Article: STATE'S CHEESE TITLE SAFE FOR NOW WISCONSIN'S PRODUCTION HAS BEEN INCREASING WHILE CALIFORNIA'S OUTPUT HAS DROPPED.(FRONT)

Byline: M.L. JOHNSON Associated Press

Cheeseheads don't need to be bleu: Experts say predictions that California will soon overtake Wisconsin as the nation's top cheese producer are unlikely to come true.

The Golden State and its happy cows gained quickly on Wisconsin in the past decade, but plants in California are maxing out while efforts to boost production in Wisconsin are paying off, said Dick Groves, longtime owner of the Madison-based trade publication, Cheese Reporter.

Groves helped spark the friendly competition between the states 10 years ago with an editorial predicting California would overtake Wisconsin in cheese production by 2005. He later amended it ...

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