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Article: Specialty cheese a big chunk of business
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 9, 1997
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CopyrightCopyright 1997 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Land of the Cheddarheads?
To anyone in the know about Wisconsin's cheese industry, this
foam- and football-inspired image of the state's most famous dairy
product is, well, grating.
Those chunks and blocks of cheddar, Colby and brick turned out en
masse may preserve our No. 1 place among cheese-producing states.
But the fact is, Wisconsin's cheesemeisters produce an impressive
array of classy specialty cheeses not to mention a few innovative,
offbeat products.
Last year, specialty cheeses constituted 25% of the state's total
cheese production, according to the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board.