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Article: California makes sharp increase in cheese, inches up on Wisconsin
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- December 14, 2006
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Chelsey Lewis
University Wire
12-14-2006
(The Daily Cardinal) (U-WIRE) MADISON, Wis. -- Ah, Wisconsin: The Dairy State, home of the cheeseheads -- a place where cheese curds dominate. However, for Wisconsin cheese makers, it is becoming increasingly difficult to hold on to the title of the nation's No. 1 cheese producer. It's been a "gouda" year for California, which is closing in on America's Dairyland.
According to U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics, Wisconsin led the nation in cheese production in 2005, producing 2.4 billion pounds. California came in a close second with 2.1 billion pounds and continues to add to that number.
The California cheese industry received a boost in ...
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