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, Aug. 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.
First place entries in each class include:
Mild Cheddar: Team Sartori, Sartori Company, Plymouth
Aged Cheddar: Foremost Farms, Foremost Farms USA, Marshfield
Colby, Monterey Jack: Kerry Henning, The Artisan Cheese Exchange, Sheboygan
Swiss Styles: Sam Morhardt, Prairie Farms, Shullsburg
Brick, Muenster: Decatur Cheesemakers, Decatur Dairy, Brodhead
Mozzarella: Jeremy Robinson, Agropur, Luxemburg
String Cheese: Tom Blauert, Agropur – Little Chute, Appleton
Blue Veined Cheese: Prairie Farms Dairy – Mindoro, Prairie Farms Dairy – Mindoro
Feta: Team Simonson, Agropur, Weyauwega
Flavored Soft Cheese: Lake Country Dairy, Lake Country Dairy Schuman Cheese, Turtle Lake
Flavored Semi-Soft Cheese: Lake Country Dairy, Lake Country Dairy Schuman Cheese, Turtle Lake
Smoked Cheese: Pat Doell, Agropur, Luxemburg
Flavored Hard Cheese: Lake Country Dairy, Lake Country Dairy Schuman Cheese, Turtle Lake
Smear Ripened Cheese: Orphee Paillotin/Paula Heimerl/Ron’s Wisconsin Cheese, Alpinage Cheese, Oak Creek
Cold Pack Cheese, Cheese Food: Team Pine River, Pine River Pre-Pack, Newton
Pasteurized Process Cheese, Cheese Food, Cheese Spread: Gilman Cheese Corporation, Gilman
Reduced Fat or Lite Cheese: Steve Webster, Klondike Cheese, Monroe
Open Class – Soft and Spreadable Cheese: Crave Brothers Team, Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese, Waterloo
Havarti: Steve Stettler, Decatur Dairy, Brodhead
Flavored Havarti: Steve Stettler, Decatur Dairy, Brodhead
Open Class
Semi-Soft Cheese: Lake Country Dairy, Lake Country Dairy Schuman Cheese, Turtle Lake
Hard Cheese: Lake Country Dairy, Lake Country Dairy Schuman Cheese, Turtle Lake
Flavored Goat Milk Cheese: Franklin Team, Saputo Cheese, Wauwatosa
Natural Goat Milk Cheese: Team LaClare, LaClare Creamery, Malone
Latin American Cheese: Crave Brothers Team, Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese, Waterloo
Sheep & Mixed Milk Cheese: Terry Martin, The Artisan Cheese Exchange, Sheboygan
Gouda & Edam: Marieke Gouda Team, Marieke Gouda, Thorp
Unflavored Cheese Curds: Crave Brothers Team, Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese, Waterloo
Flavored Cheese Curds: Ron’s Cheese Team, Ron’s Wisconsin Cheese, Kewaunee
Shredded Cheese: Masters Gallery Foods, Masters Gallery Foods, Plymouth
Crumbled Cheese: Team Falke, Agropur, Weyauwega
Salted and Unsalted Butter: Nordic Creamery, Westby
Flavored and Unflavored High Protein Yogurt: Klondike Cheese, Monroe
Open Class – Flavored and Unflavored Yogurt: Klondike Cheese, Monroe
Drinkable Cultured Products: Weber’s Farm Store, Marshfield
Open Class – Flavored and Unflavored Sour Cream: Mexican Cheese Producers, Darlington
Low Fat Sour Cream: Klondike Cheese, Monroe
Whole Fluid Milk – White: Two Guernsey Girls Creamery, Freedom
2% Fluid Milk – White: Lamers Dairy, Appleton
Whole Fluid Milk – Chocolate: Two Guernsey Girls Creamery, Freedom
2% Fluid Milk – Chocolate: Weber’s Farm Store, Marshfield
1% Fluid Milk – Chocolate: Lamers Dairy, Appleton
Unflavored Custard: Barron County Organics DBA 20-Mile Organic, Barronett
Vanilla Custard: Barron County Organics DBA 20-Mile Organic, Barronett
Chocolate Custard: Creamy Pig, Grafton
Flavored Custard: Dairyland Old Fashioned Hamburgers, Milwaukee
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