin, 99.800
Mark Lins, Cedar Grove Cheese, Plain, Marble Colby, 98.950
Ryan Meixelsperger, Cedar Grove Cheese, Plain, Colby, 98.850
Swiss Styles
Sam Morhardt, Prairie Farms, Shullsburg, Prairie Farms Baby Swiss Wheel, 99.320
Team Chalet, Chalet Cheese Coop, Monroe, Swiss – 40 lbs block, 98.820
Team Prairie Farms – White Hill, Cropp Cooperative/Organic Valley, LaFarge, Organic Baby Swiss Cheese, 97.950
Brick, Muenster
Decatur Cheesemakers, Decatur Dairy, Brodhead, Brick Cheese, 99.600
Steve Stettler, Decatur Dairy, Brodhead, Brick Cheese, 99.350
Ty Saglam, Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Buholzer Brothers Brick, 99.150
Mozzarella
Jeremy Robinson, Agropur, Luxemburg, Low Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese, 99.750
Pat Doell, Agropur, Luxemburg, Low Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese, 99.450
Pat Doell, Agropur, Luxemburg, Low Moisture Mozzarella Cheese, Whole Milk, 99.350
String Cheese
Tom Blauert, Agropur – Little Chute, Appleton, Low moisture part skim string cheese, 99.475
Dan Reed, V&V Supremo Foods, Browntown, String cheese, 98.650
Ken Carothers, Agropur – Little Chute, Appleton, Low moisture part skim string cheese, 98.625
Blue Veined Cheese
Prairie Farms Dairy – Mindoro, Prairie Farms Dairy – Mindoro, Mindoro, Heat Treated Gorgonzola, 99.425
Team Roelli Cheese, Roelli Cheese, Shullsburg, Natural rinded Cheddar loaf with very sparse blue veins, 99.225
Team Kingston Creamery, Kingston Cheese Cooperative, Cambria, Gorgonzola, 99.000
Feta
Team Simonson, Agropur, Weyauwega, Traditional Feta, 99.300
Steve Buholzer, Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Odyssey Feta in Brine, 99.100
Steve Webster, Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Odyssey Feta in Brine, 98.900
Flavored Pepper Cheese
Marieke Gouda, Marieke Gouda, Thorp, Hatch Pepper Gouda, 99.665
Kerry Henning, The Artisan Cheese Exchange, Sheboygan, Deer Creek The Rattlesnake, 99.525
Zach Hagen, V&V Supremo Foods, Browntown, Chihuahua Cheese with Jalapeno Peppers, 99.500
Flavored Soft Cheese
Lake Country Dairy, Lake Country Dairy Schuman Cheese, Turtle Lake, Maple Flavored Mascarpone, 99.670
Steve Webster, Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Odyssey Peppercorn Feta in Brine, 99.430
Luke Buholzer, Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Odyssey Peppercorn Feta in Brine, 99.390
Flavored Semi-Soft Cheese
Lake Country Dairy, Lake Country Dairy Schuman Cheese, Turtle Lake, Smoky Pepper Rubbed Fontal, 99.900
Lake Country Dairy, Lake Country Dairy Schuman Cheese, Turtle Lake, Black Pepper Roasted Garlic Hand Rubbed Fontal, 99.895
Lake Country Dairy, Lake Country Dairy Schuman Cheese, Turtle Lake, Tuscan Hand Robbed Fontal, 99.700
Smoked Cheese
Pat Doell, Agropur, Luxemburg, Smoked Provolone Cheese, 99.000
Marieke Gouda, Marieke Gouda, Thorp, Smoked Gouda, 98.650
Team Kingston Creamery, Kingston Cheese Cooperative, Cambria, Smoked Blue Cheese, 98.350
Flavored Hard Cheese
Lake Country Dairy, Lake Country Dairy Schuman Cheese, Turtle Lake, Black Pepper Roasted Garlic Hand Rubbed Asiago, 99.900
Kerry Henning, The Artisan Cheese Exchange, Sheboygan, Deer Creek The Night Walker, 99.650
Team Sartori, Sartori Company, Plymouth, Tomato Basil BellaVitano, 99.600
Smear Ripened Cheese
Orphee Paillotin/Paula Heimerl/Ron’s Wisconsin Cheese, Alpinage Cheese, Oak Creek, Alpine style Raclette Cheese with added Fenugreek seeds, 99.275
Emmi Roth – Monroe, Emmi Roth, Stoughton, Roth Grand Cru Reserve Wheel, 99.050
Emmi Roth – Monroe, Emmi Roth, Stoughton, Roth Grand Cru Original Wheel, 98.825
Cold Pack Cheese, Cheese Food
Team Pine River, Pine River Pre-Pack, Newton, Spicy Beer Cold Pack Cheese Spread, 99.900
Team Pine River, Pine River Pre-Pack, Newton, Jalapeno Gourmet Snack Spread, 99.700
Steve Stettler, Decatur Dairy, Brodhead, Colby Swiss Spread, 99.700
Pasteurized Process Cheese, Cheese Food, Cheese Spread
Gilman Cheese Corporation, Gilman Cheese Corporation, Gilman, White American, 99.255
Gilman Cheese Corporation, Gilman Cheese Corporation, Gilman, Shelf Stable Cheddar, 98.665
AMPI’s Dinner Bell Creamery, Associated Milk Producers Inc., Portage, American Swiss Slice on Slice Processed Cheese, 97.765
Reduced Fat or Lite Cheese
Steve Webster, Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Odyssey Reduced Fat Feta in Brine, 99.530
Ron Buholzer, Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Odyssey Reduced Fat Mediterranean Herb Feta in Brine, 99.125
Matt Erdley, Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Odyssey Reduced Fat Tomato Basil Feta in Brine, 99.080
Open Class – Soft and Spreadable Cheese
Crave Brothers Team, Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese, Waterloo, Mascarpone, 98.825
Robert Wills, Cedar Grove Cheese, Plain, Quark, 98.690
Lake Country Dairy, Lake Country Dairy Schuman Cheese, Turtle Lake, Traditional Mascarpone, 97.460
Havarti
Steve Stettler, Decatur Dairy, Brodhead, Havarti, 99.750
Matt Henze, Decatur Dairy, Brodhead, Havarti Cheese, 99.700
Ty Saglam, Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Buholzer Brothers Havarti, 99.685
Flavored Havarti
Steve Stettler, Decatur Dairy, Brodhead, Dill Havarti, 99.825
Decatur Cheesemakers, Decatur Dairy, Brodhead, Havarti with Dill, 99.575
Tom Schultz, Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Buholzer Brothers Dill Havarti, 99.500
Open Class – Semi-Soft Cheese
Lake Country Dairy, Lake Country Dairy Schuman Cheese, Turtle Lake, Cello Fontal, 99.400
Foremost Farms Clayton Team – Bryan Allen, Bryan Allen, Clayton, Provolone Non-Smoked, 98.900
Marieke Gouda Team, Marieke Gouda, Thorp, Golden, 98.875
Open Class – Hard Cheese
Lake Country Dairy, Lake Country Dairy Schuman Cheese, Turtle Lake, Artisan Parmesan, 99.050
Lake Country Dairy, Lake Country Dairy Schuman Cheese, Turtle Lake, Cello Asiago, 98.915
Team Roelli Cheese, Roelli Cheese, Shullsburg, Natural Rinded Cheddar Wheel with Sparse Blue Veins, 98.905
Flavored Goat Milk Cheese
Franklin Team, Saputo Cheese, Wauwatosa, Montchevre Blueberry Vanilla Goat Cheese, 99.350
Team LaClare, LaClare Creamery, Malone, Fig & Honey Goat Cheese, 99.150
Franklin Team, Saputo Cheese, Wauwatosa, Montchevre Cranberry Cinnamon Goat Cheese, 99.050
Natural Goat Milk Cheese
Team LaClare, LaClare Creamery, Malone, Original Goat Cheese, 98.950
Team Kingston Creamery, Kingston Cheese Cooperative, Cambria, Goat Blue Cheese, 98.750
Black Creek Team, Saputo Cheese, Wauwatosa, Montchevre Goat Milk Cheddar, 98.575
Latin American Cheese
Crave Brothers Team, Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese, Waterloo, Oaxaca, 99.735
Ben Workman, V&V Supremo Foods, Browntown, Oaxaca Ball, 99.225
Tom Dahmen, V&V Supremo Foods, Browntown, Oaxaca Ball, 99.175
Sheep & Mixed Milk Cheese
Terry Martin, The Artisan Cheese Exchange, Sheboygan, Deer Creek The Indigo Bunting, 99.600
Robert Wills, Cedar Grove Cheese, Plain, Donatello, 99.300
Team Kingston Creamery, Kingston Cheese Cooperative, Cambria, Breezy Blue, 98.850
Gouda & Edam
Marieke Gouda Team, Marieke Gouda, Thorp, Belegen Gouda 4-6 months, 99.440
Emmi Roth – Monroe, Emmi Roth, Stoughton, Roth 3 Chile Pepper Gouda Wheel, 99.170
Arla Foods USA Team, Arla Foods, Kaukauna, Edam, 98.690
Unflavored Cheese Curds
Crave Brothers Team, Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese, Waterloo, Yellow Cheddar Cheese Curds, 99.615
Matt Henze, Decatur Dairy, Brodhead, White Cheese Curd, 99.495
Team Nasonville Dairy, Nasonville Dairy, Marshfield, Cheese Curds, 99.475
Flavored Cheese Curds
Ron’s Cheese Team, Ron’s Wisconsin Cheese, Kewaunee, Artisanal Hand-Packed Garlic and Dill Flavored Colored Cheddar Cheese Curds, 99.705
Steve Stettler, Decatur Dairy, Brodhead, Tomato Bacon Basil White Curd, 99.645
Matt Henze, Decatur Dairy, Brodhead, Garlic Dill Havarti, 99.510
Shredded Cheese
Masters Gallery Foods, Masters Gallery Foods, Plymouth, Fancy Pepper Cheese Blend, 98.925
Masters Gallery Foods, Masters Gallery Foods, Plymouth, Fancy Cheddar Blend, 98.750
Team Falke, Agropur, Weyauwega, Shredded blend of Low Moisture Mozzarella and Part Skim Mozzarella, 98.650
Crumbled Cheese
Team Falke, Agropur, Weyauwega, Crumbled Traditional Feta Cheese, 99.425
Matt Erdley, Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Odyssey Crumbled Feta Cheese, 99.300
Team LaClare, LaClare Creamery, Malone, Crumbled Original Goat Cheese, 99.275
Salted Butter
Nordic Creamery, Westby, 99.350
Royal Guernsey Creamery, Columbus, 98.900
Graf Creamery, Bonduel, 98.300
Unsalted Butter
Nordic Creamery, Westby, 99.350
Cropp Cooperative/Organic Valley, LaFarge, 99.100
Foremost Farms, Middleton, 98.900
Flavored High Protein Yogurt
Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Odyssey Peach Greek Yogurt, 99.900
Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Odyssey Vanilla Greek Yogurt, 99.700
Unflavored High Protein Yogurt
Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Odyssey Labne, 99.600
Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Odyssey Greek Yogurt, 99.400
Open Class – Flavored Yogurt
Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Odyssey Whole Vanilla Yogurt, 99.650
Yodelay Yogurt, Madison, Rhubarb Swiss Yogurt, 99.050
Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Odyssey Whole Peach Yogurt, 98.350
Open Class – Unflavored Yogurt
Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Odyssey Whole Fat Yogurt, 99.025
Drinkable Cultured Products
Weber’s Farm Store, Marshfield, Low Fat Raspberry Kefir, 99.750
Weber’s Farm Store, Marshfield, Low Fat Plain Kefir, 99.250
Weber’s Farm Store, Marshfield, Low Fat Strawberry Kefir, 99.000
Open Class – Flavored Sour Cream
Mexican Cheese Producers, Darlington, 16-oz Chipotle Acidified Sour Cream, 99.050
Westby Cooperative Creamery, Westby, Organic French Onion Dip, 98.550
Westby Cooperative Creamery, Westby, French Onion Dip, 98.250
Open Class – Unflavored Sour Cream
Mexican Cheese Producers, Darlington, 16-oz Acidified Sour Cream, 98.750
Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Odyssey Sour Cream, 98.650
Westby Cooperative Creamery, Westby, Sour Cream 98.050
Low Fat Sour Cream
Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Odyssey Reduced Fat Greek Mediterranean Feta Dip, 99.250
Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Odyssey Reduced Fat Greek Tzatziki Dip, 98.350
Klondike Cheese, Monroe, Odyssey Reduced Fat Greek Sour Cream, 97.750
Whole Fluid Milk – White
Two Guernsey Girls Creamery, Freedom, A2 Fluid Whole White Milk, 99.900
Lamers Dairy, Appleton, Lamers Dairy Glass Bottled Whole Milk, 99.850
Two Guernsey Girls Creamery, A2 Fluid Whole White Milk, 99.800
2% Fluid Milk – White
Lamers Dairy, Appleton, Lamers Dairy Glass Bottled 2% Reduced Fat Milk, 99.900
Weber’s Farm Store, Marshfield, Reduced Fat White Milk, 99.800
Whole Fluid Milk – Chocolate
Two Guernsey Girls Creamery, Freedom, A2 Fluid Whole Chocolate Milk, 99.900
Lamers Dairy, Appleton, Lamers Dairy Glass Bottled Whole Chocolate Milk, 99.825
Two Guernsey Girls Creamery, Freedom, A2 Fluid Whole Chocolate Milk, 99.775
2% Fluid Milk – Chocolate
Weber’s Farm Store, Marshfield, Reduced Fat Chocolate Milk, 99.850
1% Fluid Milk – Chocolate
Lamers Dairy, Appleton, Lamers Dairy Glass Bottled 1% Low Fat Chocolate Milk, 99.850
Weber’s Farm Store, Marshfield, Low Fat Chocolate Milk, 99.750
Unflavored Custard
Barron County Organics DBA 20-Mile Organic, Barronett, Van Dutch, 99.450
Dairyland Old Fashioned Hamburgers, Milwaukee, Sweet Cream Frozen Custard, 99.400
Creamy Pig, Grafton, Eggcellent Custard, 98.700
Vanilla Custard
Barron County Organics DBA 20-Mile Organic, Barronett, Vanilla Bean, 99.550
Creamy Pig, Grafton, Double Gold Vanilla, 98.950
Dairyland Old Fashioned Hamburgers, Milwaukee, Vanilla Bean Frozen Custard, 98.750
Chocolate Custard
Creamy Pig, Grafton, Mr. Beast Chocolate, 98.950
Dairyland Old Fashioned Hamburgers, Milwaukee, Chocolate, 98.550
Barron County Organics DBA 20-Mile Organic, Barronett, Dark Chocolate, 98.450
Flavored Custard
Dairyland Old Fashioned Hamburgers, Milwaukee, Bananarama, 99.900
Barron County Organics DBA 20-Mile Organic, Barronett, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, 99.800
Creamy Pig, Grafton, Lemon Blueberry Kuchen, 99.650
